Passenger Cars

Four days of tribute and activity for Westminster's 145th Memorial Day celebration

2012-05-19 16:12:00

The 145th consecutive Memorial Day observance in Westminster is being planned as a four-day event, May 25-28, with numerous activities to honor and pay tribute to veterans. The celebration, sponsored by the American Legion Post 31, has been coordinated...

The keys to the car

2012-04-09 11:30:00

One of the truisms of U.S. transportation planning has long been that each year, there will be more cars on the road. The logic of this is simple — as the population grows so does their need to get to places, and motor vehicles are by far the most...

Gas prices stretching toward $4 a gallon

2012-02-22 00:07:00

"Gas prices are outrageous." Catherine Bell, a 66-year-old Social Security Administration retiree, was not happy Tuesday as she filled up her Chrysler at a Howard Street BP Amoco gas station in Baltimore. "You'll see when you get to retirement and you're...

Galesville traces social, economic importance of village stores

2012-02-25 15:11:00

In a bygone era, Galesville's house-size stores — mostly trading in household goods for this rural town — were miniature economic engines of the community. They were also places in the southern Anne Arundel County town where people gathered...

Mild winter clouds some businesses

2012-03-07 15:35:00

Marylanders remember snow piled into mountains in parking lots two winters ago. This season, the white heaps are tons of rock salt stockpiled in the port and around the state to melt the missing snow and ice. As people snap up potted flowers and enjoy...

Only signatures stand between Arbutus side street and slower traffic

2012-03-12 05:49:00

When John Remmell moved to Birch Avenue 27 years ago, the small side street in Arbutus had a quiet, rural quality to it. That is no longer true, as the street, a short distance from the sprawling University of Maryland, Baltimore County, campus, has...

The driving force behind high gas prices: me

2012-04-02 03:00:00

Gasoline prices continue to climb, and the Republican presidential candidates would have us believe that this is the direct result of President Barack Obama's energy policies. They say that if only he would get out of the way of the oil companies and...

The Red Line cure for gas price blues

2012-04-03 06:00:00

As Baltimoreans watch gas prices soar above $4, it's worth asking: why don't we have a better public transportation system? Do we lack the imagination? In decades past, we had the imagination to fund and build our port, our tunnels and bridges, and...

Answer to high gas prices? Smarter drivers

2012-04-04 09:45:00

Never have I agreed more with Susan Reimer than I did with her column on gas prices ("Driving force behind high gas prices: me," April 2). Has anyone ever seen more than 10 percent of cars with more than one person within and each one with an unnecessary...

Baltimore's port marks record year for vehicles in 2011

2012-01-13 20:41:00

Just after sunrise, a caravan of nearly 1,000 new cars begins streaming down the ramp of a massive cargo ship, a procession that won't end until evening. Mercedes-Benz and BMW models go one way. Land Rovers and other models go another. Some days, the...

The fondly remembered Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad subject of recently published book

2011-12-24 12:05:08

It's been more than half a century since the trains of the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad — quaintly remembered by old-timers in these parts as the Ma & Pa — rolled over a single set of tracks on a circuitous 77.2-mile route that began...

Company aims to build viable electric car in Md.

2012-01-26 16:46:00

Genovation Cars Inc., a Rockville-based company, wants to do what many in the auto industry have failed to do — build a fully electric, battery-powered vehicle that the public embraces. On Thursday, company executives were at the Glenn L. Martin...

All plug-in cars are expensive, but so are luxury vehicles, and the reasons for driving both prove to be surprisingly similar. As owners, we know the Volt has downsides, as all cars do, and we accept that they're deal-breakers for some shoppers.

2012-05-09 15:13:00

Hyundai introduced a true luxury sedan in 2009 that we awarded with our top honor, and it has only improved since then.

2012-05-09 15:13:00

Americans don't like wagons. Maybe they haven't checked out the SportWagen version of the better-known Volkswagen Jetta sedan, a surprisingly versatile, fun car. With 32.8 cubic feet of cargo volume behind the backseat and 66.

2012-05-09 15:13:00