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General Motors has started production of its Ecotec 4-cylinder engine to power the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu and Cadillac ATS at its Tonawanda plant.

The holding company behind Porsche is pushing for rapid integration of the German sports car maker into Volkswagen Group to pave the way for cost savings and to erase debt.

The holding company behind Porsche is pushing for rapid integration of the German sports car maker into Volkswagen Group to pave the way for cost savings and to erase debt.

The 61st Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance is set to take place on 19 August. McLaren Cars is the latest manufacturer to announce a world premiere vehicle for this annual event on the lawns of the famous Californian golf club.

The 61st Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance is set to take place on 19 August. Rolls-Royce is the latest brand to announce a world premiere vehicle for this annual event on the lawns of the famous Californian golf club.

The 61st Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance took place on the lawns of the famous Californian golf club on 19 August. The global debuts of many cars took place there as well as at other events elsewhere on the Monterey Peninsula.

The 61st Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance is set to take place in mid-August. Aston Martin is the first manufacturer to announce a world premiere vehicle for this annual event on the lawns of the famous Californian golf club.

Ferrari expects to boost profit this year and has no immediate plans for a share listing, its boss told an Austrian magazine.

Toyota plans to supply BMW with hybrid drivetrain systems and hydrogen fuel cell technology, as the two partners deepen a green car development tie up they forged last December, media reports say.

Toyota plans to supply BMW with hybrid drivetrain systems and hydrogen fuel cell technology, as the two partners deepen a green car development tie up they forged last December, media reports say.

Cars and trucks have never been built better, but frustration with audio, infotainment and navigation features on new vehicles has never been worse. That's the big takeaway from the 2012 J.D. Power and Associates Initial Quality Study.

Aston Martin is reviving the name Vanquish for the DBS coupe replacement that will debut in August at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.

Do General Motors and Ford still need to compete in Europe -- building and selling cars in a market that has shifted from low growth/low margin to no growth/no margin? It's not such a crazy question, given that GM effectively would have pulled out...

Last week's shuffle of General Motors' lead designers seems to set up a horse race to succeed Ed Welburn, GM's design chief for nearly a decade.

Automakers love marketing on Facebook. They share videos, photos and chatter with millions of fans of their brands. But converting Facebook fans into paying customers? Well, that's a work in progress.

American Honda may be No. 5 in sales in the United States, but its captive finance arm is No. 1 in an increasingly important arena: leasing.

Stack eight Empire State Buildings on top of one another. That would represent the height of the tower of documents Toyota expects to produce in response to hundreds of lawsuits claiming that its vehicles suffered from unintended acceleration.

Do General Motors and Ford Motor still need to compete in Europe? Do they really need to keep building and selling cars in a market that has shifted from being low growth/low margin to no growth/no margin? Why continue losing money in Europe when...

Chevrolet, best known for its trucks and sports cars, hopes to burnish its small-car bona fides with the upcoming launch of the Spark minicar.

Anis traded fastest laps over the weekend with Benjamin Distaulo (No. 6 Honda Civic) and Philip Fayer (No. 3 Pontiac Solstice), but came out on top of both round 5 and 6 in overall and Super Touring standings. Similarly, Distaulo and Fayer crossed the finish line second and third respectively both Saturday and Sunday.

Rémy Audette, the reigning US F2000 champion making his debut in the CTCC this season appeared on pace in only his second race, but didn't manage to crack the top 3.

In Touring class, top runners were Michel Sallenbach (No. 46 MINI Cooper), Damon Sharpe (No. 84 Honda Civic), Jacques Bélanger (No. 29 Honda Civic) and first-timer Adam Isman (No. 47 MINI Cooper). Sallenbach and Bélanger each took their own win.

The story of the B-Spec class was once more all about Nick Wittmer (No. 91 Honda Fit). The 2009 and 2010 Super Touring champion won each round, followed to the checkered by Simon Dion-Viens (No. 17 Honda Fit) and James Bergeron (No. 2 Mazda 2).

For the first time since the inception of the series, timing problems during qualifying forced the official to revert to setting the grid according to the points standings.