Sharky's Notebook

French curves and a ghost from the United States' gilded luxury-making past won top honors on Sunday at the 31st Concours d'Elegance of America at Meadow Brook on a sunny afternoon north of Detroit.

Ford wants you to forget everything you know, or think you know, about its Explorer. The company has high hopes for its all-new SUV, and rightfully so.

An impressive array of gleaming classics crossed the block on Saturday at RM Auctions' Vintage Cars of Meadow Brook sale in a white linen event that showcased the grandeur and glamor of automaking in the Motor City in the early part of the Twentieth...

An impressive array of gleaming classics crossed the block on Saturday at RM Auctions' Vintage Cars of Meadow Brook sale in a white linen event that showcased the grandeur and glamor of automaking in the Motor City in the early part of the Twentieth...

Less than a month after revealing a raft of changes to standard versions of its range-topping coupe, Mercedes-Benz has lifted the veil on a more powerful and significantly more economical CL63 AMG.

The king of Camaros lives.

Here's your weekly rundown of the top-flight racing action on tap for the weekend of July 23-25.

Saleen Performance will celebrate Mustang Week in Myrtle Beech with two commemorative-edition pony cars.

Senior Editor (West Coast) Mark Vaughn is spending the summer in a Mitsubishi i-MiEV. he's chronicling his days and nights in the car in this blog.

In News Brake: Michael Schumacher says he will return to his championship form, Jeep will make more Grand Cherokees for 2011, and we test-drive the Ford Flex Limited . . . But Wait, There's More!

The future is here! And weand#8217;re driving it!

In a low-key industrial complex just north of Detroit sits a trove of 1960s and '70s Alfa Romeos.

Ford Motor Co. reported a second-quarter profit of $2.6 billion as U.S. sales rose 20 percent and the automaker continued to gain market share.

Margery Krevsky walks over to a display case containing several hood-ornament reproductions.

In News Brake: Lincoln offers the 2011 MKZ hybrid for the same price as the regular model, the Senate ponders electric-car incentives, and Citroën shows off its WRC heritage in stunning photography . . . But Wait, There's More!

The 2011 Lincoln MKZ hybrid will cost exactly the same as its conventional counterpart when it goes on sale this fall.

A Senate committee approved nearly $3.9 billion on Wednesday to support the launch of electric cars across the nation.

NEWS EDITOR GREG MIGLIORE: Before I was even out of the gate at One AutoWeek Tower, the guard was drooling all over this Sonata, comparing it to a Mercedes-Benz.

Drivers of most 2011 General Motors Co. vehicles will be able to use a smartphone to carry out functions usually found on a key fob -- such as remote starting, activating the horn and lights, and remote locking and unlocking of doors.