Custom parts might derail vehicle stability
WASHINGTON -- Millions of vehicles could have malfunctioning electronic stability systems if drivers have customized their vehicles with add-on parts and accessories, a trade...
German auto parts maker Schaeffler to cut production
German auto parts maker Schaeffler, which owns much of compatriot Continental, will cut output owing to effects of the financial crisis and economic slowdown,...
Oil prices mixed, Brent nears 70 dollars
Oil prices showed mixed fortunes Tuesday, amid the start of the...
'Wild, Wild East' Automaker Eyes U.S. Market
DETROIT - Never mind those Chinese automakers, which have grabbed gobs of media coverage about their plans to sell cars in the U.S. Now...
Cabbie returns diamond rings to tightfisted tipper
NEW YORK (AP) -- A taxi driver returned a black bag carrying 31 diamond rings to a passenger who earlier had given him a...
Motorists unfazed by climbing gas prices
For all their complaining as they pay $3 a gallon or more to fill up their cars, few American drivers have yet to reach...
Accident claims plummet, baffling insurers
American drivers are reporting fewer crashes to their insurance companies than ever before, and nobody knows precisely why.
Fewer claims mean record profits for auto...
Magistrate judge to decide if couple will be prosecuted for 'stalking' officer
A Bartow County (Georgia) couple will go before a magistrate judge today to see if they will be arrested for allegedly stalking a Kennesaw...
Car-buying spurt helps retail sales
Consumers kept spending in August and factories kept producing, but the...
Gasoline guzzlers near extinction in US
America's decades-long love affair with monstrously large vehicles may finally be coming to an end, US automakers have predicted in the wake of a...
