Courtesy Porsche Cars North America Inc.Brand loyalty among U.S. car buyers rose to 51.5% in the first quarter of 2013, up two points compared with the first quarter of 2012. Cadillac from General Motors…
ThinkstockThe growing trade war between China and the European Union, which currently includes complaints about solar hardware and wine, may get much more bruising. Perhaps the best example of how much damage can be…
Wikimedia CommonsGeneral Motors Company (NYSE: GM) is back on track according to Wall Street and Main Street alike. For that matter, things are good enough that it has now been allowed to rejoin the…
Courtesy Chrysler Group LLCChrysler has made a decision it will regret, and regret substantially. It has opted to resist a call from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to recall 2.7 million Jeeps.…
ThinkstockYesterday’s reports on new vehicle sales in the U.S. underscored a well-known fact: U.S. drivers really love pickup trucks. And they like their trucks big: three full-size pickups sold more than all smaller pickups…
Wikimedia CommonsGeneral Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) posted two pieces of very good news yesterday. It will rejoin the S&P 500, from which it has been absent since its bankruptcy. And it had its best…
courtesy of General MotorsAutomaker General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) said today that May automobile sales rose 3% this year, compared with May of 2012. The company sold a total of 252,894 vehicles in May,…
courtesy Ford Motor Co.Auto sales numbers for May are due out from most U.S. and foreign automakers today, and last month’s unexpected drop at Chrysler Group is in the rear-view mirror. Chrysler, which is…
Wikimedia CommonsGeneral Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) will use its huge position in China’s car manufacturing industry to press into emerging markets. GM is the largest U.S. car company in the People’s Republic, as measured…
courtesy of Ford Motor CompanyFord Motor Co. (NYSE: F) shares reached a 52-week high, which is a sign Wall Street is willing to forgive the company’s atrocious performance in Europe. The trend also is…
courtesy of The Car Spy, via Wikimedia CommonsGermany auto workers are not low paid by the standards of almost any other auto workers in the world. That may not matter as much as it…
ThinkstockSales of new cars in May are forecast to rise as much as 8% year-over-year in the U.S. and bounce back to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of more than 15 million new cars…
Courtesy of Tesla MotorsTesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) may have mislead the press and investors about repaying government loans when it claimed that: t has paid off the entire loan awarded to the company…
courtesy Ford Motor Co.Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) did the right thing in Australia, at least financially. It will stop building cars there. Its business in the country cannot work financially, the company says.…
Courtesy Chrysler Group LLCIn 2012, drivers filed just under 30,000 complaints about their cars with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The complaints included problems with brakes, powertrains and every other part of…