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The head of the Nissan-Renault alliance said Thursday that customers' adoption of electric vehicles will be a slow and gradual process, with traditional gasoline-powered cars continuing to dominate the market for many years.

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A picture of the front view of the 2011 Buick Regal. The new Buick Regal will be available with a turbocharged four-cylinder engine rated at 220 hp, mated to a six-speed manual transmission.

A look at the major attacks in Pakistan since the beginning of October: _ Nov. 19: A suicide bomber kills 16 people outside a courthouse in the main northwestern city of Peshawar.

The Regal is back. My first thought, after hearing the name and not seeing the car, was that Buick would have another contender for the rental car industry.

An Iranian doctor who treated victims of torture at Tehran's most feared prison has died, amid conflicting reports of a heart attack, a car accident or suicide - raising opposition accusations that the 26-year-old was killed.

A suicide bomber killed 19 people Thursday outside a courthouse in northwestern Pakistan, the latest attack in an onslaught by Islamist militants fighting back against an army offensive in the nearby Afghan border region.

Toyota failed in the safety ratings, including its number one seller, the Camry. Unfortunately Toyota plays the roll of sore loser.

The Ford Fusion is Motor Trend magazine's car of the year. The 2010 Fusion beat out 22 competitors, including the redesigned Toyota Prius, the BMW 7-Series and the Chevrolet Camaro.

A 37-year-old father irate over hearing his 15-year-old son had sexual contact with a 3-year-old girl made the teen strip at gunpoint, marched him to a vacant lot and shot him to death despite pleas from the boy and his mother, a relative said.

Ford, Subaru and Volkswagen sit atop the insurance industry's annual list of the safest new vehicles, according to a closely watched assessment used by car companies to lure safety-conscious consumers to showrooms.

At the Los Angeles Auto Show on Dec. 2, General Motors will announce the initial beat down of Oriental Toyota.

Daimler plans to offer a pilot Smart rental program with 200 ForTwo cars for Austin, Texas, city employees.

Ita TMs been a tough year so far for automakers. Many manufacturers are posting large declines in sales compared to last year.

U.S. carmaker General Motors could cut between 9,000 and 10,000 jobs as part of its restructuring of its European operations, Nick Reilly, interim head of GM's European business, said on Tuesday.

Toyota will soon announce a plan to voluntarily repair junk accelerator pedals in a variety of late-model Toyota products, the idea being that shrinking and re-shaping the gas pedals will reduce the chance that their vehicles will careen out of control because of a stuck floor mat.

Poor Toyota, maybe they will get it together one day. "More failed concepts come out of "over focus grouping" a vehicle in it's design stages."

General Motors has issued a recall order for about 52,000 Chevrolet Cobalt , Pontiac G5 and Saturn Ion vehicles from model years 2006 and 2007 in order to correct a defect that could lead to a vehicle fire.

On Monday morning, General Motors provided an update of its first 83 days of operating as a new company and shared some of the progress it has made.