Ford Motor Co.As a measure of how dominant pickups have become for American car companies, Ford Motor Co.’s (NYSE: F) F-Series, the best-selling vehicle in the United States, is now 27% of…
Despite an uptick in sales in May, sales of the most popular hybrid sold in America, the Toyota Prius, have continued a sharp decline. More and more car brands are adding hybrid…
General Motors Co.German automaker Volkswagen‘s U.S. sales have been awful and heading toward miserable for over a year now. But the story is very different in China, where VW sells more cars…
To figure out why Honda continues to be a threat to the market shares of Toyota, Chrysler and Ford, there is no need to look beyond its product line-up. It had three…
U.S. auto sales are on the rise, but the rest of the U.S. economy is still pretty sluggish. What’s driving this new-car sales boom?
U.S. auto sales had a strong month in May, with all three of the Detroit automakers posting gains well ahead of analyst estimates. Most of the leading automakers saw substantial gains, but…
When automakers reported May sales Tuesday morning, General Motors posted a gain of 13% year-over-year. Retail sales of all the company's brands are up year-to-date.
courtesy of ChryslerAutomakers reported May U.S. sales throughout the morning Tuesday, and sales for the month at all carmakers except Volkswagen were higher. The German firm’s sales were down more than 15%…
courtesy of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.The 500 largest corporations in the United States posted profits of more than $1 trillion last year, the first time ever to reach that level and, of course,…
Ford Motor Co.How frightened are car companies of public opinion, personal liability suits, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Congress? Frightened enough to recall cars they might not have in the past,…
courtesy of Ford Motor CompanyIt seems as though the pace of car recalls is still on the rise, and not just from General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM). On Thursday we have seen…
Google Inc.Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced earlier this week on the company’s official blog that it plans to build about a hundred of its prototype driverless cars and begin testing them on…
GoogleGoogle (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced Tuesday that it has begun building prototypes of a fully self-driving car. The search engine giant won’t be offering the new car for sale, at least not yet. These prototypes…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsShort sellers continue to hold large positions not only in troubled companies like J.C. Penney, but also in blue chips like Bank of America and AT&T. As of…
Ford Motor Co.U.S. cars sales for May are expected to rise 6.7% to the highest level for any May since 2007. Total sales for the month should hit 1.54 million. Nissan and Chrysler will…
