| HOME | CAR NEWS | CAR REVIEWS | RACING | AUTOSHOWS | SUBSCRIBE | MARKETPLACE |  |  | The 2011 Volkswagen Jetta... | | Volkswagen has long marketed German engineering and decidedly European technology--think turbodiesels--in cars. But for 2011, the Jetta sedan goes in a different direction--a more American one. As the linchpin of VW's ambitious plans for growth in the U.S. market, the Jetta has been redesigned to accommodate the more-space mantra of Americans. A larger, more upscale version of the Volkswagen... |
|  | | Larry Edsall was visiting Santa Fe. We'd just left Tuesday Car Table headed toward my house. Larry, a former AutoWeek staffer, was following me in his Nissan Frontier pickup. I was taking a jagged route. A mini tour. Larry's truck looked new despite what he said was about 130,000 miles...
|  | | Talk with any executive involved with hybrid- or pure-electric vehicles, and the conversation inevitably comes back to cost. The hope is that economies of scale will save the day, bringing down component costs and making green vehicles affordable and profitable for all. Except that prices...
|  | | EDITOR WES RAYNAL: This is a weird car. It’s a polarizing shape for sure: Some love it and some said it was ugly. It’s new enough in the market that it attracts some attention, but people don’t know what it is yet. Plenty thought it was an Infiniti. I think it looks kind of ...
|  | | James McDonald, who served as president of General Motors Corp. under CEO Roger Smith in the 1980s, died on Sunday at the age of 87. McDonald became president and COO on Feb. 1, 1981, a month after Smith was named GM's chief executive. McDonald retired in 1987 at the age of 65 and was...
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|  | | SERVICES INFO ADDED -- Stock car racing wouldn't have gotten so big so fast in Southern California if it hadn't been for Les Richter.Richter, who died of a brain aneurysm on June 12 at age 79, almost single-handedly brought the racing series West, starting with a NASCAR race at Riverside in 1963....
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|  | | A 1958 Ferrari 250 “Pontoon Fender” Testa Rossa will be featured in August at RM Auctions' 25th Sports & Classics of Monterey event.The Scaglietti-designed race car, serial number 0738 TR, is expected be one of the most valuable cars ever offered during Monterey's auction week....
|  | | Mark Webber's race in Canada was always going to be difficult after a grid penalty for a gearbox change dropped him from second to seventh, and in the end, fifth place represented some good points and successful damage limitation. Webber ran two stints on prime tires, and by staying out before his...
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