The Los Angeles Auto Show is just a few weeks away, so now seems as good a time as any to skim through the submissions for its 6th Annual Design Challenge. This year's theme is YouthMobile 2030 -- the goal being to envision vehicles two decades down the road. Participating studios include Audi, Honda, Mazda, Nissan, Toyota, and GM, whose entry is...
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2003 Lincoln LS: Do I Have to Use Premium Gas?
Q--I have a 2003 Lincoln LS that is mainly used for occasional vacation trips and some drives around town. My owner's guide recommends using gas with an "octane rating of 91 or higher for optimum ...
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1997 Pontiac Grand Am: Check Engine Light Is On
Q--I've got a ‘97 Pontiac Grand Am, and the check engine light is on. I stopped at AutoZone to have them plug their diagnostic tool up to my car and see why the engine light is on, but they couldn't get it to ...
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Ford EcoBoost: V-8 Power from Six?
Automotive engineering is all about trade-offs. You want to build something bigger, you normally wind up with more weight. More features? A higher price tag. To improve performance, meanwhile, you sacrifice ...
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Flint: Next Year—Better or Worse?
That ugly word “recession” is being heard in the land. On financial TV shows they talk of a coming recession all the time. The columnist Dan Dorfman says it will be worse than recession. If times are bad, ...
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Ford Drops New N.A. Plant Plans
Ford is shelving plans to build a new assembly plant in northern Mexico . Instead, Ford has promised the United Auto Workers in its new labor pact to build a small car in the U.S. Pushing both Ford ...
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Smart Ramping Up Fast
As it gets ready to roll its first car into U.S. showrooms, smart is quickly building up its early order bank, noted the carmaker’s boss, Dave Schembri. In an unusual ...
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Ford Lays Out “Blueprint to Sustainability”
Ford plans to take aggressive steps to create “safer, more fuel-efficient, quality products,” declared the embattled automaker’s CEO, Alan Mulally, during his keynote address at this year’s Los Angeles auto ...
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GM Bringing Fuel Cells Home
Power to the people. Hydrogen power, that is. Starting in January, General Motors will begin to deliver the first of 100 road-ready fuel cell vehicles, to motorists in California, New York and Washington, ...

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