People are keeping their cars and trucks longer as quality improves and the uncertain economy makes new purchases less appealing, according to a study released this week by automotive consulting firm R.L. Polk & Co. ...more

February 21, 2008

The government is investigating reports of engine fires in General Motors' full-size sport utility vehicles. ...more

February 12, 2008

If you've been watching Fox News Channel's election coverage of the primary season, you have seen the beginning of a new era in televised live shots. ...more

January 28, 2008

Benazir Bhutto's widowed husband accused members of Pakistan's ruling regime of involvement in his wife's killing and called Saturday for a U.N. investigation as British officers aiding Pakistan's own probe pored over the crime scene. ...more

January 6, 2008

Toyota Motor Corp. overtook Ford Motor Co. to become the No. 2 automaker by U.S. sales in 2007, using new products and relentless strategy to break Ford's 75-year lock on the position. ...more

January 4, 2008

California sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday for denying the state's first-in-the-nation greenhouse gas limits on cars, trucks and sport utility vehicles, challenging the Bush administration's conclusion that states have no business setting emission standards. ...more

January 3, 2008

The Senate passed a trimmed-back energy bill Thursday that would bring cars and sport utility vehicles with higher gas mileage into showrooms in the coming decade and fill their tanks with ethanol. ...more

December 14, 2007

Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday agreed to settle class-action lawsuits covering plaintiffs in four states who claimed its Explorer sport utility vehicles were prone to rollovers, the company and an attorney for the plaintiffs said. ...more

November 29, 2007

A federal appeals court on Thursday threw out planned federal fuel economy standards for many sport utility vehicles, minivans and pickup trucks, ruling that the Bush administration failed to address why those so-called "light trucks" are allowed to pollute more than cars. ...more

November 16, 2007

both SUVs - at this week's Los Angeles Auto Show. General Motors Corp. will unveil its hybrid Chevrolet Silverado pickup. Even the mammoth Cadillac Escalade is getting a hybrid option. ...more

November 14, 2007