It won’t fit inside your basket, but most Costco stores greet customers with brand new cars parked in front of the store.

We take a look at the history of the American corporation General Motors, which was the world’s largest automaker for over seventy-five years.

News headline from the California Highway Patrol:
Rain, sleet, snow, high winds and perhaps fog will visit California roadways the next few days.  Here are some reminders you may want to pass along to motorists.
Many crashes are caused by driving too fast for current conditions.   The first and foremost tip:  SLOW DOWN.  It’s a simple matter […]

Racecar builder Casey Putsch is selling his one-of-a kind turbine-engine powered Batmobile to the highest bidder.

A truck owned by KNBC-TV caught fire at 10:37 a.m. Friday.
It happened on the 405 freeway in the Sepulveda Pass, according to the station’s website.
One photographer was driving the vehicle northbound near the Getty Center as the truck caught fire.
There were no injuries.
The cause of the fire is unknown.

Test driving the Chevrolet Volt: Click below to watch report.

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GM has enjoyed great interest in the Volt, but it hasn’t translated into amazing sales. As of February 2011 only 321 Volts were sold for the fiscal year; an additional 326 Volts were […]

Toyota’s luxury brand, Lexus, will end its 11-year streak as the top luxury brand in the U.S. market, due to lost sales in the aftermath of the Japan earthquake and tsunami.

Click below to watch the shop tour:

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Riverside’s Audio Shoppe has a long history in Riverside. In 1984 is opened on Merrill Avenue. It was founded by Alan Hickman.
Today the Audio Shoppe is at 6760 Central Avenue. Hickman is a 4th- […]

The U.S. Treasury Department says it has reached an agreement to sell its remaining 6 percent equity stake in Chrysler to Italy’s Fiat in a deal that will net Washington $560 million.

The option would allow Fiat to increase its stake in Chrysler by 6 percent, Fiat said in a release on Friday.
Treasury confirmed that it […]

Experts wonder if new technology in electric and hybrid cars are more likely to cause fires when the vehicles are involved in crashes.