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NASCAR has fined three car owners $50,000 each and penalized their teams for manipulating the season-ending Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway in an alleged scheme to collect a higher bonus payout. Jay Robinson (Premium Motorsports), Rick Ware (Rick Ware Racing) and TJ Puchyr (Spire Motorsports) were fined. Each team penalized had cars fall out of the race, apparently to...

Hear how Mexican NASCAR driver Daniel Suarez learned to speak English when he came to the United States.

Wells Fargo has agreed to pay at least $385 million to settle a California lawsuit alleging it signed up thousands of auto loan customers for costly car insurance without their consent, resulting in many having their vehicles repossessed. The bank filed the agreement Thursday in a federal court in Santa Ana. It still needs a judge’s approval.

German prosecutors have charged former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn and four others with fraud and other offenses in connection with the company’s massive, multi-year effort to cheat on diesel emissions testing. Prosecutors said Monday that Winterkorn knew about the deceptive practice since at least May 2014, and failed to put a stop to it. That contradicted Winterkorn’s claim that he...

When Shan Junhua bought his white Tesla Model X, he knew it was a fast, beautiful car. What he didn’t know is that Tesla constantly sends information about the precise location of his car to the Chinese government. Tesla is not alone. China has called upon all electric vehicle manufacturers in China to make the same kind of reports —...

Hamden is looking to catch people who register their cars out-of-state and avoid paying local taxes.

More car owners have come forward demanding the car makers or federal government take action after Kias and Hyundais have been spontaneously catching fire.

Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Ned Lamont says municipalities sharing services will be critical to his plan to cut property tax rates across the state.

General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, Volkswagen and Mercedes all knew of problems with dangerous exploding Takata air bag inflators years before issuing recalls, according to three class actions filed Wednesday with the federal court in Miami. The lawsuits cite company documents obtained through previous legal actions against other automakers over faulty Takata inflators. The plaintiffs allege that automakers were informed of...

Some people are offering an interesting tip to protect car owners from thieves busting into vehicles in San Francisco.

An NBC Bay Area hidden-camera investigation provides a rare glimpse into a crime “epidemic” across San Francisco that continues to prey on the city’s most famed landmarks and popular tourist destinations. San Francisco’s nearly 30,000 car break-ins last year shattered previous crime records and illustrates an organized and elaborate crime operation that is costing victims millions of dollars.

A German Volkswagen executive pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy and fraud charges in Detroit in a scheme to cheat emission rules on nearly 600,000 diesel vehicles. Oliver Schmidt is a former manager of a VW engineering office in suburban Detroit. He was arrested in January while on vacation in Miami. VW admits using software to get around emission standards. It...

Russian President Vladimir Putin denied Russian state involvement in a series of hacking incidents that purportedly influenced the 2016 presidential election, but floated a theory that “patriotic” individuals may act in Russia’s interest after reading news articles.

Nissan is recalling more than 56,000 cars because of power steering hoses that may leak fluid and potentially lead to fires....
Nissan North America says the recall affects the 2013-2014 Murano vehicles. It says the problem stems from the power steering hose clamp, which may not adequately secure the hose. That could allow the hose to detach and leak power steering...

A federal judge in San Francisco has granted initial approval to a deal worth at least $1.2 billion that aims to compensate the owners of roughly 78,000 Volkswagens that were rigged to cheat on emissions tests.

Several angry Volkswagen owners told a federal judge on Tuesday that a $10 billion settlement does not adequately compensate them for the automaker’s emissions cheating scandal.

An unidentified 17-year-old girl from Texas who was driving a 2002 Honda Civic is the latest victim of the malfunctioning air bag inflators.

Over the month of July, Ventura County water is hosting a dirty car contest to send a messy message about water usage across the state.