ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- Big cars and trucks are out. Smaller ones that offer more for your dollar are in. And many drivers will hang onto the new car...
Posted 08.21.2009 | Business
For automakers across the globe, small is the new big. Gone are the days of gas guzzling SUVs and huge payloads. Car sales, driving habits and consu...
AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.15.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — Micro cars can give motorists top-notch fuel efficiency at a competitive price, but the insurance industry says they don't fare too...
Lloyd Alter | Posted 10.14.2008 | Green
I have come to believe that we need another movement, a new Small Movement, where less is truly more. In everything we do, smaller is cheaper, more efficient and has a lower carbon footprint.
Treehugger | Michael Graham Richard | Posted 06.26.2008 | Green
Smart Marketing in Japan The clever "vending machine" pictured above is located in Japan. You can't really buy a smart car from it, but you can ge...
New York Times | BILL VLASIC | Posted 05.09.2008 | Business
Soaring gas prices have turned the steady migration by Americans to smaller cars into a stampede. In what industry analysts are calling a first, abou...
USA Today | James R. Healey and Chris Woodyard | Posted 04.12.2008 | Business
The smallest, cheapest, cars are the biggest, brightest spot in the dreary auto market, reflecting continuing buyer flight to fuel economy and lower p...
Wall Street Journal | Amy Chozick | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
At a top-secret session on car designs at a Nissan Motor Co. technical center, chief product strategist Carlos Tavares recited the company's ambitious...
Associated Press | Tom Krisher, AP Auto Writer | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business