Author – The Durango Herald

$29,000 for an average used car? Would-be buyers are aghast

DETROIT – A couple of months ago, a woman paid a visit to Jeff Schrier’s used car lot in Omaha, Nebraska. She was on a tight budget, she said, and was desperate for a vehicle to commute to w...

DATE: Jan 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Business

Shutdown halted crash probes, could cost critical evidence

DETROIT – The 35-day partial government shutdown stopped the National Transportation Safety Board from dispatching investigators to 22 accidents that killed 30 people, jeopardizing some peri...

DATE: Jan 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Muscle cramps

Sales drop could be sign of peril for American muscle cars

DATE: Sep 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Business

U.S. auto sales fall even with strong sales of SUVs and trucks

DETROIT – Increased demand from rental car companies, strong truck and SUV sales, and recovery from hurricanes in Florida and Texas weren’t enough to push U.S. auto sales into positive terri...

DATE: Nov 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

US automakers post first monthly sales gain of year in Sept.

DETROIT – The auto industry posted its first monthly sales gain of the year in September, led by strong truck and SUV sales and the replacement of cars destroyed by Hurricane Harvey in Texas...

DATE: Oct 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

U.S. government says Fiat Chrysler used software to cheat emissions tests

DETROIT – The U.S. government is suing Fiat Chrysler, alleging that some of its diesel pickup trucks and Jeep SUVs cheat on emissions tests. The lawsuit filed Tuesday by the Justi...

DATE: May 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

The toughest challenge for self-driving cars? Human drivers

DETROIT – In just a few years, well-mannered self-driving robotaxis will share the roads with reckless, law-breaking human drivers. The prospect is causing migraines for the people developin...

DATE: May 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

FAA to require drones to be registered, marked

Spurred by numerous reports of drones flying near jets and airports, the federal government has decided to require that the aircraft be registered in order to make it easier to identify thei...

DATE: Dec 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Highway safety chief says traffic deaths on the rise

DETROIT – After declining for most of the past decade, traffic deaths spiked 8 percent in the first half of this year, prompting a call from the nation’s highway safety chief to find ways to...

DATE: Nov 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Survey: Recalls make Americans less satisfied with cars

DETROIT – Americans are less happy with their cars and trucks than at any time in more than a decade, and it’s largely because they’re getting sick of dealing with recalls. The 20...

DATE: Aug 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Fiat Chrysler to buy back 500K trucks

Recall also includes record $105M fine

DATE: Jul 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Japanese automakers no longer setting the pace

DETROIT – The quality of cars and trucks made by European, Korean and U.S. companies has improved so much in recent years that Japanese automakers, long the industry standard, are having tro...

DATE: Jul 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business