Autos
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Cop's family happens to like fast carsNov 21, 2016 5:00 am - When a burly young man buys a high-revving muscle car new, the last thing he wants is mom hanging around. Bad-boy visions of peeling away in a plume of tire-squealing sm...
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Volkswagen to shed 30,000 jobs, cutting costs after scandal
Nov 18, 2016 6:00 am - FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Volkswagen announced plans Friday to cut 30,000 jobs in a wide-ranging restructuring of its namesake brand as it tries to recover from a scanda...
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Twice the fun, and work, as a typical project carNov 14, 2016 5:00 am - With heart pumping, Gary Uhlman rang the doorbell again. He was just a block away from his parent's home and about to find out if he'd be leaving with a 1968 Chevrolet C...
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Review: For real-life roads, Ford's Focus is still sharp
Nov 13, 2016 6:22 am - As a young journalist, I thrilled at invitations from automobile manufacturers to drive exotic cars in exotic locations. But there always was a troubling disconnect. We ...
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RPV, for when the family SUV just won't doNov 13, 2016 6:00 am - Rumors persist of an impending zombie apocalypse - and should that day come, be sure I'm jumping in this Terradyne Gurkha RPV, or rapid patrol vehicle. It's a brute of a...
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Elk Grove VFW raffling Chevy Corvette to raise fundsNov 10, 2016 12:00 am - Castle Chevrolet is announcing at the Elk Grove Village VFW Post 9284 Veterans Day ceremony that it will donate a 2017 Corvette to be raffled off in support of local vet...
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GM laying off over 2,000 at two factories as sales slowNov 08, 2016 10:00 pm - DETROIT - Shifting demand from cars to trucks and SUVS is forcing General Motors to lay off more than 2,000 workers indefinitely at two assembly plants in Ohio and Michi...
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Tesla inks deal to buy German manufacturing engineering firm
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Family shares a father's labor of loveNov 06, 2016 10:00 pm - Joel Pena's first car was one special 1957 Chevy Bel Air. He purchased the vehicle as a 17-year-old in 1966 while living in McAllen, Texas. His cousin sold it to him for...
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Cross-country trips in electric cars are about to get easier