Metro gearing up for Fiat 500

Metro Motor Group of Johnston is gearing up for the introduction of the new Fiat 500, according to corporate general manager George Smith. The dealership is scheduled to get 42 of the retro versions of the Fiat Cinquecento (500) from...

Commuting costs and the healthy alternatives

Two responses to my story last week about commuting and the price of gasoline caught my attention. An anonymous caller from Boston said that while I noted that gas here was still cheap compared to Britain, where it is currently...

Toyota and Honda extend shutdowns

Toyota and Honda extended factory shutdowns in Japan through the weekend, while smaller Japanese automakers resumed limited production following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, according to The Associated Press. Toyota and Honda, which together account for the bulk of...

BMW introduces car-sharing scheme in Europe

European automakers, dealers missing Internet requests

Automakers and their dealers in Europe are losing sales because of a "widespread" failure to act upon test-drive requests from Internet shoppers, according to Automotive News Europe. Some 61 percent of Internet shoppers' requests for a test drive were unanswered...

Plum Lighthouse plate nominated for award

The Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse said its license plate has been nominated as the best new plate in America by the American License Plate Collectors Association. The association nominated twelve plates as part of their 40th anniversary of their...