Yesterday, Saab filed for a voluntary reorganization similar to GM's in 2009 and kept the tiniest hope of survival alive. But the agonizing automaker is for whom the bell tolls today, after a Swedish court rejected its plea and pushed it toward bankruptcy.
The second evolution of the Toyota FT-86 concept will continue its endless tour of the auto show circuit next week in Frankfurt. To highlight the sporty model's appearance, the Japanese automaker has released a video of the car being assembled.
There will be a couple of well-known returnees to the IZOD IndyCar Series as Buddy Rice and Hideki Mutoh are set to return to action in the coming weeks.
Even with his massive championship lead, Sebastian Vettel is not prepared to relax just yet.
Stefano Domenicali insists he will not use Red Bull as Ferrari's template for success.
I'm being asked the same question over and over this week: "Hey, what's the white car you're driving?" And when I answer that it's Kia's new Optima mid-size sedan, a couple have responded: "Wow, it's really beautiful. Too bad it's a Kia". What?
The first non automobile-related sponsor arrived in Formula 1 at the 1968 Grand Prix of Monaco. It was Imperial Tobacco which used the bodywork of the Lotus 49Bs to promote their brand, Gold Leaf. Since then, several F1 cars have carried some bizarre and eccentric liveries...
McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh has defended Jenson Button.
Does Mercedes-Benz's Vision SLA concept ring a bell? Eleven years after its debut at the Detroit Auto Show, it looks like the German automaker will be bringing it to life in 2013 to take on Audi the TT.
Stefano Domenicali is "incredibly mistaken" if he believes Sebastian Vettel is not among F1's true leaders.
Pirelli will do less private track testing next year, motor sport director Paul Hembery has announced.
Contract talks between GM and the UAW have intensified and shifted to consideration of the scope and terms of a profit-sharing deal for some 49,000 workers at the top U.S. automaker, people with knowledge of the talks said.
Ford named William Helman IV to its board of directors effective immediately. Helman, 53, is a partner with Greylock Partners, a Silicon Valley venture capital company established in 1965. He has been with Greylock since 1984.
Surprise concept from Vauxhall will rival the VW Nils with an electric drivetrain giving 60-mile range and a 75mph top speed

GM is cutting loose its Japanese trading partner, Mitsui Bussan, and consolidating imports to Japan in a bid to strengthen its brand image and streamline the sales process here. Mitsui Bussan has been importing some GM models since 1992.
With the 2011 SEMA show and annual awards just around the corner, the Specialty Equipment Market Association has preliminarily flagged the obvious candidates in the lineup.
Prices on the 2012 Toyota Tacoma pickup will start at $17,685, including an $810 destination charge, the company said on Wednesday.
The phrase and#8220;video or it didn't happenand#8221; used to be kind of a joke, before every hand-held device had a tiny camera in it. Now, they're words to live by.
Toyota Motor Sales has agreed to a $240 million, 20-year lease renewal with the Port of Long Beach, Calif. The renewal, which contains several environmental initiatives, would keep Toyota at its Pier B facilities until the end of 2028.