A confluence of events makes this years Presidents Day Weekend particularly promising. 1. The product on dealer showrooms never has been better. The Japanese brandsHonda, Nissan, and Toyotahave recovered from the devastating natural disasters that crippl

A woman has filed suit against the driver who she claims failed to obey a stop sign and struck her vehicle. Peggy J. Musial alleges her daughter, Alexandria N. Musial, was driving a 2010 Pontiac Grand Am east on County Highway 17 in Washington County on

General Motors (GM) went bankrupt in 2009. But thanks to President Barack H. Obama, it restructured itself and emerged from bankruptcy. GM’s record profit for 2011 vindicates Obama’s action. As the positive U.S. economic signals mount and the Republican

The hackneyed adage "There's no replacement for displacement" may be popular at nostalgic musclecar and street rod shows, but its relevance as a guiding principle of engineering has long been left behind, with "power density" being the current buzz phras

According to a recent report, the next-generation Opel / Vauxhall Corsa will be launched in 2014. Auto Motor und Sport says the model will ride on the Gamma II platform which also underpins the Chevrolet Aveo / Sonic, Buick Encore and Opel Mokka. This co

A bellwether of the economy, the auto industry has seen its ups and downs. Analysts are pointing to a strong year, but for a select number of car dealerships, 2012 is poised to deliver a bonanza in sales. Across the rural swaths of northern and western P

A 20-year-old Buhler man is in critical condition at a Wichita hospital after he was injured in a three-vehicle collision in Hutchinson on Wednesday. James Lambert was driving a 2002 Buick south on Lorraine Avenue in Hutchinson shortly before 3 p.m. Wedn

"In the mid-‘50s, if you asked anybody who was anybody in the auto industry, they'd say Harley was the dominant figure at GM at the time," said Richard Earl, an automotive historian and Earl's youngest grandson. Benjamin Preston is a journalist and car e

LABOUR OF LOVE: Kevin Grant and his restored 1927 Buick Standard Roadster. DOZENS of antique cars, some as many as 100 years old, will be on display at the Nambour Showgrounds later this month. The Sunshine Coast Antique Car Club is holding its annual si

El Centro, Calif. I literally wilt in the heat. Seventy degrees Fahrenheit (hey, I'm old school) is just about right. Eighty is bearable. Ninety makes me grumpy and, if the mercury hits the 100 mark, I just stay indoors worshipping the

The Midas building was indeed a site where aviator Waldo Waterman designed and built flying cars, a new report has found. The report was commissioned by Santa Monica's Landmarks Commission to settle a debate among local historians about whether Waterman

DETROIT—Four out of the top 10 brands in J.D. Power’s reliability study are from Ford or General Motors, and their performance contributed to the industry’s best overall score in the history of a study that dates back to 1990. “The fact that almost every

DETROIT — Four out of the top 10 brands in J.D. Power's reliability study are from Ford or General Motors and their performance contributed to the industry's best overall score in the history of a study that dates back to 1990. "The fact that almost ever

It's just a data point, but it's an impressive one: A new survey from J.D. Power indicates that Ford (NYS: F) has surpassed mighty Honda (NYS: HMC) in at least one important measure of vehicle reliability. This survey measured "three-year dependability,"

BEN MEYERSON/Staff Abdon and Cynthia Valenciana are rehabbing the former Buick dealership at 1454 S. Michigan Ave. and turning it into a grenn-focused playroom. For families living in the relatively freshly redeveloped South Loop and Near South Side, kid

DETROIT Four out of the top 10 brands in J.D. Power's reliability study are from Ford or General Motors, and their performance contributed to the industry's best overall score in the history of the study, which dates back to 1990. "The fact that almost e

Published: Feb. 15, 2012 at 2:04 PM PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. , Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Authorities in Florida said a pair of alleged copper and tool thieves were arrested after they were forced to leave their stalled getaway car behind. The Charlotte County Sheriff'

I’m excited to report that GM recently launched the GM Community Action Resource, GM CAR, a new online community developed to keep auto buyers, car enthusiasts, and Americans in general educated on automotive-related consumer advocacy and community issue

Four out of the top 10 brands in J.D. Powers reliability study are from Ford or General Motors and their performance contributed to the industrys best overall score in the history of a study that dates back to 1990. The fact that almost every brand impro