What’s DS? It’s a sub-brand of PSA/Peugeot-Citroen, launched in 2010 as a division of Citroen in Europe and in China, and becoming a stand-alone brand earlier this year. “We want to make DS a global premium brand, and you cannot be global without the U.S.”

General Motors’ new midsize pickups, the 2015 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon, have been shipping to dealers for only two weeks, but on October 2 GM halted their sale because of a pending safety recall to fix an airbag defect.

Up and down the street revs a first generation Camaro, leaving a pile of smoke where its tires once stood. Like a cruise in reverse we can drive these stretches of road, keeping our eyes out for parked marvels – classic Mercurys, heavy engined muscle cars, the British sports cars you posted to your bedroom wall. It is an enormous, overwhelming, brightly lit, timeless and endless car party affair, and the whole town is invited

In an announcement from Detroit in September, General Motors said that it has created the position of first “chief product cybersecurity officer” in order to deal with the growing challenge of providing safe and secure computer and wireless technology in vehicles.

The Mustang has been pushing Ford’s brand image for five decades now, an amazing feat for the blue-collar hero. It’s been an eventful 50 years, but it hasn’t always been pretty. The looks have been everywhere from chiseled to pathetic, with some generations being a downright embarrassment. So, here’s a brief, “live rear axle” crash course through the Mustang’s semi-illustrious past in hindsight:

The photo was taken at the Central Jersey Volkswagen Society’s annual “All Air-Cooled Gathering” on September 21, a show that is of course VW-centric but which welcomes air-cooled vehicle of all stripes, which is why it includes Porsches and Corvairs and other air-cooled cars far less common.

General Motors has confirmed today that it will build a new top-of-the-line Cadillac, a large, rear-wheel-drive sedan starting in late 2015.

A remembrance to Earl Ross, the only Canadian driver to ever win a race in NASCAR’s top series.