General Motors asserted for a decade that unexpected stalling was not a safety defect, even as its competitors issued about 90 recalls for similar symptoms during the same period and federal safety regulators opened 42 investigations into stalling....
With its seventh-generation Golf and Golf GTI, now made for the United States in Puebla, Mexico, VW had a chance to drive down costs and lower sticker prices in pursuit of market share....
Four years ago, Toyota was fighting the same kind of safety battle General Motors is waging today. Toyota boss Jim Lentz reflected on the lessons his company learned. Some may help GM....
Fiat boss Sergio Marchionne has a request for potential buyers of the automaker's Fiat 500e electric car in the United States: Don't buy it. He's tired of losing money....
Federal safety regulators said on Friday that it is likely that more than 13 people died in GM cars recalled earlier this year for defective ignition switches....
The hottest racing rivalry right now just may be Chevrolet versus Honda. In the four IndyCar series races run this season (not including Sunday's scheduled Indianapolis 500), cars powered by Chevy and Honda engines have each won two....
GoMoto, a startup that generates sales leads for dealerships by giving consumers test drives in competing new vehicles, continues to stir debate as it plans its national ramp-up....
The Viper sports coupe, Chrysler Group's exotic halo car, has an identity crisis. The automaker's most expensive vehicle will remain badged as an SRT, at least for now, even though Chrysler has folded the SRT brand into Dodge....
Suzuki is recalling 184,244 General Motors-built cars in the United States because of a potential fire risk, according to documents filed with federal safety regulators....
Federal legislation favored by auto dealers as a way to reduce paperwork cleared its final congressional hurdle on Thursday when the Senate passed the bill without a roll-call vote and sent it to President Obama....
An executive at Japan's Tokai Rika -- a Toyota supplier -- was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in Detroit for conspiracy to fix prices and obstruction of justice....
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating 110,000 older-model Dodge Ram pickups over reports that faulty interlocks allowed vehicles to start without the clutch being pressed....
In a victory for automakers exporting vehicles from the United States to China, the World Trade Organization ruled that Chinese duties on U.S.-made cars and trucks violated international trade rules....
Toyota is recalling an estimated 50,220 Highlander sport utility vehicles globally, most in the United States, for a software problem that could result in the front passenger seat belt not working properly....
General Motors and the University of Michigan said they agreed to extend their more than 50-year relationship with the opening of the Automotive Collaborative Research Laboratories....
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Anticipating strong Memorial Day weekend action, some analysts predict the pace of U.S. light-vehicle retail sales in May will be the best so far this year....
General Motors is recalling about 500 new pickups and SUVs to fix a potential flaw in the sensor that controls the airbags....
Toyota is recalling 466,000 vehicles globally, including about 460,500 in North America, for rust corrosion and brake pedal problems, the automaker said today....
Spanish auto supplier Grupo Antolin on Wednesday opened a 148,000-square-foot plant in Missouri that will produce headliners for the Transit van made nearby at Ford's Kansas City assembly plant....