President-elect Barack Obama said the government needs to provide help to U.S. automakers on condition that management, labor and lenders come up with a plan to make the industry “sustainable.”
Auto Show “For the auto industry to completely collapse would be a disaster in this kind of environment — not just for individual families but the [...]

 U.S. automakers, now facing their worst sales slump in 15 years, are nervously eyeing world trade talks they fear could open the U.S. market to more imports without giving their exports a boost.
“We’re worried about the direction it’s taking,” Steve Collins, president of the Automotive Trade Policy Council, which represents General Motors Corp, Ford Motor [...]

The Stater Bros. Route 66 Rendezvous has just released the official 2008 Route 66 Rendezvous souvenir T-shirt which features local vehicles that participate in the Rendezvous being held September 18 - 21, 2008 on the downtown streets of San Bernardino. Artwork design was done by California Casuals Sportswear, Inc. of San Bernardino. The shirts are [...]

Auto repair workers of the 1920s pose alongside a vintage tow truck at 1615 J St., the modern-day home of Lucca Restaurant. Spacious midtown sites built as garages and showrooms are now pulling in diners.
Across midtown Sacramento, eateries are opening in buildings that originally served up more carburetors than carpaccio, more brake jobs than breakfast [...]

It could be considered an annual ritual: When the weather gets warm, the cars come out in every make, model and size.
The Corvette Stingray — undeniably cool. Mercedes sports car
sophistication. A Packard Roadster — true classic. The Lamborghini Countach — there’s a reason “Countach” translates roughly to “Holy cow!”
For car enthusiasts of all stripes, Bucks [...]

Despite whispers of vaporware and only a little more than four months since the original concept was debuted at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show, Fisker has handed out a set of six images of the Fisker Karma testing in Southern California.
The prototype looks shockingly similar to the show car and is wearing only the lightest [...]

Fisker Automotive took a prototype of its planned $80,000 electric sedan for a spin on a track in California, giving gawkers the first first look of the luxury sedan in action.
The photos, which were thought to be “spy photos,” were actually taken by the company’s PR firm and distributed to the media, according to published [...]

This past weekend, the Dutchess County Fairgrounds played host to the Rhinebeck Car and Auto Show.
Although attendance was down a bit from previous years, Vicki Imperati, spokeswoman for fairgrounds, said the event is always a successful one no matter how many people come out.
“Totals for attendance were down on both days, which was most likely [...]

THE design studies known as concept cars, which are staples at auto shows and often inspirations for the cars of tomorrow, are also test beds for new ideas. The newest designers in an automaker%26#8217;s studio often have a hand in these %26#151; with ideas that spring from creative young minds to become dream-car [...]

WHILE the Stout Scarab suggests the origins of the minivan, the Nissan Forum could be its future. A concept vehicle that will be displayed at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit this month, the Forum represents an effort to escape the dull bread-loaf design of minivans.
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