Cars

Mercedes-Benz USA is under investigation by U.S. safety regulators who say the brand may be taking too long to send safety recall notices to car owners and inform the government. NHTSA told the Daimler AG […]

Electrify America’s network of chargers could help VW achieve its electrification ambitions. Automakers know electric vehicle sales won’t take off until drivers have access to a convenient network of chargers. But none, besides Tesla, were […]

Bowsher: Most dealers on board Harvard Business Review says acquiring a new customer is estimated to cost anywhere from five to 25 times more than retaining an existing one. That math is starting to click […]

Smoke: Equityis improving. With vehicle prices on the rise, more consumers are buying their cars and trucks when their leases run out. And higher used-vehicle prices in particular are prompting more dealers to keep the […]

Each autumn as the kiddos dress up for Halloween, FCA’s Mopar team heads to Vegas and the SEMA Show with a truckload of concept cars. The two production-based Ram offerings here represent a combination of […]

getaway-cars-Alcatraz-crime-museum Here’s a press release from the past week that stole our attention. The Alcatraz East Crime Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., holds a collection of automotive accomplices to seminal criminal acts. Among the vehicles […]

A tiger never changes his stripes, but a Hellcat does. Three new stripe colors will be available for the 2019 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat: red, blue, and silver. These colors add to the existing “Dual Gunmetal […]

DETROIT — Seating supplier Adient plc lost more than $11 million in the sale of its planned downtown Detroit headquarters property across from Cobo Center, the home of the Detroit auto show, Crain’s Detroit Business  […]

When I was but a teenaged car freak few cars held the appeal of the original BMW 8 Series. Introduced in 1989, the 8 Series, specifically the V-12-engined 850s, were truly perceived as the ultimate […]

This space is usually dedicated to advances in inanimate technologies—scientific inventions created by experts. But this month I was invited by two companies to experience firsthand the training each invests in the experts responsible for […]