reliability

Toyota's recent spate of quality woes have allowed competitors to steal sales from the beleaguered automaker. Ford is also catching up with Toyota in another important measure of auto industry success -- consumers' opinions of vehicle brands.

Although Honda and Toyota remain the benchmark of reliability in the U.S. automobile industry, General Motors has made considerable strides in improving the quality of its cars and trucks, according to the magazine's 2010 Annual New Car Reliability Survey.

After the recent rash of auto recalls, Americans are more concerned than ever about the quality of their cars. J.D. Power's latest rankings show domestic brands Ford and GM continue to make headway as they decrease the number of problems in their vehicles.

Asian automakers are still building the most reliable cars and trucks, with eight of the top 10 brands from Japanese and Korean companies, according to an annual survey by Consumer Reports. But several models from Ford Motor Co. are now consistently scoring above Honda and Toyota, the perennial...

Many users awoke yesterday morning to a joyous chorus of "cha-ching" as money from Microsoft's Cashback program began hitting PayPal accounts nationwide. Shortly after we first covered the issue of delayed payments to individuals who participated in their Cashback program before the holidays...

When most consumers go shopping for a new HDTV they have one thing on their minds: price. Sure the specs are important to some extent, but for the masses, cost is the deciding factor. But shopping for an HDTV on price alone is a major mistake, as many other factors should play into your decision....