Ford will shut its car factories in India and record roughly $2 billion in restructuring charges, scaling back significantly in a country that past management saw becoming one of its three biggest markets. Read More ⇒

Jonathan Bruyn has 50 unsellable Chevrolet Bolts on the lot of his Colma, Calif., dealership lot, and he doesn’t know what to do with them. Read More ⇒

Q: My Honda CR-V makes a loud buzzing noise that is only heard by the receiver of the phone call when it’s connected to the Bluetooth. This sound is not heard by the driver of the car. Any idea on what is causing this? I asked my Honda service person and he said disconnect the phone and reco… Read More ⇒

MONTICELLO — Having just taken the top two spots at the 24 Hours of Le Mans last month, Toyota’s Gazoo Racing team has much to be proud of. It’s taken years to achieve, and it’s a testament to Toyota’s engineering and manufacturing acumen. Read More ⇒

LIME ROCK PARK, Conn. — Short but sweet, Lime Rock is one of America’s most formidable race tracks. It features double-apex turns, elevation changes and the Diving Turn — one of the most heart-in-your-throat downhill bends this side of Cedar Point’s Millennium Force. Read More ⇒

Magna CEO Swamy Kotagiri had some interesting things to say about electric vehicles and more when I participated in a conversation that will air beginning Sept. 9 on “Autoline This Week” on PBS. Read More ⇒

Melody Bond of Livonia, Mich., loved her 2014 Chevrolet Camaro muscle car so much she named it Esmeralda. Read More ⇒

Q: With the advent of adaptive cruise control, my question is, do the brake lights come on when the system detects a need to slow down, especially when it is somewhat abrupt? Read More ⇒

Every great automaker has at least one vehicle that embodies what it does best, and that it does better than nearly anybody else. They’re the machines that embody the corporate soul. For Honda, the Civic is that corporate totem. Honda nearly never gets a Civic wrong. When it did a few years … Read More ⇒

SUNDANCE, Utah — The last time Nissan offered a redesigned Frontier pickup truck, George W. Bush was starting his second term as president, Hurricane Katrina decimated New Orleans and a new website debuted named YouTube. Read More ⇒

Ford Motor Co. has confirmed 100,000 reservations so far for its all-new little 2022 Maverick pickup that hasn’t been built yet. Read More ⇒

DETROIT — General Motors on Friday issued a new recall that expands to all Chevrolet Bolt EVs and the new EUV for fire risk and will provide customers with an eight-year warranty on new battery modules for the affected cars. Read More ⇒

Q: To the best of my knowledge, in Minnesota it is illegal to use non-oxy gasoline in any vehicle except classic/collector vehicles, off-road, farm, and small engines, etc. If my info is incorrect, I’d love to know, so I can start using non-oxy in my Grand Cherokee. I have a 1963 Principalit… Read More ⇒

DETROIT — Strong consumer demand is keeping Detroit’s three automakers optimistic about second-half profits even as a global microchip shortage is expected to extend into next year amid rising cases of the more-contagious COVID-19 delta variant. Read More ⇒

A new study says shops often overcharge women for auto repairs. Read More ⇒

PALO ALTO, Calif. — After a day of driving the 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz compact pickup from sweeping highways to twisting mountain roads, I knew two things: Read More ⇒

WASHINGTON — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s investigation into a possible defect involving Tesla Inc.’s Autopilot signals a more activist approach by the Biden administration to regulating technology that’s crucial to the auto industry’s future. Read More ⇒

Soaring prices. Competition. Desperation. The dramatic conditions for U.S. homebuyers during the past year are now spilling into the market for rentals. Read More ⇒

U.S. home prices rose the most on record in the second quarter as buyers battled for a scarcity of listings. Read More ⇒

U.S. homebuilder sentiment fell to a 13-month low in August amid high prices and costs as well as continuing supply shortages. Read More ⇒

Cadillac has set itself on a bold course to go all-electric by the end of this decade. Call it the Yankee battle strategy as Cadillac follows California’s Tesla — the only U.S. automaker to best the German juggernaut of Mercedes/BMW/Audi on the luxury front. Read More ⇒

Scenes of vehicles immobilized by flash floods have been commonplace this soggy summer in southeast Michigan. Read More ⇒

Q: I have a 2014 Kia Soul with just over 37,000 miles on it. Yesterday I was backing into my drive and noticed water drops on the concrete. I looked under the car, and they were dripping from somewhere close to the back of the engine. I do not think it was brake fluid, not oil, but suspect i… Read More ⇒

Q: I have a large tree on my property close to the property line that I have been trimming for years. Some branches fall on the property line, and some in the neighbor’s yard. This has never been an issue until the neighbor installed a fence on the property line. Now the neighbor says if I d… Read More ⇒

American homes aren’t just growing dramatically more expensive. They’re also getting older. Read More ⇒

In order to reach President Joe Biden’s goal of having 50% of the new cars and light-duty trucks sold in the U.S. by 2030 be zero-emission, the federal government — meaning Congress — is going to have to put big subsidies in place. Read More ⇒

With people eager to get out of their homes this season, demand for rental cars is surging. Read More ⇒

The dog days of summer have officially arrived. But while temperatures are likely to soar higher across much of the country in the coming weeks, mortgage interest rates probably won’t. That’s good news for many buyer candidates and homeowners seeking a purchase loan or refi, of course. Read More ⇒

Jeep will launch its first all-electric vehicle in the first half of 2023, and Dodge will have a plug-in hybrid offering next year, Stellantis NV said Tuesday. Read More ⇒

The New York International Auto Show won’t happen this month as planned, thanks to the rapidly evolving impacts of the coronavirus delta variant. It’s the second year in a row that the virus has prompted the show’s cancellation. Read More ⇒

How many compact sedans did the former Big Three build last year? None. Zero. Zip. It’s as if they imperiously decreed that Americans no longer needed them. But what if you prefer a compact car? Read More ⇒

For the first time in its 118-year history, Ford Motor Co. plans to spend more on electrified vehicles than it does on internal combustion engine vehicles starting in 2023, an executive said Monday. Read More ⇒

Q: Regarding the topic of clogged sunroof drain tubes, I have found a quick and easy way to clean them using weed-whacker trim line. It is long and flexible enough to navigate the entire drain tube yet firm enough to get the job done by pushing any blockage out without damaging anything in t… Read More ⇒

Q: I recently bought a 2021 Ford F-150 with the center lane control. When driving on a straight road, such as I-94, etc., the light comes on telling me to hold my hands on the steering wheel every few minutes or more often, unless I move the wheel several times a minute. I am 85 years old, a… Read More ⇒

Some cars stick with you. The 10th generation Honda Accord is one of those vehicles. Read More ⇒

Q: I purchased a 2020 Kia Sportage and have noticed that when I park the vehicle for a short of time, the outside air temp gauge reads very high. Once I start driving the vehicle again, the temp reading starts going down to what I feel is the correct outside temp. From a cold start, the gaug… Read More ⇒

PLANO, Texas — In an effort to get the word out on its newest products, Toyota has revealed a number of new models, ones that would have been seen at auto shows had the pandemic not thrown a U-turn into everyone’s plans. Most were special edition models, with little more than special paint a… Read More ⇒

Q: My 2011 Acura MDX with only 83,000 miles does not burn or leak oil. However, when I either make a sharp left turn or sudden stop, the check oil message comes up for a brief instant then goes away. This never happens with any right turn I make or if I stop normally. Any thoughts? Read More ⇒

The record-breaking rise in used-car prices is probably coming to an end — and with it a key driver of the recent spike in U.S. inflation. Read More ⇒

Q: I hate sticky fingers — especially when my leather covered steering wheel becomes sticky. During the pandemic I discovered that disinfecting wipes did an excellent job of totally removing stickiness with no apparent residue left over. Unfortunately, I have developed an allergic reaction t… Read More ⇒

Q: In response to the reader who complained about sun blindness, I use something called Battle Visors when the sun is low, and they really help. Forget what I paid, but I think around $10. Read More ⇒

Ineos, a new automaker, looks to fill a niche abandoned by Land RoverLarry PrintzTribune News ServiceDoes the world need another SUV? It just might, if you ask Sir Jim Ratcliff, a 4x4 enthusiast who always loved the Land Rover Defender, a basic, no-thrills British-built SUV that had proved i… Read More ⇒

Q: It should be clarified, in my opinion, that analog AM radio as we currently know it will soon be extinct, but there is an option for stations to convert to digital AM that was recently approved by the FCC. Also, some AM stations are currently using the HD FM format to transmit signals. In… Read More ⇒

Q: After reading today’s column and in light of your ongoing efforts to get people to crack open their owner’s manuals, I thought you might enjoy this story. When I took delivery of a German sports car, the salesman advised me there was no break-in period required and that customers routinel… Read More ⇒

After years banging its head on the wall trying to convince American drivers to buy small cars, Volkswagen tried something novel a couple of years ago: selling what we wanted, not what the German automaker felt like building. Read More ⇒

Ford Motor Co. put down a multibillion-dollar bet that lightning will strike twice in the same place Wednesday night when it revealed an all-electric version of America’s bestselling vehicle, the F-150 pickup, on a massive outdoor wall of video screens at company HQ in Dearborn, Mich. Read More ⇒

Q: I live in Las Vegas and must replace my 12-volt battery every three years because of the heat. Will I have to worry about this with the electric cars? Batteries don’t come cheap and the new ones are probably more expensive than the current ones. Read More ⇒

Let’s hit this off the bat: The 2021 Porsche Taycan Cross Tourismo is a station wagon. Read More ⇒