Autos
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Model A looks pretty good for nearly 85 years oldAug 17, 2015 9:00 am - Mike Malesevic is a lifelong gearhead, always itching to tinker with a new four-wheeled toy. In 2012, a friend tipped him off about a 1931 Ford Model A. Far from roadwor...
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Why Illinois drivers can't replace faulty air bagsAug 17, 2015 5:30 am - Dear car owner: If your passenger air bag deploys, there is a chance metal fragments could fly out causing injury or death. As of now, we don't have replacement air bags...
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Luxury autos featured at Geneva's Concours D'EleganceAug 16, 2015 11:00 pm - Despite roaring engines and high speed sports cars, an atmosphere of delicate elegance and luxury pervades Geneva's Concours D'Elegance. The 11th annual classic car sho...
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Sons inherit their father's love for classic carsAug 10, 2015 6:00 am - Sean and Bryan Bransky inherited a deep love of classic motoring from their father, Ron. Ron was a lifelong mechanic who worked professionally in the automotive industry...
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Star Chief stands out at Indian UprisingAug 09, 2015 11:00 pm - Some like sleek and fast. Others prefer big and wide. Jim Biebrach has found himself drawn more and more to the “big, wide-bodied cars.” Biebrach bought his 1958 Pontiac...
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Millennials join confident consumers snapping up autos in U.S.
Aug 09, 2015 7:40 am - SOUTHFIELD, Mich. - Surprising U.S. sales gains from the Detroit Three and top Japanese automakers provide another sign that the American consumer is back and ready to s...
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Why Detroit should put hackers behind the wheel
Aug 08, 2015 7:32 am - While the self-driving car has been touted as the inevitable future of the automobile industry, the idea of giving up the wheel to a software program still makes plenty ...
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Urban traffic systems could be targets for hackersAug 08, 2015 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Picture this: A hacker walks the streets of Capitol Hill with a laptop and malicious intentions. He crouches to street level, tapping into the city's traffi...
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9 beautiful new books about cars for true design fiendsAug 07, 2015 6:00 am - If you really want to know what's going on in someone's head, an analysis of their intellectual diet is the best place to start. For car lovers, this can be a minefield....
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Car show calendarAug 06, 2015 11:00 pm - Aug. 12: Gruppo di Motori Italiani, Italian Motor Gathering 2015, 6 p.m. at Romano Brands, 10000 W. Grand Ave., Franklin Park. For details, visit www.meetup.com/Gruppo-d...