| HOME | CAR NEWS | CAR REVIEWS | RACING | AUTOSHOWS | SUBSCRIBE | MARKETPLACE |  |  | The front-drive 2011 Explorer is built on the same unibody platform as the Taurus sedan and Flex crossover.... | | Ford Motor Co., long known for pickups and SUVs, will emphasize cars, crossovers and fuel-efficient engines in the next few years. The company wants to be the fuel economy leader, and federal mpg standards are rising. Ford launched the Fiesta subcompact this summer and will introduce a redesigned Focus compact early next year. The Fiesta and Focus are the first U.S. vehicles from the One ... |
|  | | Ford said today it has completed the sale of Volvo Cars to Zhejiang Geely Holding Group for $1.8 billion. Divesting Volvo completes Ford CEO Alan Mulally's strategy of exiting European luxury brands to focus on the core Ford brand, following the U.S. carmaker's 2007 sale of Aston Martin, and ...
|  | | The seafood platter arrived cold and fresh. Possibly some of it was from Lake Geneva just miles away from the brightly-lit restaurant where Volkswagen was hosting a dozen or so journalists for this year's motor show. Stefan Jacoby, who's now the new CEO of Volvo, took a glance at the extensive...
|  | | What is it? With luxury makes such as Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Lincoln and Lexus all offering hybrid options, Infiniti joins the gasoline-electric hybrid field with the M35 hybrid, which is scheduled to go on sale next spring as a 2012 model. The dual-clutch hybrid system was developed...
|  | | I had lunch the other day with the head of a luxury automaker. In the course of the conversation, he said something about "my competitors' technological advances." I said, "Speaking of your competitors' technological advances, what do you think of the BMW X6 ActiveHybrid?" He made a face as if he'd ...
|  | | MANAGING EDITOR BOB GRITZINGER: This is a beautiful car, in styling and trim, with a sweet and strong turbo powertrain, but for some reason, it leaves me wanting more. Maybe it's the lack of a manual transmission, but I'm not so sure that's it. This dual-clutch box is slick and responsive,...
|  | | Red Bull boss Christian Horner says his team is happy with the outcome of the Hungarian Grand Prix, despite Sebastian Vettel throwing away a win and dropping to third. In the end an inspired strategy call, in which Horner played a part, gave Mark Webber the chance to pass Fernando Alonso and...
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