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With money getting tighter and tighter, many of us are skipping the new car lot and looking into buying a previously owned, previously depreciated, car or truck. This is a...

Two years for a car repair? These days everybody wants to save a little money. For that matter I've always wanted to save money -- these days, those days, way...

The compelling storyline on most NASCAR weekends would be if two "second-tier" drivers qualified on the front row for that weekend's Sprint Cup race.

ALBUQUERQUE, NM (MARKET WIRE) Throughout New Mexico retail prices for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline continue to fall at a rapid pace, according to AAA New Mexico Weekend Gas Watch.

While chatting with the Mitsubishi PR people at an event last month, I mentioned that I absolutely loved the 2008 Lancer Evolution MR I reviewed, and I regretted the fact...

The NHRA's Top Fuel and Funny Car classes will keep their race distances at 1,000 feet to start the 2009 season, the NHRA said Friday, as the sanctioning body continues to look for ways to reduce engine output.

CHICAGO, IL (MARKET WIRE) Methode Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: MEI), a global designer and manufacturer of electro-mechanical devices, has selected Dresner Corporate Services, Inc., a strategic communications agency, to provide investor relations counsel. Dresner will work closely with Methode to raise awareness within the investment community of the Company and its growth strategies.

GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS (MARKET WIRE) John Sakach Co. has selected the marketing leading automated inspection and real-time safety compliance management system, Field ID, to manage their inspection, testing, certification and repair services. After almost two years of using start-up programs and seeing a rapid increase in the number of rigging products to track, Field ID Distributor Edition will enable John Sakach Co. to have full safety traceability of products they sell as well as take advantage of the Field ID Safety network; sharing safety critical data with their vendors and customers.

New technologies can help avoid accidents or even maximize fuel economy. But even the most advanced cars are only as smart as the driver.

A French banker named Edward de Cazalet special-ordered this Maserati Ghibli SS, and in the early 1970s, the Ghibli was just the sort of car sporting bankers aspired to own.