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Mulally testified before Senate Banking Committee on Nov. 4, 2008, in support of the rescue for his competitors.
Toyota will offer a hybrid version of its 2013 Avalon midsize sedan rated at 40 m.p.g. in combined city and highway driving when the new midsize …
I spent a couple of days last week with the team that developed the 2013 Toyota Avalon in Michigan. The car is a potential watershed for the automaker, its American operations, and its evolution into a truly global enterprise.
The last Shelby performance car sanctified by the late Carroll Shelby, the * * * * 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 convertible is the fastest, most expensive and by far best Mustang from the maestro's decades of work with Ford.
All the pieces of Ford's global strategy come together in the 2013 Ford Escape crossover SUV. The Escape's advanced features and futuristic styling set it apart.
Toyota would like the name of its Scion iQ minicar pronounced "I.Q.," as in "intelligence quotient." Who can blame them? During my test drive, though, I found myself alternating between "eek" and "ick" as my response to the car ranged from dismay to distaste.
F uel-efficient and feature-laden, the * * * * 2013 Nissan Altima shoots to the head of its class and lifts Nissan to new heights. The Altima competes with the Chevrolet Malibu, Chrysler 200, Ford Fusion, Honda Accord, Hyundai Sonata, Kia Optima, Toyota Camry and Volkswagen Passat.
The Spark, revealed at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November, is made in South Korea and is already sold in Europe, Asia, Australia, Mexico and South America.
Only employees and their guests who are at the RenCen "for business reasons" will be allowed to stay after 3 p.m., a spokeswoman said. "If you’re asking me if people can just pack up the station wagon and watch fireworks from the Renaissance Center, the answer is no," she said.
Just days after basking in its best performance ever in a key quality study, General Motors said Friday it is recalling most every Chevrolet Cruze built and sold to prevent the risk of engine fires. The fires can break out when fluids drip onto a hot plastic shield below the engine.
General Motors plans to hire 1,500 new workers in an expansion of its plant in St. Petersburg, Russia. The expansion, part of GM's broader five-year, $1-billion investment in Russian operations, will boost the plant's annual vehicle production capacity from 98,000 to 230,000.
With experts projecting a steady reduction in gasoline prices throughout the rest of the year, General Motors revealed plans Friday to add a third shift at its assembly plant in Arlington, Texas, where it produces four large SUVs.
Ford is working to keep pace with the competition and has developed technology prototypes to navigate traffic and park perfectly. The automaker is researching intelligent driving features similar to those that will be offered by other carmakers in an industry making rapid progress in the development of a self-driving car.
Federal safety regulators are investigating complaints that the power steering can fail on 2011 Ford Explorer SUVs. Fifteen drivers have complained that the popular Explorer can suddenly lose its power steering assist, making it harder to steer the SUVs.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the problem could affect 83,000 Explorers from the 2011 model year.
Last year's show drew more media attention than New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.
J.D. Power and Associates' annual Initial Quality Study results may show that many Ford owners still aren't thrilled with their MyFord Touch connectivity systems, but they also haven't had time to assess significant changes Ford introduced in March.
The probe includes about 87,000 of the vehicles from the 2011 model year that have 3.6-liter V-6 engines.
The first 250 Dodge Darts arrived Wednesday in the Great Lakes region, Chrysler spokesman Ralph Kisel said. The 2013 Dart is Chrysler's first new compact car since 1995, when it introduced the Dodge and Plymouth Neon. The Dart is built in Belvidere, Ill., and is the first car jointly engineered by Chrysler and Fiat.
Jeeps are fun all-purpose vehicles, not sinister. But Jeep noticed that some buyers were tricking out their vehicles to make them look a little, well, evil, with blacked wheels and other touches.
Last year's show drew more media attention than New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.
Cadillac, GMC, Chevrolet and Ram outperform the industry average. Ford's upgrades to its touch screen control system arrived too late to affect this year's survey results. Lexus (whose 2012 LS 460 Sport is pictured above), Jaguar and Porsche have the fewest problems per 100 vehicles.
Its 40 miles per gallon is essentially the same EPA fuel economy rating as Toyota’s slightly smaller Camry hybrid.
Tesla Motors started selling the Model S on Friday, an all-electric sedan billed as a mass-market car, but the Silicon Valley automaker will have only one dealership in the Midwest and the car will cost, in most cases, more than twice the price of the Chevrolet Volt.
Severstal North America has reapplied for a loan from the U.S. Department of Energy to produce lighter and stronger steel for automakers and suppliers.
Wayne State University students got the keys Thursday to a 2013 Chevrolet Malibu that they're going to redesign to make more eco-friendly as part of an international, three-year auto engineering contest.
General Motors logged its best-ever performance on J.D. Power's Initial Quality Study, but the Detroit Three continue to trail Asian automakers. GM's overall score across all brands was 99 problems per 100 vehicles, said Bob Ottolini, executive director of global quality for GM, down from 130 in 2007.
Lear is underwriting a $1.5-million, three-year student tutoring program with the Detroit Public Schools, the company and the district announced Thursday. The program will pay 100 East English Village Preparatory Academy high schoolers to help middle school students at nearby J.E. Clark Preparatory Academy transition to high school.
Auto supplier Autoliv pleaded guilty and agreed to pay a $14.5-million criminal fine, while an executive of Japanese supplier Yazaki pleaded guilty and will serve 14 months in prison as part of the government's ongoing price-fixing case.
New purchasing leader assures parts makers he's not looking to shake things up. Scott Kunselman succeeds his friend and colleague Dan Knott who died of cancer in April.
Autoliv has agreed to pay a $14.5 million criminal fine and to cooperate with the department’s ongoing investigation. Kazuhiko Kashimoto, a Yazaki executive, has agreed to serve 14 months in a U.S. prison, to pay a $20,000 criminal fine and to cooperate with the department’s ongoing investigation.
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