Bristol: Wood Brothers NASCAR Truck Race Recap It was a race full of cautions in typical Bristol fashion, with a seemingly bleak start in the 34th position near the rear of the field, Jon Wood had a decent run in the no.

LORDSTOWN, Ohio (AP) - The head of General Motors has announced an investment of more than 350 million dollars in the company's Lordstown, Ohio plant for a new compact car. GM Chairman and Chief Executive Rick Wagoner was at the plant in northeast Ohio for Thu...

SPRINGFIELD, OH -- A tentative deal between General Motors Corp. and Navistar International Corp. has fallen through, according to a county official. GM was planning on selling Navistar its medium-duty truck line business and move the operation to a UAW approv...

Ford Motor Co. posted the worst quarterly performance in its history Thursday, losing $8.67 billion in the second quarter. The company also said it will retool two more North American truck and sport utility vehicle plants to build small, fuel-efficient vehicl...

NAGOYA: Toyota Motor has overtaken General Motors of the United States in global auto sales during first half of 2008, according to data released by the two automakers. Recording a growth of 2.

July 30 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp. , vying with General Motors Corp. to be the world's largest carmaker, may delay a goal of selling 10.4 million vehicles in 2009 as record gasoline prices erode sales of trucks and sport-utility vehicles this year in th...

Lexus once again stands alone atop a closely watched list of vehicle dependability after Buick slipped from the No. 1 spot it shared with the Japanese luxury brand last year, J. D. Power and Associates said recently.

BMW—the world’s largest premium car maker—is recalling approximately 150,000 of its vehicles in North America, it said this week. The recall has been put in place to correct a possible airbag defect .

Lewis Hamilton dominated qualifying for Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix ahead of McLaren-Mercedes team-mate Heikki Kovalainen as he seeks his third successive Formula One victory. The 23-year-old Briton set a best time of 1 minute 20.

They rumble in on treads called Super Swampers, wearing their hearts on their licence plates. PLAYDRTY," one behemoth declares. HUM THIS," dares another. The digital board fronting the Shell station at Exit 100 winks back: Welcome Hummers.

DETROIT -- U.S. auto sales slumped to a 16-year low in July as automakers failed to keep up with consumers' growing demand for smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles. While production changes may help that problem, trouble in the credit and auto leasing markets...

Suppliers and retail customers concerned about Chrysler LLC's financial condition could exacerbate the struggling automaker's situation, Fitch Ratings cautioned Tuesday as it further downgraded its credit rating on the Auburn Hills, Mich.

Toyota Motor Corp., which had been riding on the success of its fuel-efficient cars, has consistently posted growing profit since it started reporting under U.S. accounting standards.

MUNICH - August 7, 2008: In its quest for a consistent reduction in consumption and emission rates BMW Group has reached another milestone, delivering the one-millionth model with BMW EfficientDynamics technology.

General Motors Corporation and its auditor have agreed to pay $303m to settle claims that the motor manufacturer misled shareholders about its finances.

Deere 3Q profits rise 7 pct but miss expectations UNDATED (AP) — Deere and Co., the world's largest of maker of farm machinery, reported third-quarter earnings that missed Wall Street expectations and said escalating raw material costs will erode its pr...

Automakers Chrysler LLC and Nissan Motor Co are in talks to significantly expand cooperation and jointly produce a mid-size car, the Wall Street Journal has reported. According to people familiar with the talks, Japan's Nissan would build a mid-size sedan that...

NEW YORK, July 31 / eMediaWorld / -- With gas prices on the rise and the economy on shaky ground, companies across the country are finding ways to be more efficient. From mom and pop shops to manufacturing giants, time is money.