Oldsmobile News

When Bobby White and Fred McGreddy decided to come to South Beach for Memorial Day weekend, they knew they definitely had to bring one thing with them: their car.

OLDSMOBILE DELTA 88 , 1984. 2-door, 68,480 miles, 5.0 liter V8 auto trans, new tires, studded snow tires, new battery.

News outlets often report about stolen cars, but there's an unusual twist to this case.

I've driven a fair number of electrics over the last couple decades, beginning with General Motors' bullet-shaped 1991 Impact concept car and continuing through a progression of Geo Storm-based mules, prototype and production EV1s with both lead-acid and later range-doubling Ni-MH battery packs.

Guilford County, NC -- Authorities are investigating the death of a woman who was found in her car on the side of the road.

Debora Blomster describes herself as a motorhead and a bit of a thrill seeker. As she walks to her garage to make some final modifications to her car, a decked-out 1972 Cutlass Supreme she's dubbed "Penelope," she details a running list of adventures on which she hopes to embark.

Phillip Phillips, a bluesy Georgia guitar man, was crowned the new "American Idol" on Wednesday after defeating teenager Jessica Sanchez in record viewer voting.

OLDSMOBILE DELTA 88 , 1984. 2-door, 68,480 miles, 5.0 liter V8 auto trans, new tires, studded snow tires, new battery.

Last fall it was time to retire my "sitter" - the car that spends most of its time parked in auto manufacturers' lots while I drive one of their vehicles for my weekly new car road test report.

U.S. auto executives, surveyed by Booz & Co., named Hyundai and Kia, and Volkswagen and Audi, as the OEMs most likely to pick up share in the American market over the next five years.

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An armed fugitive led authorities on a chase on Milwaukee's south side -- with his pregnant girlfriend and a child on board.

For the first time in nearly two decades, the Chevrolet brand will have a big, rear-wheel-drive sedan in its U.S. lineup.

NEW YORK &#8212 Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE General Motors Co., up 49 cents at $21.91 Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

Canadian and U.S. markets opened higher on Wednesday, following better-than-expected data on U.S. industrial output and some improvement in the country's moribund housing market.

Oldsmobile long had a reputation for building quality cars that did little to move the excitement meter.

The hype surrounding Facebook's IPO shows little sign of slowing up, with it still heavily oversubscribed , yet doubts remain over the long-term viability of their commercial model.

Unless you have been living in a cave, you know that Facebook is about to have its IPO and it is expected to be a blockbuster! A Why a blockbuster? A Because it is so valuable.yes, it is but is there a bit of a glitch? See The Wall Street Journal story below - it reports that one major automaker - GM - says Facebook ads don't pay off.A General ... (more)

Carroll Shelby passed away last week , leaving behind a legacy of race car victories and street car performance .

In his May 10 Wall Street Journal column , Fox News contributor Karl Rove misleadingly claimed that "[t]he auto industry bailout cost lots of Americans their jobs" and attacked President Obama for using "taxpayer money" to "restructure GM and Chrysler by fiat and then force them into bankruptcy." Rove also highlighted GOP presidential candidate ... (more)