- Judge rules suit over Ford Explorer can go forward
- Chrysler's year in review
- Auto briefs
- Nissan cars to push back when drivers floor it
- Lawmakers back boost for alternative fuel research
- Ford, GM explore joint engines
- Lawmakers back energy boost
- Chrysler unit gets $24B credit line
- Pomp and automobiles: Concours d'Elegance shows off beautiful rarities
- Chrysler Financial renews lines of credit
- Concours d'Elegance draws fans of rare, expensive cars
- GM loses $15.5B as industry sales dive
- U.S. auto sales in July plunge 13 percent
- Chrysler touts improved health
- Daniel Howes: Howes: No easy, cheap fix for GM's problems
- Nissan quarter profits off 43%
- Chrysler says it earned $1.1 billion in first half of 2008
- Chrysler offers buyers lease-like finance deals
- Ford, Toyota post double-digit July U.S. sales drops
- GM posts $15.5 billion 2Q loss
- Nissan's profit drops 43 percent on rising yen
- BMW's 2Q profit slides, dumps profit forecast
- GMAC's red ink adds to GM woes
- Forecast falls for Europe's car markets
- New car models may launch in 2009, says Chrysler CEO
- Government vehicles cost taxpayers $3.4B
- New shine on show: Competitions for hot rods, 'green' cars will heat up Cruise
- Mekeisha Madden Toby: Take a peek inside struggling GM
- Auto briefs
- S&P cuts Detroit automakers' credit ratings again
- New features announced for this year's Dream Cruise
- GMAC posts $2.5 billion 2Q loss
- Mazda profit up on solid vehicle sales growth
- Colleges hurt as carmakers cut tuition aid
- GM to trim 5,000 white-collar jobs
- Manny Lopez: 'Buying up' may become 'buying smaller'
- Visteon cuts expenses, narrows loss to $42M
- Nissan Tenn. buyouts aim to cut 1,200 jobs
- Auto briefs
- Senate Democrats back $6 billion in loan-guarantees for automakers
- GM to cut 5,000 salaried jobs
- Nissan to offer buyouts at Tennessee plants
- GM lease program safe through August
- July auto sales expected to keep downward trend
- Lease woes sting automakers
- GM to let workers see Volt
- ArvinMeritor up after profits beat expectations
- Lear profit falls 85%, stock rises
- Elite cars strut at Concours
- Auto briefs
- Chase Auto Finance to end Chrysler leases
- GMAC to cut incentivised leasing in Canada
- ArvinMeritor profits on exchange rates, sales abroad
- Lear's profit falls 85% on U.S. sales, material costs
- Mitsubishi Motors posts profit in 1Q
- Insurer offers discounts to drivers with monitors
- Resale values of trucks, SUVs fall
- Fed aid for Big 3 pushed
- Microsoft to build on auto unit
- U.S. sales to go down in '08, Toyota predicts
- GM cuts production of 117,000 more vehicles
- Judge allows Delphi to pursue suit
- GMAC limits Canada leases
- GM's windshield goes high-tech
- Auto briefs
- Henry Ford to open clinic at Chrysler headquarters
- Delphi may sue Appaloosa over failed deal, judge rules
- GM cuts production by 117,000
- Toyota lowers global auto sales target
- Jeep still strong as Chrysler slumps
- Car rental rates rise with costs
- Daniel Howes: Investors tap feet as Ford hits accelerator
- GM, CAW reach deal over closure of truck plant
- Troubles fail to drive down Hummer owners' passion
- Hunting for new health plans
- Minnesota man helps design alternative vehicles
- Chrysler to quit leasing business
- Ford shuffles Mercury brand
- Axle to cut 40% of U.S. workers
- Cruising America: Californian to hit Route 66 with sights set on Woodward
- Pain at the pump, 1920s style
- Quick Read
- Russia's GAZ launches production of car based on Chrysler platform
- Chrysler to get out of leasing business
- GM opens $463M powertrain center
- GM lets workers offer discounts to anyone
- Obama backs Ford Motor Co.'s restructuring plan
- American Axle reports $644 million 2Q loss
- Honda reports record first-quarter profit
- Ford revs up big move to smaller cars
- Chrysler puts 1Q loss at $515M
- Scott Burgess: Ford hopes ride on Euros
- Daniel Howes: Mulally's Ford looks a lot like Toyota
- $13M award upheld in DaimlerChrysler suit
- Court upholds $13 million damages in Dodge Caravan lawsuit
- Report: Tata on track to sell $2,500 car this fall
- AutoNation second-quarter profit tumbles
- Ford posts $8.7 billion second-quarter loss
- Daimler's second-quarter profit slips 25 percent
- Renault lowers 2009 sales target
- Hyundai Motor profit slips as sales rise
- Chrysler will cut salaried staffers
- Toyota leads GM in sales
- Ford puts Ontario plant jobs on hold
- Mazda6 production launches at Flat Rock
- Manny Lopez: Die-hard cruisers might go green too
- 2,000 expected to take Axle buyout
- Auto briefs
- More than 2,000 workers taking Axle buyouts
- Automakers may reap $30 million credit under new tax rule
- Ford delays plans to add shift in Canada
- Chrysler to cut 1,000 white-collar jobs
- Worker killed at Ford's Woodhaven stamping plant
- General Motors stock rebounds, topping $16 a share
- EU to aid laid-off Delphi workers in Spain
- Toyota says first-half sales rose 2 percent globally
- Volkswagen second quarter net profit up 35 percent
- Peugeot-Citroen first half net up 49 percent
- Fiat net profit less than 2 percent
- Auto execs' hopes dim for '09
- Model T's 100th celebrated amid carmaker's struggles
- Daniel Howes: Ford poised for big changes
- Nissan teams with Tenn. on electric cars
- Auto briefs
- Ford's Fields not optimistic about July sales
- Renault-Nissan, Tennessee sign clean car deal
- Air bag maker Autoliv to lay off up to 3,000
- China faults WTO ruling on auto parts
- Nissan celebrates new headquarters, 25 years in U.S.
- Utilities, GM team on plug-in hybrids
- Ford adds buyouts to area plants
- Camaro keeps concept look
- Chrysler CEO disputes report of loss of low-interest loans
- Visionary Vehicles sues China's Chery Auto
- Auto briefs
- U.S. government investigates '07-08 Hyundai Elantras
- Malcolm Bricklin sues China's Chery automaker over U.S. distribution
- Ford extends buyouts to more hourly workers
- Volkswagen global sales up 5.8 percent
- Michigan risks losing road funds
- Daniel Howes: McCain flops on emissions standards
- Drivers pumped over gas price drop
- 100 years of GM feted: Flint marks event with parade and some sadness
- Flint remembers GM's glory with parade marking 100th anniversary
- Dream of gas tax holiday faltered over job losses
- Flint celebrates GM's 100th anniversary
- Parts makers win trade dispute
- McCain backs states' rules on emissions
- Hundreds of wary Axle workers flee
- Chrysler retirees let down -- again
- Flint to wrap up weeklong GM celebration
- Business briefs
- Auto supplier Blue Water Automotive may close down
- Cummins, Fiat to end joint diesel venture
- McCain changes auto emissions stance
- Toyota works on greener paint process
- Science panel says $200B needed for hydrogen vehicles
- Chrysler may alter Sebring, Avenger
- Firm to debut water vehicles
- GM shares close at $12.85; up 12 percent
- GM shares recoup some losses
- GM to auction commemorative Chevy big block engine
- Third-quarter profit rises for Johnson Controls
- GM plans to sell Chinese-made minivans in Peru
- Volkswagen says deal for Sweden's Scania cleared
- Bailout? Fannie Mae, yes; Big Three, no
- Cutback plans boost GM stock
- White-collar Chrysler retiree group looks to protect benefits
- Aisin tech center may set up in Michigan
- Reps chide feds on road deaths
- Michigan's jobless rate stuck at 8.5%
- Auto briefs
- Auto stocks rise sharply following GM cuts
- GM's Wagoner to meet with McCain Friday
- Moody's: Chrysler on review for downgrade
- Auto supplier Continental rejects Schaeffler bid
- Auto parts maker lays off workers in Texas, Mexico
- David Phillips: Flint hails memory of 100 years with GM
- Daniel Howes: GM moves to secure $15 billion cushion
- Workers, investors, retirees share pain
- Scott Burgess: Trucks out, crossovers and cars lead GM's new lineup
- U.S. auto safety chief steps down
- VW spurns Mich. for Tenn. auto plant
- NAACP: Chrysler gets top ranking in auto industry
- Takeover would create largest supplier
- Cuts irk white-collar retirees
- Brian J. O'Connor: Dividend's end inevitable, experts say
- NASCAR, marketing may get 2nd look
- McCain: GM job cuts 'evidence that the American people are hurting'
- NHTSA chief submits resignation
- Bush: No bailouts for automakers
- Obama: GM to survive economic woes
- Text of Rick Wagoner's speech to employees
- Police called to calm angry IndyMac bank patrons
- Police called to calm angry IndyMac bank patrons
- GM to cut salaried staff, dividend, retiree health care
- Volkswagen board meets to discuss possible U.S. plant location
- Tenneco Canada to lay off 104
- Court finds Mitsubishi, 3 former execs guilty
- GM to raise cash, cut jobs
- Ford is sued by laid-off worker
- Big demand for small rentals
- Delphi puts brake unit up for sale
- Auto Briefs
- GM to announce broad cost-cutting moves on Tuesday
- Ford plans smaller job cuts globally
- Delphi puts brake business up for sale
- GM sales rise in Latin America, Africa, Mideast
- Reinventing the wheel helps fuel efficiency
- Bankruptcy would be risky business for any automaker
- Trims at Ford to circle globe
- Governors say ethanol needs a supplement
- Carmakers can claim victory -- for now
- Global warming controls rejected
- Ford sues feds for overpaid taxes
- Neil Winton: Ferrari leaps over obstacles threatening lesser mortals
- Technology, the new back seat driver
- Ford Motor Co. sues feds for overpaid taxes
- Wagoner seeks to quell General Motors bankruptcy speculation
- Toyota to cut SUVs, big trucks
- Ford demonstrates 'smart intersection'
- Gas in U.S. a deal compared with Europe
- Company rewards hybrid drivers
- Friday declared Ozone Action Day
- Auto briefs
- McCain to visit Michigan GM plant on July 18
- Toyota said to plan U.S. manufacturing changes
- No Challenger? No Problem:
- Big Three lobby for mpg break
- GM's Lordstown plant to build global Cruze
- GM refocuses ads on fuel efficiency
- Toyota manager worked to death
- Auto briefs
- GM reports record sales in Europe
- American Axle aims to reduce white-collar ranks
- Nissan charged up on electric cars
- Renault-Nissan cuts a Portugal electric deal
- Toyota sputters as market shifts
- New crash tests start in 2010
- End of an era: CAW President Buzz Hargrove will retire as head of the union
- GM denies plans to cut more brands
- Auto briefs
- CAW head announces retirement
- Government to improve crash test program
- CAW's Hargrove to retire; will endorse replacement today
- Fiat plans 3 one-week layoffs at 4 plants
- Venezuela car sales fall
- GM, Ford report strong China sales
- GM brands, overlapping models are under review
- Mired minivans: Efficient vehicles make more sense, but sales lag