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Toyota, Lexus Mat Recall: 3.8 Million Vehicles Recalled Over Floor Mats

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 09.30.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday it will recall 3.8 million vehicles in the United States, the company's largest-ever U.S. recall, t...

Biggest-ever Toyota Recall Announced; 3.8 Million Cars and Trucks

Steve Parker | Posted 09.29.2009 | Business


Steve Parker

Toyota's floor mat recall is a bit unusual because owners are being asked to "make the fix" right away and on their own; this tell us the government considers the problem an immediate and important safety risk.

Anti-Aging Advice From a 96-Year-Old Hottie

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 09.07.2009 | Living


Francesca Biller-Safran

Still driving around town in her shiny red Lexus, my grandma continues to maintain her sassy, coiffed hairdo, along with a manicure and shopping trips to keep up with the latest fashions.

Obama Drinks Friedman's Kool-Aid

Thom Hartmann | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics


Thom Hartmann

If President Obama and our Congress don't soon learn the lessons Alexander Hamilton taught us in 1791, we'll continue to see American industry slowly die.

18 Rounds of Soggy & Sunny Days at the U.S. Open

Patrick Sauer | Posted 07.27.2009 | New York


Patrick Sauer

You already know what happened at Bethpage, but I thought you might like an insider's log of the sights, sounds, and smells (And Woah Nelly! Did it ever smell) of the 2009 U.S. Open.

GM Must Cut Buick, GMC Now

Steve Parker | Posted 07.09.2009 | Business


Steve Parker

General Motors must drop their Buick and GMC divisions. And do it now. The number of people already put out of work by the Amazingly-Shrinking Genera...

Jaguar, Buick Reliability Beats Lexus

AP | DAN STRUMPF | Posted 04.19.2009 | Business


NEW YORK — Jaguar and Buick surged to the top of J.D. Power and Associates' closely watched vehicle dependability study this year, tying for the...

January Car Sales -- a Final Reckoning Begins in Earnest ?

Steve Parker | Posted 03.06.2009 | Business


Steve Parker

Until the travel business picks up and businesses in general start replacing their vehicle fleets, Detroit will be outside looking in.

So GM Gets Bailed Out and Brings Us the Chevy Volt...and Then What?

Matthew DeBord | Posted 01.10.2009 | Green


Matthew DeBord

As Congress closes in a "short term," bailout of the Big Three Detroit Automakers, it's time to ask what their product plans for the future are going to be, if they survive.

Auto Industry Drops 32%; GM Plummets Over 45%

Steve Parker | Posted 12.04.2008 | Business


Steve Parker

Obama has consistently shown his support for an American car-making industry, a modern and green industry able to build the kinds of cars and trucks people will want to buy.

Precipitous fifteen-year drop in US car sales; Need one? You probably can't get one

Steve Parker | Posted 11.02.2008 | Business


Steve Parker

They say "start out bad news with a joke," so: In Peter Gent's "North Dallas Forty," a football coach is talking with the team owner's son about his f...

Lexus Launching Web Series Starring Lisa Kudrow

Hollywood Reporter | Andrew Wallenstein | Posted 10.24.2008 | Media


Lexus is making an ambitious foray into online entertainment with former "Friends" star Lisa Kudrow in the driver's seat. The carmaker is launching a...

XM plus Sirius = Satellite Radio Monopoly

Steve Parker | Posted 08.01.2008 | Business


Steve Parker

Now, after several years of competition between XM and Sirius, there will be one satellite radio company -- a monopoly created by the federal government. And you don't need me to tell you how strange that is.

Paul McCartney's Eco Car Arrives After A Long Journey

Daily Mail | Liz Thomas | Posted 07.09.2008 | Green


He may be proud of his green credentials as he nips around town in his environmentally friendly £84,000 green hybrid Lexus. But Sir Paul McCartney's...

Top 10 Most Fuel-Efficient Luxury Cars

Forbes | Jeff Zygmont | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


The most fuel-efficient luxury cars sold in the United States aren't homegrown -- they're imported. Europe and Japan lead the fuel-economy crusade fo...