But when you live in the shadow of the man who revolutionized the auto industry (with the development of the assembly line and for making the automobile affordable for the nation's middle class), you're not likely to get the attention you deserve …

By Paul A. Eisenstein. More millionaires with cash to burn on status symbols is good news for luxury carmakers. Right now the rich are buying some of the world's most expensive automobiles at a record pace – so much so that one manufacturer has put a …

Of course, China does love its luxury cars, and there's no more luxurious electric vehicle than a Tesla. The market has no qualms about Kandi Technologies (KNDI), however. The Chinese company that makes small electric vehicles is up 9.6% at $16.13, the …

Air conditioning was a luxury for most of us in the SCV when I was growing up. Oh, there were a lot of swamp coolers on top of … Our automobiles (or the pickups here in the SCV) also didn't have air conditioning. Well, some people had air-conditioned …

More millionaires with cash to burn on status symbols is good news for luxury carmakers. Right now the rich are buying some of the world's most expensive automobiles at a record pace – so much so that one manufacturer has put a limit on production to …

Toyota's luxury brand is no slouch in the performance hybrid category, either. In the Lexus GS 450h ($60,430), drivers have access to 338 horsepower from two electric motors and a 3.5-liter V6. That output allows drivers to flash from 0-60 in 5.4 seconds.

In 1909, President Taft ordered two Pierce-Arrows and two White Model M Tourers as the first official White House cars. Cahill said the big, luxury Pierce-Arrows from Buffalo, N.Y., Packards from Detroit and Peerlesses from Cleveland were known as “The …

Highlights of the 10 luxury automobiles and seven planes on display included a 2012 Lexus LFA Nurburgring package, a 1959 Rolls-Royce, 2013 SRT Viper GTS, a North American T-6 Texan airplane and a 2011 Anniversary Model Indian Chief Vintage …

Hydrogen fuel cell technology, which Honda and Toyota have been testing in the South Bay for more than a decade, is poised to become the next big thing in alternative energy, as state agencies and automakers work to get 1.5 million zero-emission …