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Gaining from Toyota's pain
DETROIT - In a few short weeks, Toyota has done what General Motors, Ford and other automakers have failed to accomplish for decades: Erase the perception that the Japanese automaker's cars are of much higher quality than those of its rivals.
Toyota may lengthen warranties to keep customers
ORLANDO, Fla. - Toyota Motor Corp. may offer incentives or increase the length of its warranties as it tries to recover from an embarrassing string of safety-related recalls.
Lexus, Toyota lead auto reliability survey
Audi, Volvo, GMC crack top 10
HP boosts bid for 3Par to $1.88B, topping Dell
SEATTLE - Hewlett-Packard Co. boosted its bid for 3Par Inc. to $1.88 billion Friday, topping Dell Inc.'s offer by 11 percent and again raising the stakes in the bidding contest for the data-storage company.

Toyota on top in latest Consumer Reports survey
DETROIT - And the winner is ... Japan.

Complicated and confusing
DETROIT - The U.S. government is now urging owners of nearly 8 million cars and trucks to have the air bags repaired because of potential danger to drivers and passengers. But the effort is being complicated by confusing information and a malfunctioning website.
Accord Crosstour an eye-pleasing sedan
Overall: New big brother to the Honda Accord sedan arrives with added flexible storage space; standard content leans toward the premium end of the Honda scale.

Stepping on the gas
GM Cruzes to $3.2B first-quarter profit
DETROIT - GM is on Cruze control.

Total recall
Safety agency to push for national air bag recall
O'Reilly Auto Parts doing well after over a year in business
AMERICAN FALLS — After opening its doors in late 2018, O’Reilly Auto Parts has started to plant itself as a budding new business in the community, as evident by being presented the 2019 New Business of the Year Award by the Greater American Falls Area Chamber of Commerce on March 5.
Air bag maker balks at coast-to-coast recall
WASHINGTON - Japan's Takata Corp. rejected federal regulators' demand Wednesday for an expanded, nationwide recall of millions of air bags, setting up a possible legal showdown and leaving some drivers to wonder about the safety of their cars.
A May to remember: U.S. auto sales breeze past forecasts
Article praises Post Falls for progressive policing
Post Falls police were featured in this month's national Law Officer magazine in a story titled "America's Finest: Profiles in Progressive Policing."

Toyota recalling 1.5M cars as woes go on
DETROIT - Just when Toyota thought its safety problems were over, they flare up all over again.

This car will help others go far
Local couple donates to Rides for a Reason
The much-loved 1995 Acura Integra that carried Paul and Tiffany Kugler's firstborn home from the hospital will go on to serve another local family.
Air bag recall doubles

Thrifty moves
Success steers couple in car rental, sales business
Getting serious about that diet
Auto industry begins switch to lighter materials

Coffee gets a racy kick in Cd'A
COEUR d’ALENE — Mochas and macchiatos come with some extra perk at one of Coeur d’Alene’s newer coffee stands.
Idaho Department of Labor works to process 1,200 percent jump in unemployment claims
The Idaho Department of Labor faces a herculean task in processing a 1,200 percent surge in unemployment benefit claims filed during the week of March 15 to 21, compared with the prior week.