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Ex-Green Beret arrested in Ghosn's escape has lived a life of danger

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - May 21, 2020

  This Dec. 30, 2019, image from security camera video shows Michael L. Taylor, center, and George-Antoine Zayek at passport...

Watch Ford Performance Host An Online All-Ford Car Show Today, May 21st: Video

By Brett Foote - May 21, 2020

  The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on everyone’s lives, with sometimes devastating results. And while no one ...

Full set of Allegheny Ludlum stainless steel-bodied Fords put up for sale by the company that built them

By Daniel Strohl - May 21, 2020

Photo courtesy Worldwide Auctioneers.   For decades, Allegheny Ludlum and its successor company have held on to the bulk of...

454,000 Harbor Freight jack stands recalled for risk of collapse

By Gary Gastelu - May 20, 2020

Harbor Freight has issued a recall and “do not use” alert on hundreds of thousands of jack stands due to a manufacturing issue ...

Could Ford have been the first carmaker (okay, truck maker) to mass produce gas turbines for the road?

By Daniel Strohl - May 20, 2020

Ford Media Image     The Seventies were supposed to be the decade for gas turbines - touted for decades as the engines of ...

GMC Hummer EV Removable Roof Panels Confirmed

By Sam McEachern - May 20, 2020

GMC Hummer EV teaser   General Motors has released a series of photos showing off the removable glass roof panels that will...

GM Super Cruise is evolving into Ultra Cruise, for hands-off city driving

By REUTERS - May 19, 2020

  GM has a "big team" working on an advanced version of its hands-free driving assistance system, Super Cruise, that will ex...

Dale Earnhardt's 1996 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Fetches $425k In Online Auction

By Sam McEachern - May 18, 2020

  A 1996 Chevrolet Monte Carlo stock car that was raced by Dale Earnhardt in select NASCAR races attracted a significant $42...

Ford Bronco, Mustang Mach-E launches delayed, report says

By Sean Szymkowski - May 18, 2020

  We'll still see the Bronco this spring, but a launch is further out now. - Facebook   Both SUVs launches will likely be ...

Ford Explorer Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Lawsuit Dismissed In Washington

By Brett Foote - May 18, 2020

  Back in August 2019, six Washington State Troopers filed a lawsuit against Ford over alleged carbon monoxide poisoning the...

A Generation Gap in Car Wax

By Roy Furchgott - May 17, 2020

Car aficionados know how to get that shine. But a younger generation has made marketing car wax trickier for the makers. Joyc...

The Drive Home 5 is postponed, but planned to return in September as The Drive Forward

By William Hall - May 15, 2020

    The Drive Home began in late 2015 as an annual cross-country classic car roadtrip organized by America’s Automotive Tru...

Ranked: Forward-control trucks of the 1960s

By Kyle Smith - May 15, 2020

The basic layout of the automobile was pretty much standardized in the early 20th century. The engine went in the front of th...

VW, Ford forge ahead with technology sharing to save costs, report says

By Christoph Rauwald and Keith Naughton - May 15, 2020

VW CEO Herbert Diess (left) and Ford chief Jim Hackett are pictured at a July meeting to announce closer ties between the two...

Gaining Traction: Americans Shun Two-wheel Drive In Record Numbers

By Steph Willems - May 15, 2020

Image: Fiat Chrysler   Once upon a time, it was expected to find the driven wheels of a car aft of the rear seat. In this w...

McLaren trying to raise millions by putting its HQ, historic cars up for collateral

By REUTERS - May 15, 2020

The McLaren 765LT in its debut at the company's Woking, England, headquarters. / AP   Another car company hit hard by the c...

Covid-19 Is Prompting Millennials to Consider Buying Cars

By Sherri Dalphonse - May 15, 2020

  That would be a reversal for cities like DC, built around public transportation.   At a time when most Washingtonians ar...

Fullsize performance was alive and well at GM's upmarket divisions in 1965

By Thomas A. DeMauro - May 14, 2020

  The Buick Wildcat, Oldsmobile Jetstar I, and Pontiac 2+2 helped set the full-size muscle car tone during the rise of the m...