As America’s vehicles ... weight of American cars drop 1,000 pounds, and trucks by 500 pounds. But along with that, The Economist says, came an increase in road deaths. It cites a 1989 paper ...

Mismatches between big and small cars on America’s roads are not new. In the 1960s the 1,400lb Mini Cooper shared the road with the 5,000lb Cadillac Fleetwood and the 5,500lb Lincoln Continental.

V10 engines aren't particularly common in road cars, but there was a time when two of America's Big Three automakers ... and it shares the bore and stroke with the smaller 5.4-liter Ford V8 ...

“You don’t want to be in a relatively smaller car on the road ... hard to claw back once big cars are the majority of the market, the way they are in North America.” If other nations ...

Lotus sold cars aimed at private racers and time trial competitors. Its first road cars were sold as kits ... on the simple pleasures of driving. In America, Lotus brought the Elite, Exige and ...

As the trucking industry struggles to recruit drivers, driverless trucks won’t need sleep, won’t speed and won’t get road rage. But experts and truck drivers say they are not a panacea.