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Ford's three domestic brands all received above-average marks in J.D. Power and Associates' influential annual survey of vehicle dependability, but several General Motors brands slipped in the rankings and all Chrysler brands remained well below the industry average, led by a steep decline for Jeep.

Reports that Chrysler and Nissan are in discussions to jointly produce midsize cars raise questions about the future of the Auburn Hills automaker's car lineup.

LOESS HILLS, Iowa -- Deep in the thickly wooded hills of rural Iowa I am zipping along narrow dirt trails on a popular new vehicle type. This is not a street legal model from a familiar automotive brand, but the latest in a breed of junior off-road machines.

In the 10 years he's been running CorvetteTrader.com, Joe Raymond has never seen clients struggle to come up with the $29.95 fee he charges for listing their classic cars for sale. These days, however, their credit card payments are frequently declined and few have another card to use. One woman whose card was rejected had to ask if she could hold off on the fee until her husband got his paycheck.

A party -- especially one that attracts 1.5 million car enthusiasts to your city -- requires cold cash to host. The cost to manage tens of thousands of revving cars and all those thirsty, hungry and rowdy participants ranges from a high of $120,000 in Royal Oak -- which is ground zero with four miles of Woodward Avenue frontage -- to a mere $10,000 in Bloomfield Hills, which disregards the Cruise despite the fact that the main drag bisects the upscale city.

BIRMINGHAM -- Woodward Dream cruisers who strike the curb one too many times or suffer whiplash from a raucous burnout should keep an eye out for a vintage M*A*S*H-style ambulance parked along Woodward Avenue this year.

Buffeted by the worst U.S. auto market in more than a decade, Toyota reported a second consecutive drop in its quarterly earnings.

Possibly one of the most elegantly handsome Rolls-Royce motorcars ever was the Phantom II Continental close-coupled Sport Saloon exhibited by coachbuilder Park Ward on its London show stand in 1933.

Be suspicious of the Government's 'Grab A Grand' offer says Mike Rutherford.

Volkswagen announced that the 2009 Jetta TDI, which is powered by VW's new "clean diesel" engine, will qualify for a $1,300 Federal tax credit. The tax credit will help offset...