Category Archives: Cars

US automakers look to build on victories in the new year

By doris | Published: December 29, 2011

Full Story at BottomLine.msnbc.msn.com Ford is hoping history can repeat itself with the upcoming launch of the next-generation Fusion four-door. It’s been more than a quarter century since the maker revolutionized automotive design with the original Taurus sedan. Its windswept styling helped Ford dominate the huge midsize market segment, and led most competitors to migrate [...]

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Utah man wins Lamborghini, crashes it hours later

By doris | Published: December 22, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com SALT LAKE CITY — A truck driver who won a Lamborghini worth about $300,000 in a convenience store contest crashed the sports car six hours after he got it, and he now plans to sell the 640-horsepower convertible because he can’t afford the insurance or taxes. “I already had offers on [...]

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US calls for ban on in-car phone use … even with Bluetooth

By doris | Published: December 13, 2011

Full Story at USNews.msnbc.msn.com Updated at 4 p.m. ET: The government’s transportation safety experts recommended Tuesday to ban all American drivers from using portable electronic devices — including cell phones, even if you use a hands-free device. The recommendation, which isn’t binding but which is likely to influence the decisions of Congress and state legislatures [...]

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Ford recalls 129,000 sedans; wheels may fall off

By doris | Published: December 9, 2011

Full Story at  news.Yahoo.com (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co has recalled nearly 129,000 of its Mercury Milan and top-selling Ford Fusion in the United States because their 17-inch steel wheels may fall off, U.S. safety regulators said on Friday. In some vehicles from model years 2010 and 2011, the wheel studs may fracture and make [...]

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US official: Blast in Michigan was from car bomb

By doris | Published: September 21, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com MONROE, Mich. — A blast that turned a vehicle along a Michigan street into a blackened shell and seriously injured an attorney and his two sons was the result of a car bomb, police said Wednesday. Emergency responders rushed to the site of the Tuesday evening explosion near a highway underpass [...]

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U.S. blocks $1 million Italian supercar

By doris | Published: August 9, 2011

Full Story atmoney.cnn NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Italian automaker Pagani was to begin selling its $1 million, 700 horsepower Huayra supercar in the U.S. later this year but federal safety regulators have said “Not so fast.” Pagani had applied for an exemption from federal auto safety rules requiring child-safe “advanced” airbags, arguing that complying with [...]

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Congress hashes over GM bailout

By doris | Published: June 22, 2011

Full Story at cleveland.com WASHINGTON, D.C. – Members of a House of Representatives subcommittee on Wednesday accused the Obama administration of making politically motivated decisions in picking the winners and losers in the General Motors and Chrysler bankruptcies. Subcommittee chairman Jim Jordan, a Republican from the Urbana area, said the intervention in GM’s bankruptcy established [...]

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Paralyzed toddler can now move his legs

By doris | Published: June 10, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com Izaiah Wallis lies on his back, machine tubes hooked to his small body, legs stretched out and toes curled. A white sheet of paper hangs on an aquarium-themed painted wall behind his bed, bearing a request written on his behalf by his grandmother. “If you love me, please don’t kiss me,” [...]

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Chevrolet Volt earns top gov’t safety rating

By doris | Published: June 3, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The Chevrolet Volt earned a top five-star rating in thee federal government’s new, tougher crash test rating system. Under the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s new rating system, all vehicles are given a single rating of one to five stars encompassing front and side impact safety as [...]

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Chrysler repays $7.6B in government loans

By doris | Published: May 24, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com DETROIT – With a few computer keystrokes in an office at its headquarters, Chrysler Group LLC sent $7.6 billion to the U.S. and Canadian governments on Tuesday, paying off most of the bailout money that saved the company from financial disaster just two years ago. The repayment — expected for weeks [...]

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Meet Russia’s bearproof, floating 6-wheel truck

By doris | Published: May 22, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com In Siberia, a simple rainstorm can turn a road into not just mud but quicksand. Snow drifts close roads for months, and streams come and go. The vehicle of choice? The six-wheel Trekol, a two-ton amphibian with pillow-soft tires. The key to the Trekol‘s fortitude are its tires — engineered with [...]

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Gas prices, rising airfares be damned

By doris | Published: May 17, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com Most Americans believe taking a trip this summer is valuable, and many plan to do so despite rising airfares and sky-high prices at the pump, according to data from a spate of recent polls, surveys and predictions. Six in 10 Americans say that going somewhere on vacation this year is important, [...]

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Daytona 500 winner’s race for faith

By doris | Published: February 21, 2011

Full Story at religion.blogs.CNN.com  Washington (CNN) – Trevor Bayne may have won the Daytona 500 on Sunday, but a small charity he name-dropped will share in the spoils of victory. The 20-year-old NASCAR driver was racing in just his second Sprint Cup competition and is now etched in the record books as the youngest driver [...]

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Ford to hire 7,000 workers

By doris | Published: January 10, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Ford Motor announced Monday it will add 7,000 new hourly and salaried jobs in the United States by the end of 2012. The announcement, made on the opening day of the Detroit auto show, said Ford (F, Fortune 500) is adding nearly 4,000 hourly jobs at several [...]

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GM recalling 98,000 new small SUVs

By doris | Published: December 19, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com DETROIT — General Motors Co. said on Friday it is recalling nearly 98,000 Chevy Equinox, GMC Terrain and Cadillac SRX 2011 models because the anchor to the seat belt buckle may fail, which could lead to injury in a crash. Dealers will start notifying owners of the vehicles involved in January, [...]

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Nissan recalling more than 600,000 vehicles

By doris | Published: November 12, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com DETROIT — Nissan Motor Co. is recalling more than 600,000 vehicles in North and South America and Africa due to steering or battery cable problems. The Japanese automaker said Thursday that the steering recall affects 303,000 Frontier pickup trucks and 283,000 Xterra sport utility vehicles in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Argentina, [...]

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Nissan recalls 2 million cars worldwide

By doris | Published: October 28, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com Nissan said Thursday it is recalling 2.14 million vehicles in the U.S., Japan, Europe and Asia for an ignition problem that may stall engines. No accidents have been reported that are suspected of being related to the defect, according to Yokohama-based Nissan Motor Co. A problem was found in an ignition-system [...]

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Toyota recalls 1.53 million vehicles worldwide

By doris | Published: October 21, 2010

Full Story atmsnbc.msn.com TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday it was recalling 1.53 million Lexus, Avalon and other models, mostly in the U.S. and Japan, for brake fluid and fuel pump problems. The world’s biggest auto-maker will call back about 740,000 cars in the U.S. for repairs and 599,000 in Japan. The remainder are [...]

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Toyota settles suit over high-profile US crash

By doris | Published: September 18, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com SANTA ANA, California — Toyota Motor Corp. has settled what is widely regarded as the most serious lawsuit of the hundreds of claims the automaker faces. The company has agreed to settle the suit brought by relatives of four family members killed in a high-speed crash near San Diego that galvanized [...]

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Kyle Busch gets unprecedented NASCAR sweep

By doris | Published: August 22, 2010

Full Story at nbcsports.msnbc.com BRISTOL, Tenn. – As Kyle Busch crossed the finish line for a three-race sweep, his crew quickly credited the driver for his role in the record-setting moment. “We are in the presence of greatness,” a team member said over the radio. Indeed, they were.

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