Pilloried and vilified, Rick Wagoner has agreed to step down as General Motors Corp. chairman and chief executive as part of a White House plan to provide more aid to U.S. automakers. ...more

March 30, 2009

Even as Detroit's Big Three teeter on the edge of collapse, United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger said Saturday the problem is not the union's contract with the automakers and that getting the companies back on their feet means finding a way to turn around the economy. ...more

November 16, 2008

As Toyota, General Motors and other automakers race to bring rechargeable electric vehicles to showrooms, the man running much of Toyota's research says its approach is the least costly way to get great mileage and performance in the near term. ...more

August 15, 2008

Chrysler LLC Vice Chairman Tom LaSorda said Wednesday his company will invest $1.8 billion to expand a Detroit assembly plant and retool it to make a new car-based sport utility vehicle. ...more

August 14, 2008

Even with high gasoline prices, U.S. consumers still want high-quality vehicles that haul a lot of people and perform well, and that is forcing automakers to make radical changes in the way they manufacture vehicles, panelists at an industry conference said Monday. ...more

August 12, 2008

Lexus once again stands alone atop a closely watched ranking of vehicle dependability after Buick slipped from the No. 1 spot it shared with the Japanese luxury brand last year, J.D. Power and Associates said Thursday. ...more

August 8, 2008

With fuel prices soaring, sales of products designed to boost gas mileage are also rising - even though the government says they're not worth the money. ...more

July 14, 2008

If Volkswagen AG decides to build its U.S. assembly plant in the South, the German company will join other foreign automakers that are increasingly turning the region into a hotbed of car manufacturing. ...more

July 9, 2008

General Motors is closing four truck and SUV plants in the United States, Canada and Mexico, affecting 10,000 workers, as surging fuel prices hasten a dramatic shift to smaller vehicles. ...more

June 4, 2008

GM's tentative new contract with the United Auto Workers offers the other struggling domestic automakers, Ford and Chrysler, enough cost-cutting inducements to find common ground and strike a deal with the union, analysts said Wednesday. ...more

September 27, 2007