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11-year-old boy for drivers' academy

Ferrari has accepted the youngest recruit to its drivers' academy, an 11-year-old Canadian boy.

Autos need feature to cut pedal risk

U.S. autos should be required to have technology to stop sudden acceleration, reducing the risks that floor mats trap pedals and send a car careening...

$19 million grant for Nummi workers

U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis visited Fremont Monday and announced a $19 million federal grant to help...

The free-space invaders

Free parking on Turk, Townsend, South Park, more may soon end as huge SF meter plan rolls out.

5 dead auto brands and why they died

Ever since Henry Ford's Model T popularized automobiles in 1908, car companies have worked...

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Car shakes on turns, and mechanics aren't interested

Dear Tom and Ray: I have a manual-transmission 2000 Subaru Forester with 126...