GM says Cadillac dealeers will spruce up buildings
DETROIT - More than 200 Cadillac dealerships nationwide will spend hundreds of thousands of dollars each to spruce up their showrooms in an effort to better compete with Lexus, Mercedes and other...
View ArticleSupplies of Japanese cars slowly rebuilding
DALLAS — In the days after an earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan in March, severely damaging many of the country’s auto factories, import dealers feared a long, hot summer of empty lots.Things...
View ArticleLubbock couple win Lexus in raffle to send Lubbock bands to Tournament of...
Lubbock couple win Lexus in raffle John and Debra Gibson of Lubbock won a Lexus IS250 sedan Friday night at a benefit drawing to help send the All-Lubbock ISD Marching Band to the 2012 Tournament of...
View ArticlePent-up demand brings customers to car dealerships
DETROIT — Car dealers are getting a surprise end-of-the-year bonus: More Americans are replacing old cars and trucks, enlivening a normally sleepy time for auto sales and putting November on track to...
View ArticleLexus tops as survey finds more auto dependability
DETROIT — Expect fewer breakdowns, squeaks, rattles or other problems with your car.A nationwide survey of owners by consulting firm J.D. Power and Associates shows cars and trucks are more dependable...
View ArticleGrand jury list
A Lubbock County grand jury issued the following indictments Tuesday:Driving while intoxicated: Tomas Alvarado, 32; Pablo Rosa, 49.Driving while intoxicated with child: Lexus Stephenson, 20; Kenneth...
View ArticleTexas newborn abducted after mother fatally shot found
SPRING, Texas — A newborn who was abducted from his dying mother after she was repeatedly shot Tuesday outside a suburban Houston pediatric center was found safe hours later, according to investigators...
View ArticleMother slain, newborn taken near Houston
SPRING — A newborn who was abducted from his dying mother after she was repeatedly shot outside a doctor’s office in suburban Houston was found safe Tuesday night, investigators said.The healthy...
View ArticleToyota's pedal-entrapment risk now includes Lexus SUVs
LOS ANGELES — Toyota Motor Corp. has run into another pedal-entrapment issue — this time with its Lexus sport utility vehicles.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday it has told...
View ArticleBusiness in brief
NEW YORKUPS expects the global economy to get worse before it gets better. Again.The world’s largest package delivery company is more pessimistic about U.S. growth than many economists. It predicts...
View ArticleLuxury cars do poorly in new crash tests
DETROIT — Most midsize luxury cars — including the Mercedes-Benz C-Class — performed poorly in a new frontal crash test developed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.The new test is designed...
View ArticleToyota widens global sales lead over GM; bounces back from series of natural...
DETROIT — Toyota has widened its global sales lead over General Motors after bouncing back from a series of natural disasters.read more
View ArticleSettlement reached in Toyota acceleration cases
LOS ANGELES — Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it has reached a settlement worth more than $1 billion in a case involving unintended acceleration problems in its vehicles.read more
View Article10 seriously hurt after car hits Vegas restaurant
LAS VEGAS — A car plowed through a restaurant’s patio during the lunch hour Monday, injuring 10 people before it came to rest with its engine revving and its hood inside a shattered plate glass window,...
View ArticleAcross The Nation
Across The Nation WASHINGTONTwenty million Medicare beneficiaries would end up paying higher “income related” premiums for their outpatient and prescription coverage over time under health care...
View ArticleTexas DA convicted of DWI not tied to hit-and-run
AUSTIN (AP) — Investigators have concluded there is no evidence tying a Central Texas prosecutor convicted of driving while intoxicated to a hit-and-run accident that happened on the same night she was...
View ArticleCar quality dinged by tech glitches, survey finds
DETROIT — Car buyers increasingly want high-tech features like voice recognition and navigation. But they’re not very forgiving of the car company when those systems fail.The top complaints in J.D....
View ArticleFirst Toyota sudden acceleration case set to begin, is expected to last two...
LOS ANGELES — Noriko Uno was afraid of driving fast, often avoiding the freeway and taking the same route every day from her Upland home to and from her family's sushi restaurant. She had put only...
View ArticleNew Impala tops sedans in Consumer Reports' tests
DETROIT — The first American sedan in 20 years to earn Consumer Reports' top score is the Chevrolet Impala. Really.read more
View ArticleLincoln brand introducing dealers to luxury buyers
CHICAGO — How to sell a Lincoln in 2013: Make the dealership smell like luxury. And lay out some wine and cheese.After decades of selling hulking Town Cars to retirees, Ford Motor Co. wants the Lincoln...
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