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...
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...
Oil prices mixed, Brent nears 70 dollars
Oil prices showed mixed fortunes Tuesday, amid the start of the...
2 L.A. traffic engineers must face trial
A judge on Friday ordered two high-ranking Los Angeles transportation engineers...
'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...
What does it take to push a finely tuned Maserati to its limits?
Precisely how fast I drove a Maserati at Road Atlanta racetrack is not the point. Or maybe it is the point, but since the...
Car plates fetch 9.8 mln dlrs in UAE auction
An auction for 57 special car registration plates fetched some 9.8 million dollars Friday, with the double-digit plate 50 G being sold for some...
Bill would allow deadly force against carjackers
NASHVILLE -- Spurred by violent crime in Memphis and elsewhere, Tennessee legislators have filed several bills to expand the legal rights of people to...
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...
