It’s car-buying season. And what a season it is. With all the recent turmoil in the automotive industry, what and whether it makes sense to buy seems more confusing than ever. I spoke with New

Electric cars create dreams of lower oil imports, blue skies and reduced operating costs for owners. The news this week that the Chevy Volt, the electric car from General Motors, will get 230 miles t

The basic design of a gasoline engine hasn’t really been revised in about 100 years. The Scuderi Group may change that - and the entire auto industry. Developing new technologies such as hybrid

Falling gasoline prices have pounded hybrid auto sales, but don’t expect Congress to notice - or care. Fewer buyers are willing to pay a premium of several thousand dollars for a gas-electric h

It was a chop-and-slop day on Wall Street, which is typical following big up-days. Traders who bought the opening run to S&P 730 were greeted with profit-takers, as the market never got above the

What a day it was for the market. Turnaround Tuesday definitely lived up to the hype.Citigroup (C) came out and said they had 2 profitable quarters through the first 3 months of this year; all the ba

After a much-needed 3-day weekend, traders awoke to find the global equity markets selling off. The sell-off continued in the US on fears that some banks would have to be nationalized. Here's Bennet

Cheer up - it’s looking like 1982 all over again. J.D. Power and Associates expects US auto sales to fall to about 11.4 million units in 2009 - the lowest number since 1982, when 10.5

If you can't sell the present, try pitching the future. The North American International Auto Show looks past 2008's 18% drop in sales from the previous year and 2009's weaker prospects to a future w

General Motors (GM) may sell or drop its Saturn, Saab and Pontiac nameplates as part of the effort to secure a $12 billion federal loan. Earlier, the automaker had dropped the Hummer in response to d