courtesy of Mercedes-BenzSubaru, Mercedes, Audi and Toyota dealers had trouble keeping their cars on the lot in April. Based on sales growth data and consumer ratings of autos sold in the United…
New General Motors CEO Mary Barra has barely been in her job four months, but she could be gone almost immediately. The worse the GM recall crisis becomes, the more the board…
Courtesy Toyota Motor Corp.What exactly is reliability in a car? Most ratings are based on owner surveys in the first few months or first year of ownership. With the average age of…
courtesy of General MotorsLast year was a very good year for carmakers. They sold more cars — 82 million — than in any of the past five years, and sales are expected…
courtesy of ChryslerChrysler needs a spark to continue the extraordinary growth that began almost as soon as it emerged from Chapter 11 and began its relationship with Fiat. It has gotten that…
At the end of the first quarter of 2014, the Toyota Corolla was the best-selling car in the world. That is not exactly earth-shattering news because the Corolla has been the best-selling…
Wikimedia CommonsShort sellers continue to hold huge positions not only in troubled companies like J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP), but also in blue chips like AT&T Corp. (NYSE:T) and Bank of America (NYSE:…
Nokia, and by extension, its parent Microsoft, have entered the "connected" car business. The trend has become a land rush that now includes dozens of software, hardware and car manufacturers.
courtesy of Tesla MotorsTesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) is due to report earnings this coming Wednesday. This did not make our top earnings of the week because Tesla actually has such a…
courtesy of Toyota Motor Corp.The race to be the top selling car in America is heated most years. Pick-ups usually hold the position of best selling vehicles, but among passenger cars, Toyota…
courtesy of General MotorsGeneral Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) has been struggling all year with sales of its Chevy Silverado pick-up. The Silverado is historically the top selling vehicle in the U.S. for…
As U.S. car and light truck sales rose 8.1% in April, one of the most visible successes was the Ford F-Series pickup -- the perennial "king of the hill" in American vehicle…
Nissan Motor Co.The April average sales price for a light vehicle slipped 0.1% from $32,188 in March to $32,141.Carmakers, on average, sold each vehicle for $47 less than in March. Year-over-year, April…
Automakers reported April U.S. sales throughout the morning Thursday, and sales for the month rose for most carmakers. The exceptions were Ford and Volkswagen.
courtesy of Ford Motor Co.When Ford Motor Co.’s (NYSE: F) Alan Mulally leaves the company on July 1, it is pretty unlikely that he will find a park bench somewhere and begin…
