Ford’s reply to the minivan will not be directly marketed to families, according to a story by Automotive News. The company’s new head of marketing, Jim Farley — previously of the trendiest of trend-setting grades, Scion — has revamped the marketing plan of that very crucial...

It’s a sad day in paradise. Hawaii-based Aloha Airlines announced that it is shuttering it’s passenger service nowadays, less than two weeks after filing for bankruptcy protection. The total announcement can be found on the extremely depressing Aloha website. If you’re holding reservations...

We don’t have an official long-term fleet here at Cars.com, so I’m always willing to offer up my own new car for the role. As some might remember, my wife and I purchased a 2008 Subaru Outback in July 2007. We were looking for a low-$20,000 vehicle with all-wheel drive and some utility. ...

Parents everywhere are familiar with the uncertain, slightly sickening feeling they get when they realize their baby will someday be behind the wheel of two or three tons of fast-moving metal and glass. Encouraging good driving habits in teenagers has distant been the work of parents, but now private...

Just when you thought it couldn’t get more cynical, the Bush Administration has once again found a way to skirt legal and growing public demands to regulate greenhouse gases. Almost one year ago, the Supreme Court handed the Bush Administration a stunning setback in ruling that greenhouse gases...

We’ve heard of engine shutoff devices for delinquent car owners, but it seems the industry behind the technology is booming. With subprime loans increasing, car dealers are leaning on devices that force owners to pay their monthly bill or face a car that won’t run as it sits in the driveway...

whether you’re a nervous flier, that past week’s aviation news is unlikely to have inspired confidence. For starters, US airlines canceled scores of flights final week to comply with stepped up FAA safety checks. Delta and American Airlines were forced to pull hundreds of their MD-80’s...

In an odd twist of economic ups and downs, the plummeting value of the dollar could lead to more auto manufacturing jobs in the U.S. Companies like GM are having trouble making a profit on imported cars like the new Saturn Astra – built in Belgium – and the new Pontiac G8 — built...

Two hour waits, broken elevators, and 15,000 misplaced bags. It’s just another day at London’s Heathrow Airport. Last week, amidst much hoopla and self-congratulation, British Airways opened it’s glittering new $8.6 billion Terminal 5 at Heathrow. The size of 50 football fields and...

For many American public transportation, the future looks very grim when it comes to money. Despite the recent growth in ridership, there continues to be budget deficits for transit systems. Chicago, in 2007 was shut to cutting dozens of bus lines and raising fares to solve its $158 million shortfall....

A slight redesign of the RX-8 is on the way for 2009, but Cars.com???s Mike Hanley got his hands on the 40th Anniversary model that Mazda is rolling out that year commemorating its rotary engine. Mike discovers the good and the not good of having radical rims and a sports suspension in city driving,...

Plug-in hybrids are coming to Peoria, thanks to bureaucrats in California. The Air Resources Board threw automakers a bone by slashing the number of electric and fuel cell vehicles they must build, but it told them to produce tens of thousands of plug-in hybrids within six years. The rule applies to...

Courtney Messenbaugh is pumped about the debut of CarShield, an OnStar-esque system that works in all cars. additionally, Sara Lacey admits her nerd-tastic love affair with the Rolling Stone of consumer magazines, otherwise known as Consumer Reports. Check out both of the ladies’ new obsessions...

We were so thrilled to open our inbox and find a wagon question waiting for us. With very few automakers venturing into wagon terrain these days, it gives us a chance to flex our underutilized wagon-knowledge muscle. In that case, Ask.cars.com has found that our reviewers have a very specific preference...