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Audi A3 quattro -- luxo pocket rocket

It's instructive to drive different Audis back to back. Doesn't happen very often -- with Audi or any other make -- but this...

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Obama task force meets with Chrysler

Top executives of Chrysler LLC took pleas for billions in new loans to members of the Obama administration's auto task force Wednesday.

Stimulus funds set for roads, transit

Bay Area transportation officials allocated nearly a half-billion dollars in federal stimulus funding for regional transit agencies and road projects...

GM burns through $6.2B cash

General Motors Corp. posted a $9.6 billion fourth-quarter loss and said it burned through $6.2 billion of cash in the last three months of 2008...

Messy car photo contest

There are two types of moms: those with clean cars and those with messy cars. One type of mom isn't better than the other; it's just that they're very different.

Auto industry consolidation plan

China plans to build up a "Big 10" group of globally competitive automakers, led by General Motors Corp. partner Shanghai Automotive Industrial Corp.

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Time to ban cars on Market Street?

San Francisco officials are considering limits on when and where private cars can drive on Market Street in an effort to make the thoroughfare faster for buses and safer for pedestrians and bicyclists...

S.F. Zipcar lets charity workers drive free

To help Bay Area nonprofits survive a massive donation slump, the Zipcar car-sharing service has begun letting charity workers drive its cars for free.

U.S. greenhouse gas rules for cars

The Obama administration is considering establishing national rules for regulating greenhouse gas emissions for automobiles...

Turning to parking meters to reduce traffic

Traffic engineers across the country are turning to an unlikely weapon in their fight against congestion on city streets - parking meters.

Authorities considering carpooling toll

The era of free rides for carpoolers on the Bay Bridge and other spans in these parts may soon be over, as transit planners eye a $2 or $3...

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