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They Supply the Garage, You Bring the Elbow Grease
My Mechanics Place and similar businesses provide the bay, the lift and some tools, and ambitious do-it-yourselfers take care of the rest.
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CreditMason Dent for The New York Times Smarter Driving
Our Cars Are Trying to Keep Us Safe. Here’s How.
There is no question that the tech in cars is making us safer. Even when optional, active electronic safety features can pay for themselves quickly.
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An Electric Harley Loses the Growl but Still Aims to Turn Heads
Harley hopes the LiveWire, its first production electric vehicle, will redefine an industry that has grown complacent while sales decline.
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‘First’ Porsche Heads to Auction, and a Record Price Is Expected
Of the three Type 64s planned for construction in the late 1930s in Nazi Germany, just one remains.
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CreditLucia Buricelli for The New York Times Now Crowding New York’s Streets: Rented Mopeds Going 30 M.P.H.
A moped-sharing company has unleashed 1,000 Vespa-style vehicles in Brooklyn and Queens, raising concerns about safety.
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CreditKim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters Nissan Will Cut 12,500 Jobs, and Its Chief Hints at Leaving
The Japanese carmaker’s profit plunge suggests its problems run deeper than it has said, putting more pressure on it to fix its alliance with Renault.
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CreditEPA, via Shutterstock Rupert Stadler, Ex-Audi Chief, Is Charged With Fraud in Diesel Scandal
Mr. Stadler, who led Volkswagen’s Audi luxury car division, was charged in Munich with fraud and illegal advertising tied to the emissions scandal.
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CreditRyan Douthit/MediaSpigot The S.U.V.s That Conquered Suburbia
At the Mudfest competition, sport utilities as varied as the once-limitless sedan market showed that there’s a hauler or a crossover for everyone.
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CreditMark Ralston/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Tesla Loses Less Money as Model 3 Sales Surge
The carmaker delivered a record number of cars in the second quarter but still lost money because sales of higher-priced models lagged.
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CreditChristopher Jensen The Little Hybrid That Could, and Still Can
After nearly two decades, 286,000 miles and countless skipped trips to the gas station, a 2000 Honda Insight in New England is ready to move on.
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CreditPatrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg Automakers, Rejecting Trump Pollution Rule, Strike a Deal With California
Four of the world’s largest automakers, including the Ford Motor Company, have struck a deal with California to reduce tailpipe pollution.
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CreditKevin Wong People Are Buying Really Expensive Cars on Instagram
A top dealer there, RD Whittington, hangs his shingle IRL.
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CreditJosh Ritchie for The New York Times ‘We’re Full,’ Car Dealers Say as Auto Sales Slow After a Long Boom
After seven years of strong growth, carmakers are selling fewer cars, cutting production and laying off workers as even inventories of unsold S.U.V.s rise.
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CreditHector Retamal/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Beijing Auto Buys Daimler Stake, Bolstering German Carmaker’s Ties to China
The deal strengthens the German automaker’s relationship with a Chinese counterpart in a country that has become an important market but where overall sales are falling.
