The Ultimate Play Date: Maserati GranTurismo, Audi R8, Ferrari F430, Lamborghini LP560-4, Mercedes McLaren SLR
This is kids-in-candy-store stuff, plain and simple. You can quit looking at the cars on this page and struggling to imagine a narrative hook that logically connects such disparate players as an out-of-production Mercedes-Benz McLaren SLR coupe and a Maserati…
City Traffic Services offers free vehicle safety checks
The City’s Traffic Services division is intensifying its road safety projects and traffic enforcement activities to ensure road traffic safety during the school holiday period and Easter weekend. Road safety can be ensured by driving carefully and ensuring that vehicles…
‘Offset’ crash tests find higher risk for smaller cars
There’s an old saying -- you can’t repeal the laws of physics. That may be the discussion right now at several small-car manufacturers today. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, known for its slow-motion car crash videos, sent the Honda…
Chrysler Financial Lifts Rates
Chrysler Financial raised some of its lending rates to vehicle buyers Tuesday an average of more than a full percentage point, according to a number of Chrysler LLC dealers. The move likely will prompt the dealers to seek financing for…
Motor industry in free fall, but VW just goes on and on
INSIDE one of the world‘s biggest car plants, there is no sense that global motor demand is in freefall as Germany heads into its worst recession for six decades. Volkswagen‘s presses thud and hiss as they crush metal into shape,…
2010 Ford Shelby GT500
It's every host's worst nightmare. You fuss and fret to make everything perfect, redecorating inside and out, upgrading to the best, most powerful entertainment systems, and then...nobody comes. You can't blame Ford for overpreparing. The ruffians that were expected to…
Now on sale: The Tata Nano
Tata Motors has begun taking orders for its Nano minicar. The Indian automaker on Thursday opened up its booking system for the high-profile Nano, which it has pitched as the "people's car"--a first automobile for families that, until now, have…
Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You
In a flurry of electric vehicle activity, three back-to-back announcements this week have placed a spotlight on Oregon’s plans to be the friendliest state in the nation in which to build, sell and buy electric cars. At a press event…
