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Sometimes you make the turn at the bottom of the hill, sometimes you don't. That's why those runaway truck ramps are nice to have ready in advance. With the 60 day deadline for getting GM back on course coming closer every day, planning for less than the best outcome is a wise idea...

Perhaps you've seen the story on Straightline about the collaboration between GM and Segway on a two-seat, two-wheel electric mobility pod called Project P.U.M.A, which stands for Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility. A 2-seater Segway. Yea that will solve GM's woes...

Here's your chance! Chrysler is on the block and even though Fiat is going to have the biggest piece (maybe), you, the American taxpayer can have your share of the automotive American dream as well. Think of it...

Have you wondered how hybrid vehicle sales are doing during these interesting days? John O'Dell has taken a look at those numbers on Green Car Advisor and at first blush it appears that hybrid sales have fallen off more than the average. It's no secret, hybrids haven't been doing well lately, on dealers' lots, in the media, or in a lot of political arguments...

Sometimes given the size of the object involved, changing directions requires a wide, slow turn to change direction. The auto industry certainly qualifies as "large" and won't turn around on a dime, but there are signs that a change of course is taking place. Auto sales fell by 37% in March, but that's an improvement from the month before and some are looking at it as a sign that things may be bouncing around the bottom...

Amid partisan rancor, intelligent life finds other open lanes. That would seem to be the case as Bill Gates appears before a Congressional committee today to outline his solution for GM to avoid bankruptcy. A Microsoft spokesman, speaking on condition of anonimity, said the plan involves an unusual angle of attack...

As Ralph Kramden would say, "Out, out!" General Motors Corp. Chief Executive Officer Rick Wagoner was forced out after President Barack Obama’s task force decided he was unable to craft a plan to save the automaker he ran for more than eight years. Sometime today, the President is going to outline his ideas for GM and give them 60 days to devise a plan that cuts deeper and makes more changes...

When in doubt, fall back on the classics. We're living through some tumultuous times in the auto industry with more to come as Detroit will be going through some needed changes. President Barack Obama plans to announce a new aid package for General Motors and Chrysler in the coming days and says the carmakers must make "pretty drastic changes" to save their industry...

A car with a base price of about $2000? A 32-horsepower, 624-cc, 2-cylinder engine mounted in the rear with access is to the engine via a removable panel underneath the foldable rear seat? Is this the future, even in India?..

These Bonds drove some pretty hot cars, although I'm pretty sure none of them were GM models. Financial and legal advisors to GM bondholders wrote an open letter to the Treasury Secretary and other members of the auto task force raising their concerns about the restructuring. "We are concerned that the company is putting too much faith in a near-term turnaround in the economy that would enable annual car and truck sales to reach previous levels," representatives of GM bondholders said in the letter...