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While car buyers have been able to comparison shop online for years, drivers who want to lease their cars mainly have had to do their own legwork -- until now. LeaseTrader.com this week launched a new service to help them comparison shop for leases.

I did a good deed this week. I caught a shyster trying to sell a car that likely didn't exist and in the process learned a few things about how to protect yourself when buying a car online. It's been a while since I last bought a car. Back then, the idea of completing the entire process online...

Consumers looking to buy a truly domestic car or truck may find that some familiar American models are far less homegrown than they'd think, while two Japanese nameplates -- Toyota and Honda -- snagged half of the top 10 spots on a recent 'Made in America' automotive survey.

As the CARS program -- aka "cash for clunkers" finishes up today, it marks the end of a very short, yet exceedingly contentious government stimulus program. As the most visible of the government's economic growth moves, it has spent roughly $3 billion, inspired the purchase of hundreds of thousands...

West Point, Georgia -- population 3,500 -- was a small town with big troubles. Although its 8.6 percent unemployment rate put it below the state average of 9.7 percent, it was still facing recessionary problems that seem all too common. When the town's textile mills closed in the 1990s, the...