Courtesy Chrysler Group LLCThe Financial Times reports that Chrysler may file for an initial public offering (IPO) as early as this week, a decision made by CEO Sergio Marchionne, who also runs…
Courtesy Toyota Motor Corp.After being third behind GM and Volkswagen in 2011, Toyota regained the top spot in 2012 as the largest auto manufacturer in the world, according to a recent report.…
Courtesy Ford Motor Co.August was a very good month for U.S. sales of cars and light trucks. Industry research firm Kelley Blue Book (KBB) now estimates that seasonally adjusted annual sales in…
Courtesy Volkswagen AGTo the amazement of many, U.S. car sales are at an annual run rate of 16 million vehicles. That comes close to matching the record years of 2006 and 2007,…
courtesy Ford Motor Co.Automakers reported August sales throughout the day today, and the month was a big one for most carmakers. Based on analysts’ estimates, the seasonally adjusted annual sales rate for…
courtesy of Toyota Motor Corp.Recalls are part of the car industry and generally are accepted by the public — unless perhaps they come in blocks of many hundreds of thousands at a time.…
ThinkstockAs retail and fast-food workers strike across 60 cities as a means to get their employers to raise wages as high as $15 an hour, most Americans support the labor union system,…
Courtesy Toyota Motor Corp.The various models of the Prius from Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) are the best-selling hybrid vehicles in the United States. As of the end of July, the three…
courtesy of The Car Spy, via Wikimedia CommonsAfter many years of quality improvement, according to most industry research, U.S. car companies apparently have fallen back into old habits. New data from the…
Brian Solis, via Wikimedia CommonsWithin the first hour of trading on Monday morning, shares of Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) have risen more than 3% and the company’s market cap has risen to…
courtesy of General MotorsElectric cars have only one problem. No one wants to own one. That might change because of the wildly positive publicity around the success of Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ:…
courtesy of Toyota Motor Corp.When Toyota Motor Corp.’s (NYSE: TM) U.S. sales collapsed four years ago, and did not make any recovery for three, most industry analysts blamed recalls and the effects of…
ThinkstockNew U.S. car sales for the month of August, including fleet sales, are expected to reach 1.46 million units, remaining on track to reach total 2013 sales of 15.6 million units, according…
White House Photo by Pete SouzaLast week brought the latest full equity holdings of Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B). While several key changes were made in the stakes, actually…
Courtesy Ford Motor Co.Lincoln, the luxury division of Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F), remains in the basement of mainline luxury brands, with a market share of less than 6% so far this year.…
