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…
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…
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…
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.
Paul Ausick 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…
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…
Paul Ausick 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…
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 --…
Paul Ausick 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.
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…
Nissan Motor Co.Just when Nissan was making some headway with new car sales, the company has begun a voluntary recall program of nearly a million 2013 and 2014 Altimas, Leafs, Pathfinders and…
Tesla Motors is without a doubt the most exciting U.S. automobile manufacturing story of the past couple of decades. The real question to ask is how much being able to tell that…
ThinkstockCitigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) and Toyota Motors Corp. (NYSE: TM) are said to be making history with the first “green bond” of asset-backed securities in the auto industry. Green bonds are securities…
courtesy of Chrysler GroupWith gas prices rising to their highest levels in months, American buyers of cars, SUVs and pickups may become more fuel-efficiency-conscious as they shop for new cars. Some of…
courtesy of Fiat SpACar companies continue to have high levels of vehicles in inventory, particularly at their dealer locations. This, as well as worry that the economic recovery may have lost steam,…
