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Prasad and his wife Jannet Jacintha near the Hummer H2. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Hummer is the latest buzz word among motor buffs in the city.

WASHINGTON - Communities hard hit by troubles in the auto industry need more federal aid, Shreveport Mayor Cedric Glover told congressional lawmakers this week.

Editor's note: This is the third and hopefully the last installment in an unexpectedly three-part series on animals and the myriad everyday uses we as humans can dream up for them.

Days after Penske Automotive pulled out of a deal to buy the Saturn division, General Motors announced it had reached a definitive agreement to sell its Hummer brand.

It should come as no surprise that Hummer sales are in the dumpster lately. With GM having left the brand to fend for itself during restructuring, year-to-date sales are off some 64% to 8,500 units, made worse by low dealer inventories of only 1,300 units compared to 7,400 vehicles during the same time last year, says Automotive News.

Last year, the standard 6.2-liter V8 became compatible with E85 fuel, a token green-friendly measure that has been gaining a little traction thanks to similar moves by such paragons of environmental friendliness as Bentley.

Swedish carmaker Koenigsegg will terminate more than a third of U.S. Saab dealers when it completes its purchase of the premium brand from General Motors Co, GM said in a letter to dealers on Thursday.

Washoe County Search and Rescue received a donation this month of a vehicle that will enhance its off-road capabilities used in difficult terrain and remote areas, the sheriff's office announced.

What do You Think? Please Vote in Survey Below BusinessWeek has compiled a list of what they consider to be the 50 ugliest cars of the past 50 years.

In the past year, Mishawaka has been whipsawed by dramatic changes at home and abroad.

Casper painted the Durango Hunter Green and white with custom flames, and then figured there was no reason to destroy his work, so he fabbed and installed a custom exocage.

MONTICELLO, New York -- "Hi, I'm Bob Lutz, and this is the Cadillac CTS-V Drive Challenge." Jonathan Schultz 'Maximum' Bob General Motors Corp.'s vice chairman dons his monogrammed helmet and puts Cadillac's 550-horsepower sedan through some warm-up laps at Monticello Motor Club, a gorgeously realized members-only track where, in what might've ...

There is 20 privateer pros all staying at Honolulu Hills Raceway in Taft, CA preparing for the 2010 supercross season.

Most people would not purchase a household commodity without knowing exactly how much it was going to cost, yet the same folks buy or lease a car or truck without taking the total cost of ownership into account - everything from the purchase price to the operating costs, routine maintenance and so on.

Public hearings on new, higher federal fuel-economy standards are set to start here today, and the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers says it will support the aggressive rule changes.

That's the same assembly location where the Hummer H2 is built, which makes sense since the MV-1 is based on the same GM underpinnings as the behemoth SUV.

Do you ever wish your car came in an electric version? Do you find yourself daydreaming about bio-diesel conversions? If so, the bloggers at Inhabitat have assembled a list of vehicles to inspire you.

By Paul Brent Depending on where you are sitting - or more accurately what you are sitting in - the Hummer super-SUV is either a shining symbol of American consumerism gone mad or a 21st-century emblem of American frontier heritage and individualism.

By Patrick Olsen Cars.com It's been a year since we last visited Indiana , and it's been nothing short of a cataclysm for the U.S. auto industry: First came the credit crunch, which kept even the best-qualified shoppers from getting a car; Then the economy tanked, driving sales down to a level that hadn't been seen in decades; Chrysler and GM asked ...

General Motors and Sichuan Tengzhong have announced a definitive agreement that will allow the Chinese company to acquire GMa s premium all-terrain Hummer brand.