Cars
  • How Automakers Are Propping Up Used Car Prices

    By Nick Carey, Reuters

    Two lanes apart at a noisy, fast-paced auto auction near Detroit, two vehicles show why major U.S. automakers have a problem with used cars. In one lane of the Manheim auction facility, a black 2015...

  • FILE PHOTO --  A Tesla Model X is photographed alongside a Model S at a Tesla electric car dealership in Sydney

    In the Electric Car Market, Tesla's Not The Only Game in Town

    By Nick Cunningham, Oilprice.com

    Volvo became the first major auto company to announce the phase out of the internal-combustion engine from its lineup. The Chinese-owned Swedish car company announced on July 5 that every car it...

  • FILE PHOTO: Volvo logo is seen at the 2017 New York International Auto Show in New York

    Here’s the Strategy Behind Volvo’s Big Move Into Electric Cars

    By Niklas Pollard, Reuters

    All Volvo car models launched after 2019 will be electric or hybrids, making it the first major traditional automaker to set a date for phasing out vehicles powered solely by the internal combustion...

  • An overall view of the assembly line where the BMW X4 is made at the BMW manufacturing plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina March 28, 2014. REUTERS/Chris Keane

    Bad News for Automakers: The Average US Household Can't Afford a New Car

    By Sarah O'Brien, CNBC

    As wages stagnate and the cost of living continues to rise, paying for a new car is a challenge for consumers, according to a new study. The report by Bankrate.com shows that in all but one of the 25...

  • Assembly workers work on the underside of 2015 Ford Mustang vehicles on the production line at the Ford Motor Flat Rock Assembly Plant in Flat Rock, Michigan, August 20, 2015.  REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

    Why Your Next Ford Could Be Made in China

    By Paul Lienert and David Shepardson, Reuters

    Ford Motor Co ( F.N ) said Tuesday it will move some production of its Focus small car to China and import the vehicles to the United States in a long-term bet on low oil prices and stable U.S.-China...

  • Mercedes Concept Car

    The Concept Car as a Living Room on Wheels

    By Paul Lienert, Reuters

    Germany's Daimler AG wants to reset consumers' expectations about self-driving cars with its futuristic Mercedes-Benz F 015 concept, unveiled Monday evening at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in...

  • General Motors

    GM’s Ignition Switch Crisis Means 3 New Recalls

    By Ryan Vlastelica, Reuters

    General Motors Co ( GM.N ) began the new year by announcing three new vehicle recalls on Thursday, as the ignition switch crisis continued to dog the automaker after millions of vehicles were...

  • Wanted in 2015: A Car No One Else Has

    By Edward Taylor, Reuters

    Martin Kapp gestures towards the sleek red Italian sports car standing in his barn in the heart of Germany , secure in the knowledge there is not another exactly like it in the world. By...

  • 		<p>Decked out in a stunning burnt orange that will undoubtedly turn heads, Jaguar’s new two-seater has the look of a sporty roadster. Deployable door handles and spoilers contribute to the car’s sleek look. The F-TYPE with a V8 engine will reach 60 mph

    Buying Cars for $60K Becomes the New Norm

    By Phil LeBeau, CNBC

    In the latest sign Americans are comfortable paying more for what they'll drive, the country is on the cusp of major milestone. This year, automakers are on pace to sell more than one million...

  • Tesla Motors Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk poses with a Tesla Model S electric car in Tokyo September 8, 2014.   REUTERS/Toru Hanai

    Will Cheaper Oil Burn Tesla?

    Some things are simply immutable. It doesn't matter how much we wish things were different. Or how hyped something is. If basic laws are violated, reality comes rushing back in. It looks like that's...