(March 28, 2011) DEARBORN, Mich. — Sales of the Lincoln MKZ Hybrid luxury sedan continue to exceed expectations. Ford reports that having launched with a sales mix of approximately 15 percent within the MKZ model range, sales have continued to track at more than 20 percent since January 2011.

(March 28, 2011) HERNDON, Va. — Volkswagen today announced a voluntary safety recall of 71,043 model year 2011 Jettas in order to reconfigure a wiring layout associated with the anti-theft alarm system and horn. No injuries or accidents have been reported as a result of this condition.

(March 28, 2011)WARREN, Mich. — Improving fuel economy in the Chevrolet Cruze consists of many small steps, including reducing the energy consumed by the alternator to help make the engine run more efficiently.

Officially, it is a patented General Motors technology called Regulated Voltage Control or RVC.

(March 28, 2011) AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (PRNewswire) — The Walter P. Chrysler Museum in Auburn Hills, Mich., has announced its complete 2011 Lecture/Workshop Series comprised of six sessions highlighting a wide range of topics for die-hard auto enthusiasts as well as novice car owners.

(March 28, 2011) The largest Rolls-Royce showroom in the world has opened in the Umm Al Nar area of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The new state-of-the-art facility was unveiled by Torsten Müller-Ötvös, CEO, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars.

The new 2,950-foot showroom provides space for displaying five Rolls-Royce motor cars, a coffee bar and a customer configuration lounge including color and trim samples. The showroom is also directly linked to a new dedicated Rolls-Royce service facility.

(March 28, 2011) The Volvo C30 Electric has been exposed to rough winter conditions in order to ensure that the battery-powered car runs smoothly in temperatures as low as -20 degrees Celsius.

Volvo Cars' requirements on the C30 Electric are just as stringent as on all other Volvo models and the battery-powered car is exposed to the same test regime.

(March 27, 2011) Audi once again sold more automobiles with all-wheel drive than any other premium manufacturer. The brand with the four rings produced 437,792 vehicles with quattro drive last year.

In the year in which Audi celebrated “30 years of quattro,” around 38 percent of all cars produced worldwide were equipped with the all-wheel drive technology.

(March 27, 2011) DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford’s all-new Police Interceptor sedan and utility can save America’s law enforcement agencies millions of dollars a year on fuel costs, the automaker proclaims.

With three powerful and fuel-efficient V-6 engines, the new Police Interceptor lineup is expected to deliver average fuel economy gains of between 20 and 25 percent over the Crown Victoria police car, which ends production later this year.

(March 26, 2011) The readers of German motoring magazine AutoBild Allrad have selected the Cadillac CTS All-Wheel-Drive Coupe Car of the Year in the import category of the sports car/coupe/convertible segment.

(March 26, 2011) Ford and AT&T today announced an agreement to wirelessly connect the Ford Focus Electric, Ford’s first all-electric passenger car. Announced in January at the 2011 International CES, the new Focus Electric enters production at the Michigan Assembly Plant in late 2011.