There's a picture of it in a shoebox somewhere, freshly painted red, parked next to our Candian family friends' prized first-generation Mustang.
The 1991 Saturn SL2 wasn't my first car. Those honors go to a 1980 Ford F-150 with a and#8220;
Glenn Brooks tries the latest Sorento and wonders if almost GBP40,000 is too much for a Kia?
Glenn Brooks tries the latest Sorento and considers the arrival of the era of the £35,000 Kia.
The claim of 'an all-new platform' by Kia Motors was something I challenged when the company first made this statement last year. To the credit of Kia Motors' UK importer, the facts did indeed seem to stack up: the floor was lowered and there are additional front, side and rear structures as well as a more rigid monocoque (torsional stiffness is said to be improved by 18%).
Other editors are remembering their long-lost first rides. I still have mine: a 1951 Packard 200 Deluxe Touring Sedan.
Full disclosure: This is my second Supra. My first car ever was a white 1983 model that I foolishly sold. I got seller's remorse and, about a year later, bought this 1984 Supra that came in on trade at the Dodge dealership where I worked.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has reaffirmed her target to bring 1 million electric cars onto German roads by 2020, despite weak interest from consumers.
Renault is ending a five-year partnership with Better Place LLC after the operator of electric-vehicle charging stations announced plans to shut down. The two companies have worked together in Israel and Denmark since 2008.
SENIOR ONLINE EDITOR RORY CARROLL: I can't think of a modern front driver I've had more fun in. What a joyful car. If it were all-wheel drive, I'd be lusting after one.
Automotive News Europe salutes the winners of the 2013 Rising Stars awards. Every day until June 12 one of the 18 winners will be featured.
There is no parking lot outside the Volkswagen and Audi stores that opened side by side last year in Manhattan's main dealership district. Parking on the street, for those lucky enough to find a spot, means popping $3.50 an hour into a parking meter.
As Internet leads, mobile phone calls and texts swamp dealerships, business development centers are starting to look counterproductive to some dealers.
The traditional summer auto plant shutdown is quickly fading away. With tight inventories, rising sales and customers flocking to big, profitable vehicles, the Detroit 3 no longer can afford to halt plants for two weeks.
Chrysler Group is equipping some of its lower-trim vehicles with a Microsoft-based infotainment system used by Fiat -- and, according to the software maker, more vehicles are on the way.
General Motors' OnStar telematics unit has quietly become a profit margin superstar. Analysts peg OnStar's revenues at about $1.5 billion annually, with a margin of 30 to 35 percent. That's about five times the 6.
Four years after GM's bankruptcy, the leaner automaker has begun tapping a deep pool of relatively young, still talented retirees who left the company earlier than planned during the downturn. Some were laid off.
Penske Automotive Group Inc. says it would be interested in buying some dealerships in Germany owned by Daimler AG.
Mercedes-Benz isn't waiting for the E-class redesign in 2016 to outfit its mid-sized range with some of the high-tech equipment that was developed for the S-class sedan that arrives this fall.
Car dealerships suffered little damage from the tornado that ravaged an Oklahoma City suburb last week. So they were able to jump into the relief effort quickly, joining automakers and aid groups to help survivors.