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Featured Story Archives

• Incentives Drive Sales Rate to 13.2 Million, Edmunds.com Reports
• Edmunds.com Predicts Average Transaction Price Declines
• Grand Cherokee, Car Washes Don't Mix
• Commentary: No Easy Answer for the Toyota Problem
• Toyota on Sikes' Runaway Prius: We're Not Buying It
• Can Midsize Pickups Haul Themselves Back to Sales Respectability?
• Former Administrator: NHTSA Needs R-E-S-P-E-C-T
• Incentives Buoy Sales to 12.5 Million SAAR in Early March, Edmunds.com Reports
• Honda Odyssey Owners Report Transmission Troubles, Inconsistent Response from Maker
• No Big Wins for Automotive Advertisers at Oscars
• Toyota Refutes Researcher's Simulation of Unintended Acceleration
• Powerful Divisional General Managers Are History in New GM Management Restructuring
• Toyota Purchase Intent Soars After Incentives Announced, Edmunds.com Reports
• Hyundai Keeps the Heat on Toyota, Honda with New Tucson
• Even Blizzards Can't Obscure This: Ford Tops GM in February Sales
• Lux and Little the Focus at This Week's Geneva Motor Show
• Question Congress' Hearings Won't Answer: Are Cars Safe?
• February Sales: Toyota Share Lowest Since 2005; Hyundai, Nissan Share Highest Ever
• Toyota Chief Leaves Legislators With Little Resolution
• Why the Toyota Puzzle Doesn't Fit Together - For Anybody
• Toyota Seems Exposed in Electronics Investigation Methods
• Toyota's Lentz Admits Slow Response on Safety Issues, Promises Improvement
• Toyota Leads in NHTSA Unintended Acceleration Complaints, Edmunds.com Analysis Shows
• NHTSA on the Hot Seat: What is Standard Operating Procedure?
• On Eve of Congressional Hearings, Internal Memos Cast Toyota in Unsavory Light
• A Glimpse of the Feeding Frenzy Toyota Faces
• Toyota Boss Reverses Course, Will Address Congress Next Week
• Revamped Ford Edges the Competition, Edmunds Readers Say
• Toyoda Leads Quality Task Force But Is a Washington No-Show
• Toyota vs. NHTSA: The Posturing Begins
• Ford Firms Up Mercury's Future
• Crash Course Covers Bailouts and Bankruptcies
• COMMENTARY: Costs, Congress and Toyota's Fall from Grace
• Ford Set to Overtake Beleaguered Toyota in 2010, Edmunds.com Predicts
• Chicago Auto Show's Mission: Stoke Patchy Consumer Interest
• Toyota Recalls 437,000 Hybrids Globally, Including Toyota Prius
• Big Boost for Hyundai, Audi From Super Bowl Ads
• Commentary: Audi "Green Police" Slays in Super Bowl Ad Wars
• President Toyoda Assures Toyotas Are Safe, Customers Are Top Priority
• Ford Announces Fusion, Milan Hybrid Brake Fix
• Despite Quality Woes, Toyota Turns a Profit, Admits Prius Brake Problems
• January Whacks Toyota, But Sales Firm for Other Makers
• Toyota Already Recovering from Recall, Edmunds.com Data Shows
• Despite Toyota-Fighting Promotions, January Incentives Dip, Edmunds.com Reports
• Incentive Plans Take Aim at Vulnerable Toyota with Mixed Reviews
• Toyota Fixing Sticking Accelerator Pedals with 'Simple and Effective' Modification
• Toyota Sales Socked with 75-Percent Drop, Edmunds.com Forecasts
• January Car Sales: Toyota Share Plummets to Lowest Since 2006
• Toyota Supplier 'Has Fix' For Faulty Accelerators
• Ford Earns $2.7 Billion Profit in Tumultuous 2009
• Toyota Details Pedal Problem to Dealers; New Supplier Sought
• Toyota Suspends Sales, Production of Its Bestsellers
• Toyota Recall, Murky Messaging Spurs Consumer Mistrust
• GM's Whitacre Stays on as CEO To Create Stability
• Toyota Recalls 2.3 Million Vehicles for Sticky Gas Pedal
• Manufacturer Spotlight: Subaru Thriving Thanks to Brand Consistency
• Detroit Auto Show Debuts Generate Edmunds.com Buzz
• Buzz Kill for 2011 Honda CR-Z Sport Hybrid from Tokyo to Detroit
• Corvette Drops to 50-Year Sales Low as High-End Sports Cars Sputter
• Makers Cautious as Subdued Detroit Show Starts Pivotal New Year
• Subaru Plots Follow-Up of 2009 Success
• Ford Sweeps Car and Truck of the Year Awards
• What We'll See at the Detroit Auto Show - And What We'd Like To See
• Saab Fate Revealed Soon?
• GM's Whitacre Sees Chance for 2010 Profit, Little Hope for Saab
• Auto Industry Believes 2009 Close Bodes Well for 2010
• Despite Year-End Blitz, Incentives Costs Dip, Edmunds.com Reports
• Car Sales Surged at December's End, Edmunds.com Reports
• Ready To Set Record-Low Sales, Chrysler Heads for 2010 in Reverse
• The Best and Worst Ideas of 2009
• The Decade's Winners and Losers: The Data
• The Auto Industry 2009 Wrapup: Apocalypse Now
• GM Mum on New Offers for Saab
• GM's Sale of Saab Fails; Swedish Brand to Die
• Auto Sales Trend Higher Heading into 2010, Edmunds.com Forecasts
• Trucks Deemphasized in Chevy's New Direction
• Finalists for North American Car and Truck of the Year Announced
• Mercedes Joins Engine Downsizing, Electric Trends
• GM's Whitacre Outlines Automaker's Short-Term Game Plan
• What Vehicles at LA Show Will Win in the Market?
• Beijing Automotive Buys Some Saab Assets
• New GM North America Boss Tightening Up the Team
• Chevy Boss, Another GM "Lifer," To Retire
• VW Begins Takeover of Suzuki With 20 Percent Stake
• Latest GM Shakeout Possible Precursor to Lutz Departure
• Suzuki Reportedly in VW's Hands by Year-End
• GM Details Management Shuffle
• More GM Gyrations: Lutz To Be Reassigned, Reports Say
• Automakers See Glass Half-Full After Flat November Sales
• GM's Henderson Resigns, Whitacre Takes Over
• Incentives Edge Higher in November, Edmunds.com Estimates
• Fridays and November Not the Best Time for Car Deals, Edmunds.com Reports
• After a Wooly Weekend, Saab Still in Play
• Can 'Blue Drive' Be Hyundai's Next Big Marketing Win?
• Toyota to Replace 3.8 Million Gas Pedals; Edmunds.com Re-Enacts Problem
• GM's Sale of Saab to Koenigsegg Collapses
• GM Orphans Up for Adoption
• Get Ready for Leasing's Revival
• As '09 Inventories Deplete, Who Will Blink First - Carmakers or Customers?
• Automakers Launch Holiday Promotions to Offset November Sales Blues
• The Street's Already Abuzz About 2011 Hyundai Sonata
• For GM, It's North America - Or Bust
• GM Sales, Prices Rise Since Bankruptcy; Profit Per Vehicle Flat
• GM Will Make First Government Loan Repayments in December
• Trying to Figure Out what the Honda Crosstour Is
• GM's Whitacre: A Sense of Urgency to Repay Taxpayer Money
• Some Good Ideas from Chrysler's Turnaround Plan
• Ford's New Inflatable Seatbelts to Launch with Next-Gen Explorer
• Chrysler Outlines 'The Plan.' Now, Can it Work?
• October Auto Sales Uptick May Presage the 'New Normal'
• Ford Earns Nearly $1 Billion in Third Quarter
• Union Obstinance Resurfaces for Mulally as UAW Vetoes Concessions for Ford
• October Is Year's Best Non-Clunker Month for Car Sales, Edmunds.com Forecasts
• Kia Campaign to Emphasize New Sorento is Made in America
• COMMENTARY: Good News Turns Bad for Ford
• Cash for Clunkers Tab: $24,000 Per Vehicle of Taxpayer Cash
• Consumer Reports: Ford Among World's Most Reliable Carmakers
• Brands Looking to Expand Luxury Crossover Share Dealing With Ruthless Trends
• Chrysler Looking to New Big Rams to Haul in Some Cash
• Ford to Build European Kuga in Kentucky, Report Says
• Manufacturers Offer Richest Incentives Since Cash for Clunkers
• Japan Makers Attending Party for Themselves: The Tokyo Motor Show
• 2009 Car Buyers Say Paint It Black, Edmunds.com Reports
• GM Regaining Lost Market Share Ground in October, Edmunds.com Reports
• "New" GM Goes on the Offense with Quarterback Lutz
• Porsche's Eggs in New Four-Door Basket
• 2010 Ford Taurus Hits Targets in Cross Shopping
• Huge U.S.-Market Backdoor Ready To Open for Chinese Automakers
• Brent Dewar: Chevrolet Is General Motors
• Toyota-Subaru Sport Coupe To Break Cover at Tokyo Show
• GM Satisfied with Early Post-Bankruptcy Progress
• 2010 Ford Taurus Design Captures Attention, Price Questioned
• Two More Chrysler Big Shots Out in Fiat-Led Management, Brand Reorg
• Strong Yen Could be Next Problem For Japan Automakers
• Automakers Eager to Move Past September's Tepid Sales
• Incentives on the Rise through Year-End, Edmunds.com Predicts
• Penske Breaks Off Talks with GM for Saturn; Saturn Goes Away
• Chrysler Midsize-Car Signals: Venal or Visionary?
• Industry EV Maneuvers Charging Up; Detroit Show to Feature Multi-Maker EV Area
• September Car Sales on Track for 9.3 Million Rate, Edmunds.com Forecasts
• Chrysler Puts Pedal to the Metal on New Models, Report Says
• Fiat's Guy To Run Chrysler Powertrain; Hemi Future Cloudy
• Commentary: Does Anybody "Get" Chrysler?
• Buick Launches Ads Starring LaCrosse and "Class" Tagline
• After Much Ado, U.S. to Get Mazda2
• Cash for Clunkers Boosted Economy, Prompted Lower Car Prices
• Fearing Clunker Hangover, Europeans Plead for Renewed Scrappage Plans
• Ford Confirms C-Max Coming to U.S.
• Frankfurt Motor Show: Enviro Plays, Luxury the Big Question
• GM Tries "If You Find a Better Car, Then Give Ours Back"
• U.S. Taxpayers Can Kiss Some GM, Chrysler Loans Good-Bye
• Ford Poised To Grab Medium-Truck Share With New Power Stroke Diesel
• New Math: Cash for Clunkers Numbers Don't Add Up
• 'Small' Could be the New 'Big' of the Pickup Market
• Post-Clunkers Second Half Becomes Huge Sales Question Mark
• Automakers Spend Less on August Incentives, Thanks to Cash for Clunkers
• Fiat-Chrysler Signaling Early Strategy Moves
• August Car Sales: Wild Roller Coaster Ride
• Post 'Clunkers,' Automakers Raising Production - Carefully
• Shutdown of Cash for Clunkers To Smack Down Industry Sales
• GM Readies Break With Four Divisions, but Opel Intrigue Continues
• Cash-For-Clunkers Expected to Go Out With a Bang: Edmunds Projects 15-Million Weekend SAAR
• It's Dealers Versus DOT as "Clunkers" Program Set to Close
• GM Cancels "Vue-ick" Crossover
• GM, Honda Latest To Boost Production as Cash for Clunkers Resuscitates Small-Car Sales
• COMMENTARY: Two Dozen New Models May Overcrowd GM's Four-Brand Garage
• "Clunkers" Demand Prods Ford To Hike Production
• Ford's Top Clunker Trades, Buys as Cash for Clunker Pace Slows, Edmunds.com Finds
• Cash for Clunkers Interest Slowing; Could Run Out of Steam Next Week
• California GM Dealers List Cars on eBay
• Why Toyota Must Make Its Joint-Venture Coupe
• Cash for Clunkers Drives Consumers to Fuel-Efficient Choices, Edmunds.com Reports
• Cash for Clunkers Delivers July Sales Spike -- But Now What?
• Which Runs Out First: Cash for Clunkers or Cars?
• Cash for Clunkers Produces July Sales Increase for Ford
• White House Says Cash for Clunkers Is Up and Running
• Cash for Clunkers Could Be Done or on Hiatus
• Some Clunker Deals Based on Old EPA Numbers Will Be Honored, DOT Rules
• Cash for Clunkers Generates Interest, Sales Along With Confusion, Complaints
• Government Decision Imminent on How To Handle Cash for Clunkers Mileage Glitch
• Diesels Paying Back Quicker Than Hybrids, Edmunds.com Reports
• COMMENTARY Cart-Before-Horse Alert: Gov Plans Quick Sell of GM, Chrysler Stakes
• Another Cash for Clunker Glitch: Mileage Ratings Change, Disqualifying Some Deals
• GM Fills Board, Shuffles Execs - Doesn't Change Much
• Toyota's Inaba Looks To Spice Up Models, Revive Scion, Reshape Lexus, Turn a Profit
• Cash for Clunker Trades Show 59 Percent Fuel Economy Boost, Hyundai Says
• Cash for Clunkers Could Push July SAAR To 10 Million, Edmunds.com Forecasts
• Ford Reports $2.3 Billion Net Profit, $424-Million Operating Loss
• Cylinder Count Ain't What It Used To Be
• 100,000 Plus Car Shoppers Waiting to Buy, Edmunds.com Calculates
• Pontiac G8: The World's Best Car Nobody Was Buying
• "New" GM Has Busy First Week
• Plant Closings May Not Be Over For GM
• Consumers Find New, Remade Models More Appealing Than Ever, J. D. Power Finds
• Half-Time Scores: Winners Lose The Least; Subaru Ultimate Winner
• GM's Lutz Already Making 'Em Nuts
• Porsche and Volkswagen: Who's Buying Whom?
• The "New" GM Focuses on Customers, Cars, Culture
• Judge Clears Way for GM To Leave Bankruptcy
• Culture Clash, Part 2: Chrysler Small-Car Big-Wig Outta There
• Judge Approves GM Asset Sale, Paving Way To Emerge From Bankruptcy
• Led by Surging Ford, June Sales Ratcheted Reassuringly
• June Is Priciest Ever for Automaker Incentives, Edmunds.com Reports
• "Good" GM: Maybe Not All That Good
• GM Selects Michigan Plant To Build New Small Cars
• GM To Announce Michigan Gets Its Small Car Plant
• June Sales To Hit 10 Million SAAR; Detroit Share Improves, Edmunds.com Forecasts
• GM CEO Henderson "No Fan" of Rebadging, but...
• Miata Designer Matano Provides Cryptic Clues to His Mysterious New Venture
• Vehicle Quality Improves Despite Bumpy Financial Ride
• Half-Hearted Cash for Clunkers Bill Awaits President's Pen
• Miata Designer Matano, T. Boone Pickens Part of Start-Up Car Company
• GM CEO Henderson on Dealers, Clunkers, Exec Compensation and More
• Niche Automaker Koenigsegg Takes Saab Off GM's Hands
• In Trucks, Bare-Knuckles Marketing Continues
• Chrysler, GM Losing and Moving Execs
• Chevrolet Ready To Be Lead Horse in GM Revival
• Lexus Says Luxury Car Sales May Be Coming in From the Cold
• U.S. House Passes Cash for Clunkers Plan
• Last Call: Tuesday Is End of the Road for Some Chrysler Dealers
• U.S. Supreme Court Puts the Brakes on Chrysler-Fiat Deal
• Chrysler-Fiat Deal: Will It or Won't It? Only Supreme Court Knows for Sure
• Penske: Envisioning Saturn as a Global Motors
• GM, Penske Make a Deal for Saturn; Hummer, Opel Deals Floundering
• GM, Chrysler Defend Dealer Cuts in U.S. Senate
• GM Scrambles To Clarify Financial-Disclosure 'Tude
• May Car Sales: Flirting with 10-Million SAAR
• Japanese Automaker Incentives Hit New Record, Edmunds.com Estimates
• President Obama, CEO Henderson: Paving the Way for a New GM
• GM Bankruptcy: History in the Making
• GM Commits to More U.S. Small-Car Production
• May Car Sales: Ever-So-Small Hint of Hope
• Lutz: "New" GM Will Be Smaller, Leaner "Powerhouse"
• GM Bondholders Committee Accepts Sweetened Deal; Chrysler-Style Bankruptcy Next
• Auto Supplier Visteon Files for Bankruptcy
• The Only Question: What Day Will GM File for Chapter 11?
• GM Working Toward $100 Billion in the Red; Bankruptcy Filing Imminent
• Chrysler Midsize-Car Plant Restart Questionable
• Feds' New MPG Mandate May Collide With Buyer Preferences
• CAFE, EPA Math: 35 Equals 26
• Chrysler Names C. Robert Kidder as New Chairman
• New Fuel Rules: Automakers May Build Them, but Will Customers Buy Them?
• Commentary: Marchionne's Plan Is Gutsy but Iffy
• GM Looking for Orderly Wind Down of 1,100 Dealers
• Chrysler Cuts 789 Dealer Agreements; GM Slashes Dealerships Friday
• Cash for Clunkers Legislation Eyed for Tuneup
• Pickups Sales Plunging But Ford Buyers Spending More - What Gives?
• Chrysler Dissident Investors Cave; Political, Legal Wounds Linger
• Toyota Posts First Loss in Decades; Red Ink To Continue
• GM Loses $6 Billion in First Quarter
• Chrysler's Politicized Bankruptcy a Warm-Up for GM
• Chrysler's Challenge: Finding Customers During Bankruptcy
• Tata Nano: 200,000 Orders and a Waiting List Through 2011
• Saturn Blazed Ahead of Its Time, Then Faded Into Oblivion
• With Chrysler Captured, Fiat Moving on Opel
• April Car Sales: The Bottom's Around Here Somewhere
• Chrysler Files for Bankruptcy and Combines With Fiat
• President Obama Set To Discuss Chrysler; Bankruptcy Path to Fiat Deal
• Chrysler To Be Taken Over By Fiat; Bankruptcy Not Ruled Out
• Chrysler Deadline Looms; Progress Made, Nardelli Says
• Chrysler Clears More Hurdles but to What End?
• GM's New Viability Plan: An Opportunity To Restructure GM -- "And Do It Once"
• Eleventh-Hour Compromises From Chrysler Stakeholders, but Is Fiat Still Serious?
• Ford Loses $1.4 Billion in First Quarter; Less Than Analysts' Predicted
• GM Names 13 Plants For Shutdowns; Cuts 190,000 Vehicles From Production Schedule
• GM Extends Summer Breaks To Slash Bloated Inventories
• One Million Plug-In Hybrids by 2015? Maybe. Profitable? Probably Not
• Obama Administration Loans Chrysler, GM More Money
• Good and Bad Ideas From Massachusetts
• GM's Henderson: Four-Brand, Not Two-Brand, Strategy Remains the Plan
• Chrysler-Fiat: "Value" for Fiat Means "Free"
• BMW Gets Loopy - and It's Not Even Octoberfest Yet
• Take My Pickup - Please
• Tata Nano: Cashing in on the World's Cheapest Car
• GM's Tom Stephens: Lutz Successor Is a Serious Engineer - and Serious Enthusiast
• New Toyota Prius Has To Address Tough Market and Tough New Rival
• New York Auto Show: Mostly Power, Some Prudence
• Chrysler Selects A123Systems as Battery Supplier
• GM's Henderson: File Bankruptcy Only if Required
• Chrysler's Italian Lifeline Full of Knots
• March Car Sales Show Signs of Life
• Incentives Set All-Time Record, Edmunds.com Reports
• GM's Henderson: "We Will Get the Job Done"
• GM CEO Wagoner Out as Obama Administration Goes "Hands On" With Detroit
• Obama Team Gives GM, Chrysler Viability Plans Failing Grades; Re-Do Is Ordered
• March Car Sales Look a Lot Like February Car Sales
• Cadillac Kills Crucial Diesel Engine for Europe
• Tata Nano Makes a Positive First Impression
• Chrysler Rhetoric Gets Contradictory - and Desperate?
• Tata Launches Nano in India; U.S. Intro May Follow
• Abu Dhabi Investor Becomes Daimler's Biggest Shareholder
• Chevy Camaro: My Muscle Car's More Like a Prius Than Yours
• Some New Cars Now Less Expensive than Used Cars, Edmunds.com Reports
• Buick, Jaguar Tops For Vehicle Dependability
• BMW in 2009: A Year of Transition, CEO Says
• Except for Europeans, Vehicle Manufacturers Ditch Diesel Plans
• Incentives Not Letting Up -- Even for New Products
• Memo to Obama Auto Task Force: It Ain't About Labor
• Obama Auto Task Force: What Did They Think About Their Detroit Visit?
• Subaru and Mitsubishi Among Japanese Makers Seeking Government Loans
• Despite Economy, Auto Shows Remain Crucial Marketing Stage
• GM's Opel: "Insolvency" Could Be an Option, German Official Says
• GM's Survival in "Substantial Doubt," Its Auditors Say
• February Car Sales: Fearful Americans Hunker Down, Steer Clear of Dealer Showrooms
• GM Defends Chevy Volt; Calls Critical Study Faulty
• Toyota Says Market Has Room for 2010 Prius and New Honda Insight
• Chrysler Restructuring Plan: Three Options, One Reality
• UAW Cornered on VEBA?
• February Car Sales: Consumers Sit the Month Out Again
• GM Posts $30.9-Billion Loss for 2008, Second Biggest Ever
• Nissan Will Try To Hold Line on Cube Pricing
• Hyundai, Audi Deliver Oscar-Winning Performances
• GM State of Mind Revealed in New Restructuring Plan
• Ford Seeking "Socially Vibrant Agents" To Test-Drive Fiesta
• GM's Saturn Spin-Off Could Be Opening for Chinese, Indian Automakers
• Saab To File for Reconstruction, Swedish Report Says
• Half-Million Recent New Car Shoppers Steered to Used Cars, Edmunds.com Reports
• GM Could Need $30 Billion Total in Government Loans
• Chrysler Needs Extra Billions To Continue; 3,000 More Jobs Cut
• Viability Day for GM, Chrysler: Is Bankruptcy Looming?
• Chrysler-Nissan Project Put on Hold: What's Next for Both?
• Hyundai Boss Blasts Auto Industry, Says It's 'Viewed With Contempt'
• Chicago Auto Show: Calm Before the Storm
• Chrysler Hit by Lawsuits; Is Bankruptcy A Way to Cope?
• GM Cuts 10,000 Salaried Jobs; Lowers U.S. White-Collar Pay
• Nissan Cuts 20,000 Jobs; Posts First Loss This Decade
• Toyota Hits Global Loss, But Exec Says Pent-Up Demand in U.S.
• Fleet Cutbacks Help Shrink January Sales to Early-1980s Levels
• Certified Pre-Owned Sales Become Industry's Only Bright Spot
• Used-Car Sales Struggle, Along With Everything Else Auto
• COMMENTARY Behind the Headlines: News and Maneuvers Get Weirder
• Ford Loses $14.6 Billion in 2008; $5.9 Billion in Fourth Quarter
• Dealer Dilemma: Stuck With Old Models; Pressured To Order New Ones
• Honda Cuts Production in North America, Japan; Ends S2000
• Audi Sees Transitioning U.S. Market as 'Real Opportunity'
• Chrysler-Fiat Alliance Gets More Interesting With PSA Presence
• Threesome: Fiat Looks To Link With Peugeot as Well as Chrysler, Reports Say
• COMMENTARY: Fiat-Chrysler Link Is Nice Idea, but Futile Without Money
• Chrysler, Fiat Sign Global Strategic Alliance Deal
• Chrysler Launches 0% Financing With Government Help
• Hyundai Buyback Program and Award Win Attract Shoppers, Edmunds.com Reports
• Hyundai Genesis and Ford F-150 Win North American Car, Truck of the Year Awards
• Sales Aren't the Only Thing Detroit Lost in 2008
• Automakers Seek Game-Changers in Fresh TV Ad Campaigns
• Confidence Game: Winning It Is the Only Road to Recovery
• 2008 U.S. Auto Sales Are Worst Since 1992
• December Incentives Set Record, Edmunds.com Estimates
• Federal Help Allows GM To Offer 0% and Low-Interest Car Loans to Consumers
• 2008: A Year Not To Be Forgotten, as Much as We'd Like To
• America's Banks and Brokers: 'We Don't Need No Stinkin' Accountability'
• It May Not Be Bankruptcy, but Chrysler Deconstruction Inevitable
• GM, Chrysler Receive $13.4 Billion in Immediate Federal Loans
• December Sales Rate Will Be Year's Lowest, Edmunds.com Forecasts
• New Blood? It's Another Important Issue for Big Three
• Toyota Delays Mississippi Plant Launch; Slashes Forecast, Details Cost Cuts Next week
• White House May Come to Automakers' Rescue
• Big Three Bailout Rejected; GM Hires Bankruptcy Advisers, Report Says
• Withering Economy Already Endangers Bailout-Plan Assumptions, Expectations
• Automaker Bailout Vote Could Start Today
• Automakers' Bankruptcy Would Cost Taxpayers Four Times More Than Bailout, Study Finds
• Saving Detroit Three Is in the Country's National Interest, Experts Agree
• Big Three CEOs Head to the House to Plea Again for Financial Help
• Scalp? Scapegoat? GM's Wagoner Remains One Vulnerable CEO
• Funereal November Sales Provide More Ammo for Bailout Plea
• Ford, Rivals Stress New Parsimony to Congress
• Potential for Swedish Intervention with Saab, Volvo Intensifies
• Detroit Three: Making the Sales Pitch of a Lifetime
• Honda Planning V8 -- but Not Until 2015
• In the Background, Cellulosic Ethanol Moves Forward
• Gas Prices and Heavy Incentives Keep Car Sales From Sinking Below October's Depths
• Tracking the Bailout: When the Music Stops, Who's Going Bankrupt?
• Automaker Rescue Package Dead for Now
• Chance of GM, Chrysler Bankruptcy 75 Percent Without Loans, Says IHS Global Insight
• Caution Flag Waves Over Los Angeles Auto Show
• Outlook for Automaker Loans Fragile as Senate Hammers Detroit Chiefs
• Yeah or Nay on Bailout, But Don't Blame Detroit's Problems Only on Labor
• Congress: Vote Yes on Automaker Loans
• Chrysler Executives Could Receive Bonuses, Report Says
• Winter of Discontent and Joblessness for Autoworkers Worldwide
• BMW: Plump Price Premium for U.S. Diesels -- but Tax Break, Too
• Now That Gasoline Prices Are Plunging...
• GM Loses $4.2 Billion in 3Q; Running Near Empty Cashwise
• Ford Loses $129 Million in Third Quarter; Nearly $3 Billion Before Special Charges
• Toyota: Biggest Profit Drop in a Decade
• Cash Crunch Simultaneously Prods, Prevents Castoff of Swedish Automakers
• Millions of Jobs, Billions of Dollars Lost Across the U.S. If Detroit Three Disappear or Even Contract Some, CAR Study Says
• Horrific October Car Sales Plunge Industry to Post-WW II Low
• October Sales Plummet; Incentives Soar
• Blame Sales Woes on Crushed Confidence, Not Crunched Credit
• Interest in Car Purchases Perks Up Late Month, Edmunds.com Reports
• Industry Headaches Starting To Affect Product Plans
• Auto Advertisers Take Varying Tacks To Navigate Sobering Times
• The World Without Chrysler As We Know It -- And the Road Kill Left Behind
• Renault Styling Plays It Safe, But Only Bold Moves Will Ensure the Company's Survival
• GM-Chrysler Deal To Save $10 Billion -- From Where?
• New GM, Toyota Marketing Campaigns Highlight Credit Availability
• 2008 Paris Auto Show: Similar Shapes of Things To Come
• Chrysler Venture for Fuel-Saving Transmission Likely Dead
• Why No More General Motors Brands Are Likely To Follow Hummer
• GM-Chrysler: No Move Is Smart Move
• Fall of the Mighty Nameplates, Chapter 1: Ford Explorer
• Credit Meltdown Eliminating Dealers As Automakers Couldn't
• Honda Aims to 'Mainstream' Hybrids with Coming Insight
• Credit Crisis Plunges September Auto Sales to Uncharted Depths
• Small Cars and Hybrids - What Else? - Headline This Week's Paris Show
• The Failed Federal Bailout and the Automakers
• Volvo: Trouble Deepening with Auto Sales Drop
• September Vehicle Sales: Lowest Level Since Early '90s, Edmunds.com Forecasts
• Chrysler EV Initiative Shines Light on Lotus
• Chrysler To Go Electric Across the Line
• America's Credit Crisis May Prove Last Straw for Auto Buyers
• Intrigue, German-Style, in Ongoing Porsche-VW Tussle
• GM's Day-Long Anniversary Fete Highlighted by Volt, Lots of Chat
• India's Mahindra & Mahindra Coming to U.S. Next Year with Fuel-sipping Pick-ups and SUVs
• Chevy Volt Styling Is A Short-Circuit
• Time and Money Remain Roadblocks to Ford's Global Push
• Whatta Re-Voltin' Development: Chevy Volt Images 'Leaked?'
• Luxury Brands Gut Out Downturn, Along With Their Customers
• Could Price Hike for Nano Actually Help Tata?
• Auto Sales Still Dismal in August - But At Least It Wasn't July
• Auto Marketing on the Internet: Six Ways It's Getting Done
• Auto Marketers Accelerate Shift of Marketing to Internet
• When Times are Tough, Drop the Top
• Cadillac Busts A Fuel-Saving Move, Will Go Four-Cylinder
• COMMENTARY: Election Year Promises Will Meet Automakers' Harsh Reality, CSM Worldwide Analysis Shows
• Moscow Motor Show: Western Carmakers Are Gaining Ground on Local Producers
• GM in Russia: Too Few Cars is a Good Problem to Have
• Little Tata Nano Faces Big Challenges as Job One Could Be Delayed
• Moscow Auto Show Raises Its Curtain Against Tense Backdrop
• Hyundai Confident New Flagship Will Click with Less-Snooty Customers
• Argentum Motors: Little-known Indian-French Company Could Upstage Toyota Prius, Chevy Volt
• Comfort Cravers, Price Purchasers Emerge in Downsizing Divide
• Alfa Romeo Returns to The States
• Chrysler: Talked to Fiat, Done - For Now - with Nissan
• 2009 Dodge Ram: Priced Less than '08 Ram - On Paper
• Toyota Ready for Challenge of U.S Market Swing
• Rush to Fuel-Efficient Vehicles Recedes, Edmunds.com Research Suggests
• Down Market Equals New Records for Second-Tier Asian Automakers
• Engine Sharing: Even Desperate Times Don't Call for This
• Calamity Be Damned: GM Gussies Up for Centennial Date
• July Car Sales: Worst Since the Early 1990s Recession
• GM Posts Worse-Than-Expected $15.5 Billion Loss in Second Quarter
• July Forecast: Another Dismal Month for Vehicle Sales - Except for Honda and Compact Vehicles
• Diesel's U.S. Success Still in Doubt, But VW Says No Delay
• Ford Reports Record $8.7-Billion Loss; Realigns Products, Plants, People
• Mini Is Feeling Mighty As U.S. Market Motors Its Way
• Chevy Boss Insists New Camaro will have 'Legs'
• Harbour-Topping Chrysler JV Engine Plant Attracting Foreign Attention
• GM Next-Gen Models Revealed, Including Chevy Cruze
• GM: Spreading the Pain to Raise Cash, Get Lean
• GM Slashes Costs to Generate $15 Billion by End of 2009
• Renault-Nissan Plots its Electric Car Future, One Small Country at a Time
• Tata Nano Strikes Out as a U.S. Import As Is
• Toyota Chopping Big Tundra's Role in U.S. Picture
• Buyers of Heavy-Duty Pickups Turning Their Backs on Diesel
• Ford Marketing Will Try to Leverage Flex's Uniqueness
• GM's Big Financing Spiff Makes an Impact
• June Car Sales: U.S. Buyers Almost Veer Off the Road
• GM, Toyota Boost Incentives; Toyota Sets Record
• VW Hedged, Vows New Golf Coming
• June Sales Drop Prompts Edmunds.com to Lower '08 Forecast
• Hybrid Vehicles Not Best Value Over Time, Edmunds.com Finds
• GM Launches 0% Financing for 72 Months; Cuts More Production
• Dead on Arrival: New Models That Don't Have a Chance
• Ford Delays 2009 F-Series Launch; 2008 Losses Mount
• When Sales Sag -- Raise the Price?
• GM: Future Product Plan Under Review
• Production Shuffle: Fewer Large Trucks, SUVs; More Small Cars
• Desperate To Downsize: American Consumers Dash to Cheaper Fuel Sippers
• Honda Hybrid May Be Called Insight; Set To Out Prius the Prius
• Ford Said to be Studying Crash-Dive Retooling Program
• Nissan Has Product Depth To Answer Economy-Hungry U.S. Customers
• Chrysler's Gas-Price Guarantee Now Running on Fumes
• Like Its Outsized Persona, Hummer Won't Go Quietly
• Where There's Smoke There's Nickel-Metal Hydride
• J.D. Power Study Shows Quality Tide Lifts Virtually All Brands; Porsche Takes Top Spot - Again
• GM: Closing Truck Plants; Introducing New Small Cars; Considering Sale of Hummer
• Detroit Automakers: The Heat Is On
• May Car Sales: Worse than Last May But Better Than April, Edmunds.com Forecast Says
• Honda Freed: Could It Rock 'n Roll in America?
• Seismic Shift to Smaller Segments Rocks U.S. Market, Edmunds' Analysis Shows
• With Turbos, New All-Wheel Drive, Saab Sitting Better
• This Weekend, Detroit Three Trying To Launch New Season
• Ford: Misses Profit Target, Cuts its 2008 Production Schedule and Industry Sales Forecast
• Honda Goal: Offer More Hybrids; Sell More Hybrids
• Ford Cagey About Whether Buyers Will Pay Big To Go Small
• Next-Gen Nissan Titan: That Thing Got a Hemi?
• GM Battery Boss Running on Full Charge
• Don't Look Now, but Ford's Selling Some Stuff
• Chevy Volt: Traveling Public Roads and Hitting Its Mark
• Shipping Shortage Wearing on Automakers
• Chrysler's Gas-Price Incentive May End Up a Winner
• Hybrids "Paying Off" More Quickly, New Edmunds Data Shows
• Dodge Journey Ads a Hit, But Ford’s Drive One Has Mixed Impact
• Chrysler Unveils New Gas-Price Guarantee Incentive: "Let’s Refuel America"
• Chrysler Opens Online Post for Listening to Customers
• Nissan Reveals Light-Commercial Direction at Next Detroit Auto Show
• MAZDA6 for America Arrives
• April Car Sales: U.S. Consumers Flock to Cars, Gouging Detroit Three
• Chevrolet Malibu, Ford Fusion, Pontiac G6 Gain Traction in Crucial ‘C’ Segment
• Toyota Camry Hybrid Outselling V6 Models
• Toyota Prius: Next Chapter Opens in January
• GM Ethanol Partner Announces Pilot Plant
• Ford’s Drive One Could Be Right Campaign, Right Time
• VW Hopes ‘Max’ Advertising Builds on Sales Momentum
• Toyota-Subaru Coziness Could Yield Retro-Corolla, Celica
• Chrysler, Nissan: Could More Product Swaps Be in Store?
• Peter Arnell Comes Back to Chrysler: Savior? Svengali? Or Both?
• Toyota, Daihatsu and Subaru Join Forces on Product Development, Vehicle Sharing
• Toyota, Subaru Are Becoming Increasingly Entwined
• Pontiac Channels March Madness into Enthusiasm for G8
• Sunday Nights are Special on the ‘Ford Television Network’
• GM Says 40 Miles Doable, but the ‘Business’ of Chevy Volt Battery Just Beginning
• March Sales: No Denying the Slump Is Real
• Mazda2 Wins 2008 World Car of the Year; Still Not Coming to America
• New York Auto Show: The Good, Bad and Ugly
• Auto Shows May Pack a Marketing Punch, Says Edmunds.com Analysis
• New York Auto Show: Big Engines Not Dead in the Big Apple
• Commentary: Detroit Back to Its Old-School Tactics
• Geneva Motor Show: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
• Geneva Auto Show: If These are Eco-Friendly, Sign Us Up
• The More They Learn, the More Automakers Eye Internet
• Hyundai Tries Big Incentives To Keep Alabama Plant Humming
• GM and Ford Should Have Learned Lessons from Lada and Russia's Central Planning
• Automakers Still Moving Cautiously on Mobile Advertising
• Cerberus Dragged Reluctantly into Spotlight by Chrysler, GMAC Stakes
• Tata Nano: The Secrets of the $2,500 Car
• Are Customers Finished Buying Tickets to the Horsepower Race?
• 2009 Acura TSX: European Flavored
• Blessed Is Poore in Spirit, for He Shall Inherit -- Nissan’s Brands
• Chicago Auto Show: Best and Worst of Show
• Chrysler Plan Kills Models; Consolidates and Reduces Dealerships
• Crossovers: Many Models – But One Take?
• Small Trucks: Efforts to Resuscitate a Nearly Dead Segment
• Super Bowl Car Ads: Making the Grade, Failing Marks and No Shows
• Genesis: A New Beginning for Hyundai, but Is the World Ready?
• Auto Marketers Grapple with the Glow of Celebrity
• Is the Prototype Honda Pilot a Disturbing Sight?
• Gas Prices Rise; Hybrids Win Big, Says Edmunds Study
• Economic Slowdown and TV Writers’ Strike are Wild Cards for Auto Marketers
• New Delhi Auto Expo Recap: A Look Back at India’s Automotive Future
• Toyota-GM Tie for No. 1 in Global Sales
• Detroit Auto Show Hangover: Impressions from Press Days
• Unabashedly American Design
• Buick Seeks to Extend Enclave’s Magic – But Will It Reach?
• Nissan to Build Chrysler a Small Car for South America
• Q&A: India’s Tata Motors Chief Ratan Tata
• Tata Nano: The World’s Cheapest Car
• German Giants Battle for Slim Slice of Small India Luxury Pie
• Manufacturers Still Thinking Big in New Delhi
• GM's Wagoner: Cars as Sophisticated Consumer Electronics
• A Half Billion Dollar RSVP; Ford Ups Its Investment in India
• New Delhi Auto Show Prepares To Open
• 2007: A Historic Year for U.S. Vehicle Sales
• GM Centennial: Focus on Future While Nodding to Glorious Past
• 2007-2008 Vehicle Sales: Slowest Years in a Decade
• Fiat Revival Celebrations Are Premature
• Automakers Blog to Make Their Point, Connect With Customers
• Incentives: They Aren’t What They Used To Be
• GM’s Dream of Mid-Engine Corvette Not Off the Table
• Nissan Will Attempt To Squelch Gouging on GT-R Supercar
• UAW Ad Campaign Picks Appropriate Time, Intriguing Target Markets
• Automakers Beginning to Blink at Television Writers' Strike
• Nissan GT-R Goes Underground
• Ford's Farley Demonstrates Qualities He Wants the Automaker to Exude
• New CAFE: Higher Number, Same Problems
• Chevy Volt Designers: Shape, Not Weight, Is More Important
• GM’s Top Salesman LaNeve Sees the Glass Half Full
• Ford Wins Fix for Labor, Manufacturing Excesses – But Products are Yesterday’s News
• November Vehicle Sales: Could Have Been Worse
• Forget BMW. Forget Honda. Europe Car of the Year Says Fiat Makes the Finest Cars
• Porsche Boss Collects Giant Paycheck
• Vector: Super-Car Status Elusive
• Ballard-Ford-Daimler Venture Speeds Fuel Cell Progress
• Big Three-UAW Contracts Even the Playing Field -- Eventually
• 2007 Los Angeles Auto Show: Robocar 2057
• China’s Chery and Chrysler: “Conceptualizing” Small Car Options
• Lexus Tops J.D. Power Sales Satisfaction Rankings; Industry Achieves Record High
• Toyota: Growing Sales and Presence in Downtrodden Japan Market
• Ford: Losses Smaller Than a Year Ago
• General Motors Loss: Write-Down Leads to $39 Billion Loss
• Chrysler's Product Cupboard Is Shockingly Bare
• Chrysler SRT Spared From the Cost-Cutting Knife
• BREAKING NEWS Ford, UAW Reach Agreement
• BREAKING NEWS Chrysler: End of the Line for Some Employees, Models and Production
• Tiremaker Michelin Launches Green Campaign
• SEMA: Big Business for Automakers
• Toyota’s Watanabe: Moving Forward on Plans
• One-on-One With Chrysler's Phil Murtaugh
• Tokyo Auto Show: A Race Between Green and Performance
• Renault CFO: Nissan-Renault Set for Small, Cheap Car Boom
• Tokyo Motor Show: Technology, Environment, Performance and Showmanship
• Audi’s U.S. Prospects Boosted by Rising Quality, Residuals
• Chevrolet Malibu Day Is Today – Online
• GM Settles with UAW – But Product Puzzle Less Resolved
• Chrysler Workers Strike and Quickly Settle
• Chrysler’s Turn in the Spotlight This Week
• UAW Puts Chrysler on Strike Notice
• Chrysler: Trying to Avoid Last Year’s Inventory Debacle
• Et Tu, Tom Friedman!
• September Sales: Weaker But New Models Showed Strength
• Exclusive One-on-One: Mitsubishi Motors President Osamu Masuko
• BMW Outlines Strategy; Hints at New Models and Possible Fourth Brand
• GM, UAW Strike a Deal
• GM Pushes New Models During UAW Strike
• UAW Sets Strike Deadline for GM
• Honda’s John Mendel: Redefining Acura
• UAW’s Gettelfinger's Swan Song: An "Acceptable Resolution" to Tough Issues
• UAW-Big Three Talks: The Clock Is Ticking
• Toyota Downplays U.S. Headwinds, Highlights New Quality, Manufacturing Onslaughts
• Frankfurt Auto Show: Who Will Pay for Going Green?
• Chrysler: Employees Heartened by New Hires, Investments
• BREAKING NEWS: Toyota's Press Goes to Chrysler
• Volkswagen: Packing Its Bags for Virginia
• Rough Sailing Ahead as Automakers Battle Economic Headwinds
• Automakers Spend More Carefully, Less Generously on August Incentives
• UAW Talks: Health Care Tops the Agenda as Deadline Nears
• Saab: GM Starting “To Get It” on Niche Brand Status
• Chrysler: Whole Lotta Shaking Up Going On
• Guest Commentary: Why the West Need Not Fear China
• Chevrolet Malibu: “Very Important” to GM and Chevy
• BMW’s Scorching New M3 Has Hybrid Side – Sort Of
• Chevy Volt: The Machine That Changes the World?
• One-on-One With Toyota’s Jim Lentz
• Japan: Land of the Shrinking Car Market
• New Chrysler: The Party Is Over Before It Starts
• Cerberus Appoints New Chrysler Chief: Former Home Depot CEO
• GM’s Volt: More Stretch Than Toyota’s Plug-In Hybrid, Bloomberg Reports
• July Vehicle Sales: Detroit Makers Fall Below 50%
• GM: Turnaround Continues With $891 Million Profit
• The New Chrysler: Still Connected Under the Hood with Daimler and Others
• Edmunds.com Forecast: July Sales Down
• Guest Commentary: Detroit's Big Three on the Road to Oblivion
• UAW-Big Three: The Showdown Begins
• Toyota Prius: Chapter Three
• Exclusive One-on-One with GM's Mark LaNeve
• Chrysler Minivans: Lower Price, More Stuff
• June Sales: GM Hits All-Time Low Market Share
• Smart Moves: Microcar Goes for Big Splash
• Dodge: Will the Japanese Grab Life by the Horns?
• Delphi-UAW Deal Paves Way for End of Bankruptcy
• Toyota Launches New Incentives on the Tundra
• Hybrid Sales Increasingly Mirror the Overall Market
• What's Hot, What's Not This Summer
• Edmunds.com Unveils Information To Help Consumers Time Their Vehicle Purchases
• J.D Power: Ford Is a Winner
• Fortune magazine: Cerberus Signs on Ex-Chrysler Design Chief Tom Gale
• A BMW Purchase of Volvo? More Questions Than Answers
• Marketing to Women: Soccer Moms, Yoga Moms, Twinkie Moms
• Harbour: Toyota Most Productive -- By a Hair
• Mazda: A Classic Turnaround Tale
• Automakers Hope To End May on a High Note With Memorial Day Sales
• Edmunds.com Forecast: May Sales Stall; Rising Gas Prices Blamed
• Chrysler Suitors: What Are They Up to Now?
• Chrysler Sold: Is There a China Connection?
• Rethink a Relaunched Saturn
• Chrysler: A Collective Sigh of Relief
• Chrysler Sold to Cerberus
• Chinese Automakers Sharpen Export Plans at Shanghai Show
• Exclusive One-on-One Interview With Toyota’s Jim Press
• So, Toyota’s No. 1. What Now GM?
• Toyota Tops General Motors
• With Aston Gone, Jaguar Gets Another Shot
• GM Rear-Drive Cars On Hold; Camaro Moves Ahead
• Pickup Truck Incentives: What Worked, What Didn’t
• Chrysler Buyer: It’s Up to the Unions
• Chrysler Is for Sale. Now What?
• Where Have All the Women Gone?
• Toyota Enriches Tundra Incentives
• Nissan: Down but a Long Way From Out
• Buick: “2007 Is Our Breakout Year”
• VW/Porsche: What’s Next as Piech Holds All the Cards?
• Nissan Shuffle Begins
• GM: Promises Kept; Promises To Keep
• March Madness: Go Green!
• Toyota Tundra Makes Inroads With its Owners
• Geneva Auto Show: Zetsche Offers Tidbits on Potential Chrysler Sale
• Saturn: GM's Best Defense Against Toyota
• Chrysler: As the Rumor Mill Churns
• Chrysler's Not-So-Rosy Valentine
• Truck Wars: Toyota Challenges Detroit Loyalty