GM fined record $35 mn over ignition recall delayThe US auto safety regulator Friday imposed a record $35 million fine on General Motors for its failure to promptly recall cars with ignition faults linked to at least 13 deaths.
Brazil ex-leader Kubitschek was not murderedFormer Brazilian president Juscelino Kubitschek was not murdered by the country's military dictatorship but died in 1976 due to a car crash, a panel said.
23 April 2014
Fifty years of Mustang cool: is China along for the ride?From Steve McQueen to "The Fast and the Furious", the Mustang has long cruised through American pop culture, but Ford is hoping its snarling sports car will find a new generation of fans as it turns 50: in China.
23 April 2014
China auto show opens amid environmental, growth concernsLeading automakers gathered in Beijing Sunday for China's biggest car show, expressing confidence in the world's largest car market even though lacklustre economic growth and environmental restrictions have generated uncertainty.
21 April 2014
Dead star's brothers to finish 'Fast and Furious 7'Late "Fast and Furious" star Paul Walker's brothers will stand in for him to complete the seventh movie in the blockbuster franchise, after the actor's death, filmmakers said.
17 April 2014
BMW recalls half million cars worldwideGerman automaker BMW is recalling almost half a million vehicles worldwide due to an engine part defect, a company spokesman said.
One child dead, dozen hurt in US daycare center crashA dozen children were injured and a girl killed when a car slammed into a daycare center Wednesday in Florida after being struck by a hit-and-run driver, police said.
Truck with 40 cows flips over in AtyrauA horrible car accident happened near Atyrau in western Kazakhstan. The site resembled a battlefield even though no people were killed.
Suspected Jewish vandals hit 45 E.Jerusalem carsSuspected Jewish extremists punctured the tyres of dozens of Palestinian cars in annexed east Jerusalem on Monday in the latest so-called "price tag" hate crime, police and an AFP correspondent said.