Ford Motor Co. will offer buyout and early retirement packages to 54,000 U.S. hourly workers, or 93 percent of its hourly work force, in an effort to cut costs and replace those leaving with lower-paid workers. Thursday's announcement came as Ford said it narrowed its losses in 2007 but warned that the outlook for U.S. sales in 2008 remains grim. ...more

January 25, 2008

From concept cars partially made of discarded soft-drink bottles to plant-based material used in seats and upholstery, automakers are looking at ways to make their vehicles more environmentally friendly. ...more

January 22, 2008

Toyota Motor Corp. overtook Ford Motor Co. to become the No. 2 automaker by U.S. sales in 2007, using new products and relentless strategy to break Ford's 75-year lock on the position. ...more

January 4, 2008

Industry analysts are predicting a lackluster end to an already dismal year for automakers, likely the worst in nearly a decade. ...more

December 29, 2007

The percentage of on-time arrivals and departures at Tampa International Airport slipped slightly in October compared with a year ago. But Tampa ranked as the fifth-best U.S. airport for departure performance with 84.6 percent of flights leaving within 15 minutes of schedule and 15th in arrivals with 79.1 percent meeting the Department of Transportation's on-time benchmark. Airline performance nationwide improved over a year ago with 78.2 percent of flights arriving on-time compared with 72.9 percent in October 2006, reports from 20 airlines showed. ...more

December 3, 2007

Roger B. Smith, 82, who led General Motors Corp. in the 1980s and was the subject of Michael Moore's searing documentary "Roger & Me," died Thursday in the Detroit area after a brief illness, GM said. ...more

December 1, 2007

Just moments ago, or so it seems, Toyota Motor Corp. was the darling of environmentalists, basking in kudos for creating the gasoline-electric hybrid Prius, a car long on mileage and looks. ...more

November 28, 2007

An employee at a California plant run jointly by General Motors and Toyota is accusing her managers of allowing serious defects to go unchecked, including faulty seat belts and braking, and retaliating when she resisted, according to a lawsuit filed this month. ...more

November 21, 2007

Car buyers looking for models with the best resale value would be wise to pick a Volkswagen or a Honda, according to a survey by Kelley Blue Book. ...more

November 14, 2007

Toyota said Monday that it sold 2.34 million vehicles globally in the July-September quarter, fewer than General Motors' tally, as its U.S. rival regained the lead in the race to be the world's top automaker. ...more

October 23, 2007