Ford Motor Company is considering selling Volvo Car Corporation to raise badly needed cash in the face of declining sales and an increasingly gloomy global economic outlook. A review of strategic options for the Swedish-based automaker will likely take several...

COCHIN, India : Ericsson 4, skippered by five time Olympic medalist Torben Grael of Brazil, made it two wins in a row by taking the second leg of the Volvo Ocean Race from Capetown to Cochin, opening a seven-point lead over its nearest rival Telefonica Blue.

Dec 01, 2008 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- VOLVY | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Distressed US auto majors General Motors and Ford are seeking funds from the Swedish government to aid their Sweden-based auto subsidiaries, Saab and Volvo, respectively.

on a Reuter's report about Hyundai's rumored interest in the troubled Auburn Hills brand, and it's over. Hyundai has flat-out denied any involvement in talks with Chrysler, and more so has stated that they have no interest at all.

In this Nov. 28, 2006 file photo, Chairman and CEO of General Motors Rick Wagoner, left, and PGA golfer Tiger Woods introduce the 2008 Buick Enclave at the Los Angeles Auto Show in Pasadena, Calif.

It is reported that Ford Motor Co is slashing its stake in Japan’s Mazda Motor Corporation by nearly two thirds, joining other struggling US automakers in a fire sale of prized assets to stay afloat.

Two men will face a Melbourne court charged over an alleged plot to hijack a truck carrying up to $1.6 million in cigarettes. Steve Fabriczy, 53, of Rowville, and Morad Zeitoune, 44, of Narre Warren North, have been charged with one count each of conspiracy to...

Honda, the Japanese carmaker, has announced it is to temporarily close its plant in Swindon for 50 days next year. During the closure, which will take place in February and March 2009, the factory’s 4,800 employees will receive basic pay, confirmed the ...

For the third quarter 2008, revenue was $32.1 billion, compared to revenue of $41.1 billion for the same quarter of 2007. For the first nine months of 2008, revenues were $110.1 billion, compared to revenues of $128.

\"The nose looks pointier, the power-bulge is more pronounced, and the front turn signals are out of the bumper and inside the headlamp clusters. The much-ballyhooed new pony badge is in a vertically tighter grille.

Brian Cooley is an editor at large who keeps his fingers on the pulse of consumers' attitudes toward tech. His specialty is CNET Car Tech videos, but, frankly, most people have seen him on the TVs at Costco (or in one of his '60s Fords or Fiats).

Bloomberg reported that Toyota Motor Corporation will cut its domestic temporary workforce by 50% as vehicle demand slumps globally. Mr Paul Nolasco spokesman of Toyota said that it will cut the number of temporary workers to 3,000 from 6,000 by the end of Mar...

Toyota slashes forecast after profits fall 69% Toyota Motor reported a second-quarter 69 per cent plunge in net profits and warned it would barely make money in the second half owing to falling U.

It's the diesel, an engine that has been around forever but which has also been dumped upon nearly forever for such things as emissions and noise. But today's diesel can be different from days gone by, if Volkswagen's "clean diesel" technology is any indicatio...

It's nice when the hometown auto show occasions the global debut of a new car, nicer still when that car is the stuff of fanboy legend. A few days before last week's L.A. Auto Show -- when the redesigned 2009 Nissan 370Z was still squirreled away under the sil...

After talks with Opel executives, Chancellor Angela Merkel has promised that the German government will conduct a constructive review of the possibility of extending a state liquidity guarantee to the company.

The fine imposed on Lewis Hamilton's McLaren Formula One team for spying on Ferrari sent it deep into the red last year but Hamilton's World Championship win this year should create record profits.

The statement that Nissan is in cash-preserving mode should dim any hopes that Chrysler's owners at Cerberus have that Renault-Nissan would be the sugar daddy that buys Chrysler for a handsome profit.