Hybrids Are HotAutomakers that used to downplay the viability of

Hybrids Are Hot
Automakers that used to downplay the viability of gasoline-electric hybrids are now embracing them.
Ann Job

Planning, Common Sense Can Increase Fuel Mileage, According to Advance Auto Parts (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
With the high cost of gas, drivers can use planning and common sense to squeeze a few more miles out of a gallon of gas, and reduce the flow of money going from their wallet to the gas pump.

The Color of Money: Flood-damaged cars wash up in used-car lots (Miami Herald)
When the floodwaters finally recede on the Gulf Coast, no doubt there will be thousands of water-damaged cars that will flood the used car market.

Auto Racing Notebook: Cup teams creativity is crushed (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
TALLADEGA, Ala. -- In the wake of a ruling by NASCAR officials that will make the type of rear shock absorbers used this past week at Dover by Hendrick Motorsports illegal in the future, Roush Racing driver Greg Biffle says creativity within the teams is being quashed.

Iraq terror cars stolen in U.S. (Arizona Daily Star)
WASHINGTON - The FBI's counterterrorism unit has launched a broad investigation of U.S.-based theft rings after discovering that some of the vehicles used in deadly car bombings in Iraq, including

What's going on with Volkswagen? (Autoblog)
First Porsche buys in, then it s revealed that DaimlerChrysler has been looking at an equity stake in Volkswagen. So, what s going on? This week s edition of The Economist reviews the popular theories about the recent activity. First, German companies have traditionally exchanged shares in each other, partly to keep foreign shareholders out. Second, there are historical and family ties

Inability of govt to ban used auto imports alarms industry (Manila Bulletin)
Local automotive assemblers, parts makers and their workers have expressed alarm over the government s inability to enforce laws banning the used of vehicle importation and the importation of right hand drive vehicles.