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

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

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

Chrysler LLC may need to trim some models as it focuses on how to reach more customers, the automaker's new head of sales and marketing said Monday. ...more

October 2, 2007

Troopers have arrested a man they say was involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash early this morning. ...more

September 16, 2007

Chrysler pulled off a major coup Thursday, hiring away the highly-regarded Jim Press, Toyota's top North American executive, to run its sales and marketing operations. ...more

September 7, 2007