So a car is more like a social status [symbol],” said Jamie Wang, a native of China who has a start-up car sharing company in Singapore called iCarsClub.

Remember when your driving test was basically your ticket to adulthood? When pulling up in your first car felt like announcing to the world, ...

A regular Town Car weighs some 4,300 pounds; the armored vehicle will weigh 6,200 pounds, which the company estimates will decrease fuel efficiency by 20 percent.

A stroll down the aisles of the Beijing auto show stirs a flashback to America’s 1950s car design wars: ... China’s new status symbol: car grilles. Published: May 5, 2012 at 12:01 a.m. ET. Share.

An $11,000 Custom Car Key Could Be The Ultimate Status Symbol. ByJim Gorzelany, Senior Contributor. ... Now that’s a status symbol. Editorial Standards Reprints & Permissions.

As Lucy Siegle points out for The Times, "green status symbols are already a thing."She cites ample evidence, from the rise of rented fashion to celebrities driving electric cars, to this year's ...

Horsepower As A Status Symbol, And Why Slow People Buy Fast Cars By Raphael Orlove August 10, 2015 9:25 am EST I have a theory why people who don't really even care about speed are buying some of ...