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A lost decade for American car companies

At the turn of the century the ‘Big 3’ were riding high: huge sales and even grosser profits drove Chrysler, Ford, and GM to think they...

When Suzuki released the country’s ‘least expensive AWD car,’ as they marketed the SX4, those of us who live in snowy climes took...

As we’ve discussed, dealers typically buy fewer cars between Thanksgiving and New Year’s. Then they pull out their checkbooks in...

It was only a matter of time, we all knew, before Ford flogged off Volvo to the Chinese. In this case, it is Geely who picks up the charismatic...

Back in October, I wondered if the lower prices we’re paying for gasoline would stick around—barring any manipulation from Washington....

When Lexus decided to build a two door version of its compact IS sports sedan rather than build both a conventional convertible and a coupe, it...

‘Always a bridesmaid…’ may be the best summation I can think of for Nissan’s terrific Frontier. For literally decades, it...

Perhaps it’s an indication of the maturity of the crossover segment that no one inquired as to what the Venza was. But I was asked&mdash...

The party’s over and dealers have been reaching for the Tylenol en mass. It was no surprise that sales plummeted after the CARS program was...

The Obama administration wants to create a consumer protection agency (er...don’t we have one or two already?) to make sure normal folk don...