The calendar has moved ahead a few pages as automakers engage in the rush to introduce new 2009 models before they officially go on sale this fall.

I can put your mind at ease and do it for less than $25,000. A lot less than $25,000. Try $22,455, in fact. The car I have in mind is Toyota's 2009 Corolla XRS.

Being late isn't always a bad thing. Chevy just introduced its all-new crossover, the Traverse, quite a bit after a number of other crossovers had hit the pavement.

DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. soundly beat Toyota Motor Corp. in June to retain its traditional U.S. sales lead, but GM sales still dropped 18.2 percent during a dismal month for most large automakers. ...

MADRID, Spain -- Oil supplies will remain tight despite record prices and reduced demand, even though costly crude is putting a crimp in world consumption, the International Energy Agency said ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- An insurance study has once again found that Sioux Falls has the safest drivers in the nation, marking the third straight year that South Dakota's largest city has topped the list. ...

DEARBORN, Mich. -- Every morning, just after getting coffee, Mark Fields fires up his laptop to pore over a computer model showing real-time U.S. auto sales figures. ...

Oil prices surged past $143 a barrel for the first time ever today, and the price for a gallon of gas hit an all-time high in the United States. ...

BERLIN -- Hail the size of pingpong balls damaged some 30,000 new vehicles at a Volkswagen plant in northern Germany, a company spokesman said today. ...

DETROIT -- Drivers of new cars were less satisfied with their vehicles this year for the first time in at least five years due mainly to rising fuel prices, according to an annual survey released ...