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The roar of your car's engine might be fake

Oct 14, 2014
Some cars play engine noise through speakers to give drivers that familiar VROOM.

GM just issued its seventh recall... since Thursday

Oct 7, 2014
This time for police cars.

Why Americans are less satisfied with their cars

Aug 26, 2014
Though car sales are up, people's satisfaction with their cars is at a low.

Porsche designs new model to woo women

Aug 14, 2014
Porsche hopes their new Macan will diversify their nearly all-male customer base.

Why Honda is the most innovative car company on Earth

Aug 1, 2014
Jeffrey Rothfeder explored the car-maker's culture in his new book "Driving Honda"

GM recall numbers keep going up, up, up

Jul 23, 2014
The automaker recalled another 700,000 vehicles today.

The GM hearings could be just for show

Apr 15, 2014
Are the fatal GM engineering flaws being misdirected at Mary Barra?

For public good, not for profit.

GM's new CEO is a woman. So what? What will she do for GM?

Dec 10, 2013
GM is now free of the U.S. government holding at stake in it, and has named a new chief executive, its first woman but a GM lifer.

Why fusty Ford is back in vogue

Jul 25, 2013
Ford's latest business results are in and the numbers are good. The company made $1.2 billion in profit from April through June. Robust pick up trucks sales and a strengthening U.S. economy get the credit.

Is the industrial Midwest gone forever?

Jun 18, 2013
The Midwest was once the industrial heartland of America -- in many towns, local businesses and high schools were completely integrated into the industrial life of the region.