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Now hiring in Detroit: Software developers and programmers. General Motors is moving past layoffs and the Motor City's rusty, low-tech image. It's setting out on its own to develop software and invent the most advanced gizmos for your car.

LEFT: 1966 PLYMOUTH BARRACUDA I'm a 58 year-old woman in her midlife adjustment phase. My favourite car is the first car I ever bought with my own money - a 1966 Plymouth Barracuda.

Pontiac's midsize model replaced the long-serving Grand Am that had been around since the 1985 model year. The front-wheel-drive 2005 G6 sedan was joined by a coupe for 2006 as well as a unique-looking convertible with a retractable metal roof.

Fisker Automotive, the hybrid sports-car startup backed by venture investors and the U.S. government, aims to start production of its second model in late 2014 or 2015, the automaker said this week, at least two years later than initially planned.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recognized the 2013 Ford Fusion Hybrid as the most fuel-efficient model in the hotly contested midsize-passenger-car category. Rated at a combined U.S. 47 mpg (47 city/47 highway, or 5.

Check out these highlights on the driving.ca portion of our website, timescolonist.com The GT-R is the highest-performing Nissan on the road, just as the ZL1 is the fastest production Camaro ever built.

General Motors says production is set to begin late next year on a luxury version of its Chevrolet Volt hybrid. The automaker said this week the Cadillac ELR will be assembled at the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant.

By their very nature, collector-car auctions are something of a crapshoot. Granted, every such event has its star cars, whether it's eight-figure vintage Ferraris at Pebble Beach or $250,000 Corvettes at Bloomington Gold.

Speaking of fuel efficiency, Volkswagen showed its bound-for-production, third-generation Golf Blue-Motion concept at the Paris Auto Show, claiming its combined 3.

If nothing else this season, Jeff Gordon has proved to be a man of his word.