How Much Market Share Will GM Recalls Cost?
General Motors delayed its report on March sales due out Tuesday morning until sometime in the afternoon. The company blamed a computer snafu. But that is not its biggest problem.
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When it rains, sometimes it pours, and it is pouring on GM right now. Since February the company has issued recall notices for some 5.5 million vehicles worldwide, including 1.5 million added late Monday.
Honda Raises Prices, While Nissan’s Fall
ThinkstockWhile new car prices rose 1.4% to an average of $31,995 in March, Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (NYSE: HMC) was able to raise its, while Nissan had to cut its sharply. Though the auto…
NHTSA Orders All Cars to Have Rear View Safety Tech
Courtesy of Tesla MotorsAfter years of delay, the U.S. National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued a final rule requiring vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or less to…
Fiat Chrysler Sells 4.4 Million Cars
courtesy of Fiat SpAThe year 2013 was a good one for Fiat SpA. The Italian company was able to acquire the 41.5% stake in U.S. carmaker Chrysler that it did not already own, and…
Is Tesla’s Gigafactory Really Just Too Ambitious?
Elon Musk's dream is for Tesla Motors to build about 500,000 cars a year by the year 2020, all powered by lithium ion batteries produced at what is called its Gigafactory. But is that…
GM’s Chevy Cruze, Pickups and SUVs Recalled
General Motors reportedly is recalling 172,000 Chevy Cruze vehicles and 490,200 Silverado, Suburban and other pickups and SUVs. Also, CEO Mary Barra is scheduled to testify before Congress.
Why Is Tesla’s Stock Price So Low?
The number of skeptics about Tesla's future has grown so high that optimism about its future has eroded -- if only modestly. This could keep its shares stuck were they are for some time.
Chrysler Expected to Dominate March Car Sales
courtesy of Chrysler GroupU.S. car sales in March are expected to rise to 1,477,000 units, a 1.7% gain from a year ago . The pace is not the sort the industry came to expect in…
GM Adds 970,000 Cars to Ignition Switch Recall
Wikimedia CommonsThe total number of cars included in the General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) recall to repair a defective ignition switch rose to 2.6 million on Friday, when the company added 971,000 cars to the…
Ford CEO Makes $23 Million
Courtesy Ford Motor Co.Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) CEO Alan Mulally will be remembered for two things. The first is that he turned around the No. 2 U.S. car maker and kept it out…
GM Halts Sales of Some Cruze Models
General Motors sent an email notice to all U.S. Chevrolet dealers to stop selling some 2013 and 2014 models of the company's Cruze compact cars. No recall order has been issued -- yet.
Why the End of the NHTSA Probe May Not Help Tesla
Tesla Motors won a victory Friday when the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration closed a probe into two fires in its Model S. But the company faces other challenges.
America’s 10 Most Popular Cars
One measure of vehicle popularity is which vehicles people search for online. Edmunds, the car research site, keeps records of search volume by vehicle. Here is a look at the Edmunds top 10.
New Car Sales Forecast: Higher in March
ThinkstockThe March forecast for new car sales calls for a year-over-year increase of 2% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 15.7 million units according Kelley Blue Book (KBB). The forecast for the quarter,…