Living in the city and owning a Jeep is a bit of a paradox. And this active-lifestyle phenomenon is getting out of hand; it seems as though people who spend their weekends surfboarding, hiking, cycling and doing other outdoor activities live in the urban areas where congestion and pollution is high. Or at least, that's what manufacturers want us to believe.
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Chrysler LLC President Jim Press says he understands the frustration Chrysler employees and stakeholders feel about not knowing the future of the automaker, but he calls press reports about suitors speculation.
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As General Motors pushes ahead with talks to acquire Chrysler LLC, uneasy suppliers and workers are bracing for a deal that would combine two struggling automakers and cost tens of thousands of jobs.
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Volkswagen AG wants more than 80 percent of the content of vehicles produced at its planned Tennessee factory to come from North America and is planning a supplier park for the plant site.
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Four months after ratcheting up production of its hot-selling Altima sedan, Nissan North America Inc. is ratcheting it back down.
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B-MAX will replace Fusion supermini.
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Stocks tumbled to 5-year lows today as investors grappled with an increasingly dire outlook for the global economy following a raft of disappointing profits and outlooks from major U.S. companies. The Dow Jones industrial average sank 514.
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Ron Tonkin battled U.S. automakers 19 years ago as a fiery president of the National Automobile Dealers Association. Now, he's offering ideas to save them.
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Now is the time to have your say for the 2009 Formula One season.
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NASCAR issued huge fines and multiple suspensions after catching the No. 83 Toyota Camry of Team Red Bull with illegal sheet metal following last weekend's TUMS 500 at Martinsville Speedway.
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General Motors' Saturn brand thinks it has found a novel approach to reaching women: partnering with CBS Interactive for an online drama that follows the escapades of four women in a book club.
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Growing political interest in another federal spending package to stimulate the U.S. economy is opening the door to more government aid to the auto industry.
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Federal-Mogul has reported its third quarter net earnings at just US$4m, 71% down on the same period last year.
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European Commission proposals for lower average CO2 emissions from European car manufacturers are set to dramatically increase stop-start technology fitment in Europe according to Frost & Sullivan analyst Anil Valsan.
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The Canadian Auto Workers union is to continue to urge Daimler to keep its Sterling Truck plant in St.Thomas, Ontario open, despite the auto company seemingly being committed to closing the facility.
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OUR TAKE: The Ford Fusion might be a Mazda 6 dressed up in a Ford outfit, but it's actually better because Ford took the liberty of adding even more stiffening properties to the Mazda chassis for the Fusion, Mercury Milan and Lincoln MKZ.
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A legend is about to be reborn, as Brit firm gets ready to redefine the supercar class with new P11.
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Continental AG CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann said today that supplier consolidation will accelerate in the current industry crisis, with Continental itself possibly being in that mix.
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General Motors announced today that it has retained Merrill Lynch to explore the sale of ACDelco, GM's aftermarket parts unit. The move is part of GM's attempt to raise up to $4 billion by selling assets.
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With the current economy the last thing you need is for your vehicle to break down. Whether your driving a reliable car or a busted up