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Danica Patrick, the most popular driver in IndyCar, will drive in a limited number of NASCAR Nationwide Series events in 2010 for JR Motorsports, a team co-owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr. (most popular driver in NASCAR) and Rick Hendrick. She'll continue in IndyCar for that series' full schedule.

The Nationwide...

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The Los Angeles Auto Show...

Usually auto shows are dominated by news about new cars and trucks and concept cars. The LA Auto Show is the first international-level auto show in America during the exhibition season, but this year the big news is, much to the chagrin of car-makers and their PR people worldwide, about...

General Motors' appearance as a confused corporation gained new steam Tuesday when Fritz Henderson was "resigned" from his CEO position after just eight months on the job.

Frederick "Fritz" Henderson, 51, was "resigned" by the corporation's board of directors that day, one day before his planned keynote opening...

It was the opportunity to drive yet another futuristic car, Chevrolet's Volt, this effort by General Motors a magnificent piece of work, especially its gas/electric powertrain.

Smooth as silk, so quiet Rolls-Royce has competition for their Ghost models, Volt could be a remarkable car which captures the attention of the...

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Sunday was a big day for record-making and -breaking in NASCAR. Jimmie Johnson placed fifth in the Homestead/Miami race, but he's Number One --- again --- in America's favorite motorsport.

Johnson has won his fourth straight NASCAR Sprint Cup title --- the first driver ever in NASCAR's 61-year history to...

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Ford's family of Fusion cars has been named "Motor Trend 2010 Car of the Year," awarding the car probably the best-known (and trusted) prize in the automotive consumer world.

The Fusion was chosen best of 23 new or significantly upgraded vehicles that were eligible for the award after a week...

In 1947, Tokyo Electric Cars Company built a lead-acid battery powered EV delivery truck called the Tama which it sold through 1950, when oil supplies and prices stabilized after WWII (cars and trucks were also powered by flammable gasses captured from on-board wood-burning stoves in Europe and Japan in those...

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Nissan's all-new 2011 Leaf "pure...

For its first public showings outside Japan, Nissan's all-new Leaf "pure EV" plug-in electric sedan, due on-sale worldwide as a 2012 model, will see the first light of an American day at a press-only event this Friday morning at Dodger Stadium featuring Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn, and later that day,...

On Monday of this week, German Prime Minister Angela Merkel met with President Obama in Washington and then addressed the US Congress, where she was warmly greeted, and made an impassioned address concerning the environment and global warming.

She was on top of the world when, just minutes later, she...

The SEMA Show, the annual automotive bacchanal and extravaganza staged by the Specialty Equipment Market Association, world's largest lobbying group for aftermarket and performance car parts, and thought by many to be the best car show in the world, especially if you're a gearhead (like us) opens in Las Vegas...

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Nissan's all-new...

Nissan has announced a US national tour of their new pure EV, Leaf, and its first American public showings begin November 13th in southern California. Leaf is ready for its close-up at the Tokyo Motor Show

Much of the talk at this week's...

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The federal government is forming a new agency to protect consumers against finance company, credit card and...

Now that we all know the power of the insurance and banking industries when it comes to lobbying your government, add car dealers and their lobbyists to that list.

The House Financial Services Committee approved a key amendment Thursday, 47-21, to keep automobile dealers under the federal and state laws...

Question: Can Harley-Davidson survive the world economic disaster?

The company itself paints a bleak picture of its present and future. To quote from an October 15 corporate press release:

Worldwide retail sales of new Harley-Davidson motorcycles declined 21.3 percent in the third quarter compared to last year's third quarter,...