Specialty equipment trade show

Aftermarket auto ware there for the long haul

Next week, Las Vegas turns into aftermarket heaven. Roll out the rally cars, billion-horsepower engines and every conceivable electronic device -- and some you couldn't imagine -- replica rattlesnake seat covers, bamboo floor mats and more rims than a junkyard and you'll begin to picture SEMA, the Specialty Equipment Market Association trade show. - 10/31/2009

Scott Burgess: Auto review

The Infiniti G: Brains and beauty

The addition of the hardtop has transformed convertibles from Sunday summer strollers to everyday drivers. - 10/29/2009

Backlog of clunkers still await recycling

Washington -- Cash for Clunkers may be history for car shoppers, but the program's largesse lives on in recycling yards around the country. - 10/29/2009

David Phillips

Recovery will stem from fresh designs

Some of the auto industry's biggest hits have roots in a company's darkest days, demographic shifts or a defining moment in history. - 10/29/2009

Soup it up

Fesler-Moss revives vintage Camaro package

Though in business only a decade, Fesler Built has become prominent in building not only souped-up cars for individual customers, but show cars and high-performance project vehicles for a variety of automakers, including GM. - 10/29/2009

Sneak Peek: Audi Clubsport

Audi appears to be progressing with the Clubsport model because there are some obvious changes to this prototype since the last time we saw it. - 10/29/2009

Audi Q5 delivers luxury performance

Welcome to the race Audi. When the German luxury sport carmaker brought out the Audi Q5 this year, you just knew it was going to be good. - 10/24/2009

• Photos: 2009 Audi Q5

Scott Burgess: Auto review

Green-off: Hybrid models put to the test

"I want a hybrid." I've heard that from more than one reader, and I have come to realize that most people don't really know a thing about hybrids. Not all hybrids are created equal and not every hybrid will fit into every garage the same. - 10/22/2009

• Ford rallies leaders to back plug-in cars
• Utilities onboard for electric cars
• Green cars have long way to go
• Big 3 support fuel standards
• Noise issue creeps up on electric cars
• Source: India's Reva plans N.Y. electric car site

• PDF: Hybrids head to head
• Photos: 2010 Toyota Prius
• Photos: 2010 Honda Insight
• Photos: 2010 Ford Fusion
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Sneak Peek: Ford Fiesta

Ford recently launched its new Fiesta Sedan in China, but we caught the U.S. spec version out testing, and new details are visible. - 10/22/2009

John McCormick

Noise issue creeps up on electric cars

If you have driven a pure electric or hybrid car you will know the problem. - 10/22/2009

• Green-off: Hybrid models put to the test

Soup it up

Grill sizzles with hot rod power

The Hot Rod Grill looks like a 350-cubic-inch "small block" Chevrolet V-8 on an engine stand, but instead of valves and pistons on the inside, the manifold pivots open to reveal a two-burner, 30,000-BTU propane-fueled barbecue grill. - 10/22/2009

Driving trio of Aston Martins is a royal treat

They are royalty: Elegant, refined and just a touch snobby. They think they are better than us. And really, they are. Even their name has an acceptable amount of arrogance in it. Aston Martin. - 10/17/2009

• Photos: 2010 Aston Martins

Scott Burgess: Auto Review

A 'cheaper' Corvette that doesn't compromise

There's always been a Corvette void. It's that dead space between models that other carmakers have filled -- making their offerings look less expensive and, thus, more attractive. Chevrolet hopes to change that with the reintroduction of the Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport -- an open-air compromise for the guy who wants something a little more special but doesn't need to kill himself on a wet hairpin. - 10/15/2009

• GM out to shock American consumer
• J.D. Power study: Young folks may love cars less

• Photos: 2010 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport
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J.D. Power study: Young folks may love cars less

Is the love affair between cars and young people starting to cool? That could be the case, according to a new study of auto-related online commentary among teens and young adults by J.D. Power and Associates. - 10/15/2009

• A 'cheaper' Corvette that doesn't compromise