(April 24, 2014) TORONTO — Honda honored more than 100 automotive parts suppliers in North America for outstanding performance in 2013 at its 30th Supplier Conference last week, and announced that Honda has purchased more than $300 billion in parts and materials from its more than 650 suppliers in North America during the 35 years since Honda began building products in the region.

By Christopher A. Sawyer
The Virtual Driver

(April 24, 2014) By the time the New York Auto Show show opened last week, the weather was warmer back home in Michigan, despite an early week snowfall that helped Detroit eclipse the 1880 record of 93.2 inches of snow. And if you could wade through the nonsense, like putting the 2015 Mustang atop the Empire State Building 50 years after the first time this stunt was performed, there were many things to see on the floor of the Jacob Javitz Convention Center.

(April 23, 2014) DETROIT — Lightning-fast refreshing of visuals inside General Motors’ Research Driving Simulator are helping advanced technology developers study how drivers interact with Super Cruise, the semi-automated driving system that could be in Cadillac models later this decade.

The upgrades to the simulator provide realistic road feel and responsiveness to driver actions, reducing the feeling of disorientation associated with driving simulators, particularly during low-speed maneuvers.

(April 22, 2014) A custom 2013 Ford Mustang GT that starred in the blockbuster movie “Need for Speed” was sold by Ford for $300,000 on Saturday at Barrett-Jackson Auction Company’s West Palm Beach event.