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• Consumers say they don't want letter grade fuel stickers
• Lee Iacocca, Chrysler retirees sue over pension losses
• Ford adds F-150 Raptor to its body graphics list
• Volkswagen names GM, Ford vet to be new U.S VW head
• RetroAd: Proving the old Volkswagen Beetle floats
• Recession sends used car prices sky high
• Motorists drive more, die less as traffic fatalities fall

Consumers say they don't want letter grade fuel stickers Posted: 13 Sep 2010 03:12 PM PDT Consumers apparently want the EPA's proposed letter grading fuel economy sticker to take a seat in the dunce chair.

Lee Iacocca, Chrysler retirees sue over pension losses Posted: 13 Sep 2010 02:07 PM PDT Lee Iacocca and about 450 other Chrysler white-collar retirees say they lost a big chunk of their pensions when Chrysler went bankrupt, and they'd like their money back, please.

Ford adds F-150 Raptor to its body graphics list Posted: 13 Sep 2010 08:58 AM PDT Ford is going heavy into body graphics and "tattoos" these days, and the F-150 SVT Raptor off-road performance pickup is the latest to get the treatment.

Volkswagen names GM, Ford vet to be new U.S VW head Posted: 13 Sep 2010 08:29 AM PDT It's taken since June, but VW finally named a new U.S. CEO today to replace Stefan Jacoby, who's now CEO of Chinese-owned Volvo. The new U.S. leader is Jonathan Browning, who currently is the global head of Volkswagen Group's National Sales Companies.

RetroAd: Proving the old Volkswagen Beetle floats Posted: 13 Sep 2010 07:32 AM PDT With Volkswagen naming its new American CEO, we thought it would be wise to look back at a memorable VW Beetle ad of yore. Volkswagen's reputation for amazing breakthrough ads in the 1960s was mainly confined to print. Remember "Think Small," or "Lemon" from Doyle Dane Bernbach, the New York ad firm that burst on the scene with that single account?Overnight, VW became known for everything that Detroit didn't do. VW poked fun at itself. It pointed out its shortcomings. It advertised value, frugality and d

Recession sends used car prices sky high Posted: 13 Sep 2010 05:40 AM PDT As the recession wears on, used-car prices are hitting sky high levels.

Motorists drive more, die less as traffic fatalities fall Posted: 13 Sep 2010 02:18 AM PDT U.S. traffic fatalities are at a record low despite drivers traveling farther than they did in 2008, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. A National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study of traffic injuries and fatalities in 2009 found that 33,808 people were killed in vehicular accidents, which is a decline of 9.7 percent from 2008's figures. In fact, you'd have to go all the way back to 1950 to find a year when fewer people were killed.

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