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- Mosley Wins Suit Against Tabloid
A judge ruled for Max Mosley, the overseer of grand prix motor racing, in his privacy suit over a British tabloid?s story about a sadomasochistic ?orgy? with a Nazi theme.
- The Road Ahead for Ford Is Full of Smaller Cars
With gas at $4, Ford is redirecting billions of dollars to build more small cars in a move that Alan R. Mulally, Ford?s chief, hopes will help the automaker thrive, not just survive.
- The Energy Challenge: Gassing Up With Garbage
After years of false starts, a new industry selling motor fuel made from waste is getting a big push in the U.S., with the first commercial sales possible within months.
- Toyota Ahead of G.M. in Auto Sales
Based on sales for the first half of 2008, Toyota appears to be on its way to surpassing G.M. as the largest automaker.
- Behind the Wheel | 2009 Subaru Forester: A Small Hauler Crosses the Line
Subaru?s redesigned Forester brings improved comfort, but offers a less playful feel than its predecessor.
- Behind the Wheel | Koenigsegg CCX: Who Wants to Drive a Millionaire?
With 806 horsepower, the ultralight Koenigsegg CCX is an approachable supercar ? if you approach with $1.05 million.
- 2009 Nissan Murano: A City Slicker?s Urbane Makeover
Shoppers seeking a fewer-tears alternative to a midsize S.U.V. are likely to like what they see in the Murano.
- Mr. Ford?s T: Versatile Mobility
Nearly as significant as the Model T?s ubiquity was its knack for performing many tasks, going far beyond basic transportation.
- BMW Hydrogen 7: A Sedan Fueled by the Future
The 6-liter V-12 engine in this demonstration BMW runs on gasoline or hydrogen, allowing drivers to switch back and forth.
- Rethinking a Pioneer
Students at the College for Creative Studies tried to redesign the Model T for the 21st century.
- Around the Block: Getting By on Its Looks Alone
The Dodge Nitro?s styling buoyed early sales, but buyers have been turned off by mediocre mileage, rattling radiators and general unpleasantness.
- Lodz Journal: Where Racing Is Fast and Police Aren?t Furious
Police officers in Lodz, Poland, have tried to deal with illegal street races by helping to organize them.
- Motoring: Fixes to Some Problems
Acura and Honda transmission troubles and Chevrolets and Pontiacs with windshield cracks are among the latest technical service bulletins.
- Talking Business: Costly Toys, or a New Era for Drivers?
The chief backer of the Tesla Roadster, the first-ever all-electric sports car with a base price of $109,000, believes that the age of the electric car has dawned.
- Car Buyers Downsize, but Spend Big on Options
People of all income levels are buying small cars but they are not scrimping on creature comforts.
- Our Towns: Moving Too Fast to Drive 55
Slowing down to 55 or 60 miles an hour to save gas might seem a no-brainer for drivers reeling from high gas prices. But some think it?s unrealistic.
- Television Review: Motor Heads Take a Detour, With Cartoon Carburetors
?Click & Clack? stars graphically rendered versions of Tom and Ray Magliozzi, who have been solving carburetor and girlfriend problems on their national radio program for over a decade.
- A Shortage at the Pump: Not of Gas, but of 4s
With regular gas in New York City at $4.40 a gallon, station managers are rummaging through their storage closets in search of extra 4s to display on their pumps, and many are coming up short.
- Decision Is Near in Sensational London Trial of Privacy Suit by a Consenting Adult
The outcome of the case, Max Mosley?s invasion-of-privacy case against a tabloid, The News of the World, is expected to be a legal landmark.
- Q & A: Vertigo in Vehicles
Is reading in a moving car bad for your health?
- City?s ?Gas Squad? Keeps the Pumps Honest
Skyrocketing gas prices have inspectors working overtime this summer to police the city?s more than 1,000 gas stations, marinas and fuel trucks.
- Taking Teenagers Out for a (Supervised) Spin
Safe-driving programs offer instruction for young drivers well beyond what most parents are capable of providing.
- Motoring: Demystifying the Dreaded End-of-Lease Inspection
The inspection at the end of a car lease does not have to be a mystery. Many manufacturers try to make it easy for lessees to understand.
- Moving In Together to Get a Handle on Traffic
For the first time, New Jersey?s three major traffic agencies are monitoring traffic under the same roof.
- Executive Pursuits: A Spa Treatment to Clean the Car and Energize the Driver
Auto spas promise to give the kind of complete body-to-soul makeover ordinarily associated with upscale health resorts.
- Toyota Scales Back Production of Big Vehicles
Toyota acknowledged that, like its rival automakers in Detroit, it misjudged the drastic swing in the American market away from larger vehicles.
- Sports of The Times: Petty Welcomes Investor Into the Family Business
Richard Petty is one of the great sporting icons, a man who transformed his business, and one who takes over an event just by being there.
- Designing Cars for Low-Carbon Chic
Automakers and designers are mapping out a new generation of lighter, sleeker vehicles that could give a radical new look to urban streets.
- A Road Rally for the Rich and Richer
The transcontinental jaunt known as the Bullrun allows participants to revive the notion of driving muscle cars across America like bats out of hell, for a $20,000 entry fee.
- Nissan Says Electric Cars Will Be Quickly Profitable
The capabilities of Nissan?s electric cars, to be introduced in 2010, will vary by country but none will have range-extending gasoline engines, the company?s chief executive said.
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