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EXECUTIVE EDITOR ROGER HART: For a small truck offering some full-size features, this is a good one. For less than $30,000, this truck will do what a large percentage of all truck buyers need.

Consumers shopping for a new car would be able to compare fuel economy and emissions levels across all types of vehicles by looking at revised labels on window stickers under an Obama administration proposal made Monday.

In today's News Brake: Mazda Shinari shows future design themes, a teen motorcyclist is killed at Indy, and Ivan "Ironman" Stewart auctions his belongings . . . But Wait, There's More!

Suzuki has delayed the relaunch of its Swift small car in the United States until next year while it works on a global product strategy with Volkswagen AG and ponders the growing strength of the yen against the dollar.

Ivan and#8220;Ironmanand#8221; Stewartand#8217;s high-speed lifestyle of flying through the desert, leaving a rooster tail of dust, is taking a turn down a calmer, gentler road.

The TSX kept a big, goofy grin plastered across my face the whole time I had it, whether ducking through traffic on the way home from the office or running around later in the evening, the surprisingly smooth four-banger eagerly responding to...

Mazda unveiled the Shinari sports coupe on Monday, a four-door concept car that indicates the future design direction for the Japanese brand. The concept will be on Mazda's stand at the Paris auto show in early October.

Mazda's next-generation of powertrains, called Sky, will feature a variety of new technologies that company engineers say improve fuel efficiency by 20 percent.

Mercedes-Benz is set to launch a wave of small luxury vehicles in the United States. An all-new C-class coupe will debut next year, followed by three derivatives of the front-wheel-drive B class in 2012 and 2013.

Larry Alexander, who with his brother Mike ran the famed Alexander Brothers car customizing shop in Detroit, died Wednesday, Aug. 25. He was 79 years old.

In today's News Brake: RM prepares for Labor Day auction, BMW's Jack Pitney dies in a tractor accident, and test-driving the Audi A4 Avant . . . But Wait, There's More!

The off-road racing accomplishments of Ivan "Ironman" Stewart might never be matched: 82 major wins in desert racing, 17 of them in the crash-and-bang Mickey Thompson stadium series, three Baja 1000s and others too numerous to squeeze in here over a...

Lotus is preparing a high-risk concept-car blitz that will redefine its identity at this year's Paris motor show.

Lingenfelter Performance Engineering is reviving a name from the growing list of dead car companies, building a reimagined, 2010 Chevrolet Camaro-based Trans Am for the PlayStation generation.

EDITOR WES RAYNAL: I liked driving this truck a lot. I'm just not sure why it exists. It's plenty fast, gets 19 or so mpg and weighs as much as a Chevrolet Suburban.

The Mazda MX-5 (Miata) roadster has been with us for more than 20 years. And it's better than ever, as editors Bob Gritzinger and Jon Wong explain.

India's Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd. said it has terminated a four-year agreement with its independent U.S. importer, Global Vehicles U.S.A. Inc., just days after receiving a key U.S.

BMW North American marketing vice president Jack Pitney was killed in an accident on his farm on Aug. 26, the company announced in a statement. He was 47.

Lotus is set to reveal new versions of the Evora with more power and an optional automatic transmission at the Paris motor show this fall.