Ford’s Fiesta subcompact is pretty stylish—in five-door guise, anyway; the sedan is seriously frumpy—which makes it a decent tableau for customization. Ford is bringing three worked-over examples to next week’s SEMA show in Las Vegas, each prepped by a different tuning outfit. (Truthfully...
School of Engine Knocks: A university in England churns out the next generation of automotive journalists.
For those who love cars, a career in automotive journalism promises access to the latest and greatest vehicles on the market, the opportunity to meet the people who design and engineer them...
Each week, our German correspondent slices and dices the latest rumblings, news, and quick-hit driving impressions from the other side of the pond. His byline may say Jens Meiners, but we simply call him . . . the Continental.
The Frankfurt...
It has something to prove.
At first blush, this new Beetle—don’t call it the New Beetle—appears to be a GTI wearing a puffy jacket, packing as it does the same 200-hp, 2.0-liter turbo four-cylinder and six-speed dual-clutch automatic. And the racy wheels, rear spoiler, and brassy “Turbo” badge...
What do you do while driving to make the streets more dangerous? Fiddle with the radio? Light a cigarette? Butter your bagel while texting as you adjust the seat? Or possibly the most dangerous, do you simply drive while teenaged?
The Transportation Research Board of the National Academies is...
At today's British Chambers of Commerce annual conference, George Osborne and Vince Cable will appeal to businesses for their support. Follow our live coverage.
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Macy’s, which has touted the Martha Stewart Collection as its exclusive and top-selling housewares and home-decor brand, filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to stop the domestic diva from selling certain goods at rival J.C. Penney.
Having spent most of its history building large-ish grand tourers, Aston’s detoured into more pedestrian territory as of late, first aiming for a slice of the 911’s pie with the eight-cylinder Vantage and now with the rather preposterous Cygnet city car. And while it continues to lob balls into...
Germany enjoyed an unexpectedly strong second quarter as the economy grew at
the fastest pace in 23 years.
