Filed under: Motorcycle Festivities and events once again shifted into high gear this year in Daytona, Florida, as the 69th installment of Daytona’s “Bike Week” roared into town with all the usual suspects present and accounted for. Year after year, bikers far and wide have flocked to the beach ..readmore

Filed under: Motorsports , Videos , Ford , Racing Ken Block testing the Ford Rally Focus before last weekend’s Rally Mexico – Click above to watch video after the jump A snowy, icy and muddy Greystoke Forest in England probably isn’t the best place for a new rally driver ..readmore

Mumbai, India — Ford Motor Co. launched its first made-for-India compact car today, as the U.S. automaker continues its push into fast-growing Asian markets.

Filed under: Convertible , Lexus , Design/Style , Luxury Lexus IS C F-Sport – Click above for high-res image gallery As much as we’d love to see a convertible version of the pulse-quickening Lexus IS F , it doesn’t appear to be in the cards. Instead, Lexus is offering ..readmore

Miami — Toyota owners claiming that massive safety recalls are causing the value of their vehicles to plummet have filed at least 89 class-action lawsuits that could cost the Japanese auto giant $3 billion or more, according to an Associated Press review of cases, legal precedent and interviews with ..readmore

El Cajon, Calif. — A California Highway Patrol officer helped slow a runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop on Monday after the car's accelerator became stuck on a San Diego County freeway, the CHP said.

At Witz’ End – It’s the Battery, Stupid! And we need better ones. Mitsubishi and PSA finalize deal for 100,000 electric vehicles Europe, get ready. BMW: Actually, we’re planning on more than 200 ActiveE units for the U.S. At least 450 will be leased here. Other news: First sketches ..readmore

Washington — California's “cool cars” rules — facing new criticism from the state's police chiefs, sheriffs and crime victims advocates — will be amended in the coming weeks before a final version is issued, the state's top regulator said.

Toyota Motor Corp. pushed back against its critics Monday, producing engineers who said a widely publicized experiment by a professor claiming to show unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles was rigged.

Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Mazda Mazda Kabura Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery Ikuo Maeda, Mazda ’s design overlord, designed the soon-to-be-Stateside Mazda2 . He also penned the Mazda RX-8 , following quite literally the path his father laid before him: Maeda’s father created the ..readmore

More than half of the dealers who lost their franchises when General Motors Co. filed for bankruptcy last year have received telephone calls from the automaker telling them they now have a chance to stay open.

As much as the likes of GM, Ford, the United Auto Workers and their people may quietly relish Toyota's troubles, the simple fact is that the Japanese juggernaut has the resources to launch the kind of incentive war Detroit cannot easily afford to play.

Toyota, dogged by millions of recalls and claims that it still has not fixed its safety problems, took its strongest step yet Monday to silence critics.

First Drive: 2011 Ford F-Series Super Duty brings the biggest tools The F-Series Super Duty is ready for battle and Ford’s all-new heavy hitter is packing more than just class leading power and towing. Report: Honda CR-Z was almost killed twice, U.S. dealers didn’t want it A hybrid hatchback ..readmore

Filed under: Motorsports , Videos Click above to view the video after the jump If you were following the news coming out of Infineon this weekend during the Sears Pointless 24 Hours of LeMons race, you might’ve heard about a nasty crash involving the ONSET Cavalier. Going into turn ..readmore

Filed under: Coupe , Marketing/Advertising , Hatchback , Smart , Design/Style Daimler rang in the new year with an online design contest called ” Style your Smart .” Apparently, the idea of decorating a virtual Smart Fortwo appeals to a lot of people, since 50,000 design ideas we submitted ..readmore

Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Etc. , MISC TVR Sagaris – Click above for high-res image gallery We don’t hear all that much about classic British muscle/sportscar maker TVR, so here’s a quick refresher on what’s been going on over the last few weeks: Russian owner Nikolai Smolenski ..readmore

Mazda Motor Corp. has put its North American advertising account up for grabs, but says its “Zoom-zoom” tagline will remain.

Filed under: Concept Cars , Geneva Motor Show After years of covering the world’s auto shows at Autoblog, the Geneva Motor Show never ceases to amaze. It’s in Switzerland, so by nature, it’s neutral, and since there’s no “home team” like in Detroit , Frankfurt or Paris , every ..readmore

Filed under: Sedan , Government/Legal , Recalls , Safety , Hyundai 2011 Hyundai Sonata SE – Click above for high-res image gallery A couple weeks back, Hyundai put a stop-sale on its freshly minted 2011 Sonata sedan because a front door latch could malfunction after a rather labored series ..readmore