BMW has a long history of success in Italy's Mille Miglia (Thousand Mile) endurance race, which began in 1927 and today is a race of historic automobiles. From Forbes.com.

AP - BMW AG said Thursday its German employees could get profit-sharing bonuses worth more than a month-and-a-half's salary following a strong performance last year for the luxury automaker.

One of world’s leading car manufacturer, Hyundai Motor Co., is indefinitely postponing construction of a car factory in the Czech Republic, according to reports. UPI notes that despite a delay in breaking ground, Hyundai said...

For his alleged role in a bribery and embezzlement scandal, the chairman of the Hyundai Motor group was indicted on Tuesday by South Korea. Chung Mong-koo, 68, the head of the country's top automaker, was arrested in late April after...

James Bond types must be suitably snobby regarding their cars, comparing them to women. Here's a peek at the latest to be featured in a Bond film, the "black tie version" of Astin Martin's DB9 sports car. From Forbes.com.

AFP - South Korea's Hyundai Motor plans to sign a contract to finalize a one-billion-euro (1.26 billion dollars deal to build a major auto plant in the Czech Republic, a spokesman has said.

Secret button turns BMW sedan into a monster

General Motors Corp. (GM) will stop selling the original Hummer, the military-style truck that helped the company capture much of the SUV market. GM will no longer sell the Hummer H1, the original five-ton version, as it costs as much...

AP - Get ready to say goodbye to the Hummer H1, the hulking, gas-guzzling status symbol that has attracted celebrities and off-road enthusiasts but has drawn the ire of environmentalists.

AP - Get ready to say goodbye to the Hummer H1, the hulking, gas-guzzling status symbol that has attracted celebrities and off-road enthusiasts but has drawn the ire of environmentalists.

Reuters - General Motors Corp. said on Friday it will stop building the gas-guzzling Hummer H1 truck, a military-style status symbol with poor sales, and focus its resources instead on better-selling vehicles.

AP - With a gallon of gas breaking $3 and voters unhappy, state leaders across the country are taking a sudden, sharp dislike to gasoline taxes, proposing to eliminate the levies that are a mainstay for road programs — or at least suspend them for the summer.

AP - Kristof Vliegen beat third-seeded Jarkko Nieminen of Finland 6-1, 6-2 Saturday, setting up an all-Belgian final at the BMW Open.

DaimlerChrysler AG is recalling about 45,000 Chrysler 300, Dodge Charger and Dodge Magnum sedans for problems with brake fluid leakage that could cause engine compartment fires. The company says 2006 model-year vehicles with 2.7-liter...

Ian Wright has a car that blows away a Ferrari 360 Spider and a Porsche Carrera GT in drag races, and whose 0-to-60 acceleration time ranks it among the fastest production autos in the world. In fact, it's second only to the French-made Bugatti Veyron, a 1,000-horsepower, 16-cylinder beast that hits 60 mph half a second faster and goes for $1.25 million.

Aston Martin, the prestigious British carmaker immortalized by fictional superspy James Bond, unveiled its latest model ahead of it featuring in the next 007 movie. The company is keeping exact details of the new DBS's specifications a...

Joanna Wypior - AHN Staff Reporter Frankfurt, Germany (AHN) – Luxury car maker BMW has seen its profits rise by as much as 58 percent in its first quarter profits, helped by a one-off gain but still beating analysts' expectations and estimates on new 3-Series model sales and a gain from...

AFP - Hyundai Motor, South Korea's top automaker under siege from prosecutors over a slush fund scandal, first quarter operating profit rose 3.9 percent year-on-year to 335.3 billion won (358 million dollars), beating market forecasts for some 290 billion won.

Hyundai Motor, currently at the centre of a slush fund investigation, sees its quarterly profits dip 37%.

AP - The House on Wednesday approved criminal penalties and fines of up to $150 million for energy companies caught price gouging, yet lawmakers acknowledged there is no quick and easy fix to higher pump prices.