In the early 2000s, Japanese automakers quickly learned the car market just wanted an affordable, reliable car. In the performance segment, Toyota, Honda, and Mitsubishi took significant strides ahead ...

Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he covers hardware, research and development, start-ups and the tech industry overseas. Bob Kanode, the CEO of Valence Technology, which ...

GM has a way of getting things right towards the end. Chevy SSR, Pontiac GTO, Buick Regal Sportback, among countless other models were all "good" when they debuted. GM sat on them and then finally ...

MT's Ron Kiino just drove the 2008 Chevy Cobalt SS from Bakersfield and came back very impressed. GM sez John Heinricy, a noted hotshoe and chief of their Performance Division, lapped the Nurburging ...

The parent company of Jeep, Ram, Dodge, and Chrysler teams up with LG for a battery plant in Canada. We look at how cobalt prices—and some bad U.S. decisions over resource control—may lead to ...

Today’s reader puts it right out there for us: Between the 2008 Corolla and 2008 Cobalt, which one would you choose? There are cash-back rebates on the Cobalt, but then there’s a new 2009 Corolla that ...