LOS ANGELES (AP) _ With the U.S. all but certainly in a recession and many skittish consumers hesitant to buy even a Honda Accord, it would seem the last thing anyone would need is a $400,000 Rolls-Royce Phantom. But sales of many high-end luxury ...

A tough auto market? Not if you're a Maserati exec - Forbes

With the U.S. all but certainly in a recession and many skittish consumers hesitant to buy even a Honda Accord, it would seem the last thing anyone would need is a $400,000 Rolls-Royce Phantom. But sales of many high-end luxury cars are bucking the ...

San Francisco Bay Area getting wired for electric cars - The Auto Chanel

San Francisco CA November 20, 2008; Project Better Place, the company that is pushing a cell-phone business model for electric cars, has now signed its first deal in its own back yard, the San Francisco Bay Area. The San Jose Mercury News reported ...

Consumer Reports: Cars that save gas also lead in reliability - Seattle Times

For complete ratings: charts and details about the survey are at the Consumer Reports Web site: www.consumerreports.org . Fuel-efficient vehicles are a very reliable segment of the automotive market overall, according to the editors of Consumer ...

Survival of the Fittest for Auto Industry - Hoya

Recently, the financial question on everybody’s mind has changed from whether to bail out Wall Street to what should be done about the auto industry. The greatest source of worry is General Motors, which will almost certainly go bankrupt in the ...