Wheels: Gift Ideas for Car Lovers or Commuters

Hot Wheels big and small, smartphone holders, night-vision aids and more.

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Hertz   Wheels Gift Ideas for Car Lovers or Commuters Hot Wheels big and small, smartphone holders, night-vision aids and more. By Tom Voelk Narayan Mahon for The New York Times   Wheels From Zero to 4, Before the End of the Driveway Ride-on vehicles like cars, trucks and the occasional front-loader captivate children and offer the big carmakers a marketing opportunity. By Stephen Williams

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Joshua Bright for The New York Times   The Comfort-Loving Cult of the Lincoln Town Car Even with the advent of Uber, Lyft and Priuses, a model discontinued in 2011 has its loyalists. By Mike Seely Associated Press   Wheels Station Wagons on Endangered List as S.U.V.s Crush All in Their Path A key family hauler for much of the 20th century now accounts for a sliver of the American auto market. By Stephen Williams Pete Farnsworth Collection   Wheels Where Cars Try to Hit Mach 1, the Salt of the Earth Is Crumbling The Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah have hosted speed chasers for decades, but the course is distressed. An advocacy group has a plan, but not the money. By Paul Stenquist Alex Welsh for The New York Times   Wheels Out: M.P.G. In: Kilowatt-Hours. Classic Cars Get an Electric Jolt. A California company has developed a “crate motor” to relatively simply (but not so cheaply) convert gasoline cars to modern electric engines. By Lawrence Ulrich

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NEWS Unions Skeptical Trump’s Trade Deal Will Bring Back Auto Jobs The administration has said its North American trade pact would add 76,000 jobs in the sector. Experts are not so sure. by niraj chokshi Mercedes Dominated Formula One, but Not in the Second Half The team was a winning machine at first, but then tailed off, giving its rivals hope for 2020. by ian parkes Volkswagen Headquarters Raided Again Over Diesel Scandal Prosecutors were looking for documents as part of the latest investigation into the carmaker’s diesel emissions scandal. by reuters Corruption Inquiry Spreads to U.A.W. Lakeside Resort A dozen union officials have been charged or convicted in a sprawling federal investigation. by neal e. boudette Tesla’s Electric ‘Cybertruck’ Is Unveiled. It’s Pointy. Elon Musk’s car company presented its long-awaited pickup truck, but it didn’t quite go as planned. (Broken windows were involved.) by karen zraick, neal e. boudette and daniel victor G.M. Sues Rival Over Bribery Scheme as Union Scandal Expands The suit claims Fiat Chrysler sought to undermine contract negotiations with the autoworkers union to hurt G.M. by neal e. boudette

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