Despite the auto industry's slumping sales and questions about the financial future of the U.S.-based companies, auto shows like the one getting under way in Detroit remain important global stages for American car and truck makers - and many of their foreign rivals. ...more

January 13, 2009

Toyota is introducing a plug-in hybrid with next-generation lithium-ion batteries in Japan, the United States and Europe by 2010, under a widespread strategy to be green outlined Wednesday. ...more

June 12, 2008

At the car show inside the Tampa Convention Center last weekend, an excited buzz was audible around the most powerful, sexy, pricy, exotic and gas-thirsty vehicles. No lines formed to sit in the thrifty cars, the wallflowers of the dance. ...more

November 15, 2007

With a daily round-trip commute of 120 miles, Marie Czapiewski needed good gas mileage in her new car but didn't want to give up a V6 engine for something less powerful. ...more

October 19, 2007