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Volkswagen CEO's Future Remains Unclear

By Geoffrey Smith / Fortune

Volkswagen Recalls Almost Half a Million Cars

By Benjamin Snyder / Fortune

Elon Musk Could Be the Next Henry Ford

By TIME Staff

How Americans Fell in Love With Taking Road Trips

By Peter J. Blodgett / Zocalo Public Square
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Officials Probe Nissan Air Bags

Japanese car giant says they fixed the problem during updates

By Kevin McSpadden

These Are the American Cities Where No One Wants to Drive

The ranking is based on the percent of households who did not own a vehicle in 2013

By Thomas C. Frohlich

Report Finds Security Risk in High-Tech Cars

Wireless technology causes gaps in security and customer privacy

By Ben Geier / Fortune

Electric Cars: Just Around the Corner for a Long, Long Time

LIFE.com recalls a magazine article from almost 50 years ago that more or less announced that the Electric Car Age had arrived.

By Ben Cosgrove

Auto Focus: Walker Evans on Rolls-Royce

LIFE presents photos by the great Walker Evans -- pictures of Rolls Royce cars that look like works of art, rather than a means of getting from here to there.

By Ben Cosgrove

China's Road Show

In the People's Republic, a car is more than a way to get around. It's a statement that you have arrived

By Michael Schuman / G2 Expressway

All Hail New York Taxis: Gotham Cabs and Cabbies of the 1940s

LIFE.com recalls the big, burly taxi cabs that prowled the streets of New York City in the 1940s, and the rough-looking, distinctive characters who drove them.

By Ben Cosgrove

The Road Goes Ever On: Route 66 and the American Dream

In 1947, Andreas Feininger made the single most perfect photograph of the single most famous road in America: Route 66, the 'Mother Road.'

By Ben Cosgrove

Inside Volkswagen: How to Mass-Produce an Automotive Icon

On the anniversary of the founding of Volkswagen on May 28, 1937, LIFE.com offers a series of photos made by Walter Sanders at the company's famous Wolfsburg plant in 1951.

By Ben Cosgrove
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