Ford Motor said it would take a $60 million charge to earnings in the first quarter to redeem $3 billion in debt in a bid to regain an investment grade rating.
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India's Tata Motors reported a near four-fold rise in third-quarter consolidated net profit, led by higher sales at the U.K.-based Jaguar-Land Rover unit and in its home market.
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Michelin said its net profit surged in 2010, pushed up by a sharp increase in sales volumes, productivity gains, and a pricing policy that allows it to ride out the effect of raw-material price increases.
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Renault's chief said in an interview that the French car maker acted to protect key cost data that would give competitors an edge about the company's electric-car development program.
Italy's Ferrari said it would refer to a new Formula One race car by its full name after Ford Motor complained its use of F150 violated the Detroit auto maker's F-150 pickup truck trademark.
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Carlos Ghosn, chief executive of Renault and Nissen Motor, speaks with The Wall Street Journal about electric vehicles and the industry's future.
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Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn talked to Sebastian Moffett and David Pearson of The Wall Street Journal ahead of the announcement of the company's 2010 results on Thursday. Highlights of the interview.
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Nissan Motor Co. will increasingly move production overseas, partly to reduce its sensitivity to exchange rates, said Carlos Ghosn, CEO of the Japanese auto maker and its French partner, Renault SA.
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Carlos Ghosn's challenge is to convince investors Renault is more than just a holding company, doomed to trade at a big discount to the sum of its parts. That's still a risky gamble—but not as risky as it used to be.
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French car maker Renault rolled out a six-year strategic plan to underpin growth and improve cash generation after it swung back to profitability in 2010 thanks to a rebound in vehicle sales, streamlined costs and favorable exchange-rate shifts.
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Chrysler is closely tracking the strength of the Brazilian real as the currency's rise against the U.S. dollar is pressuring the auto maker's plans to expand in the region.
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Auctions associated with the coming Amelia Island Concours car show are expected to help set the tone for the collector-car market.
Ford's new Explorer SUV will get a pitch from hip-hop singer nElly in a 60-second spot during tomorrow's Grammy awards.
Bombardier Recreational Products is recalling some of its Spyder three-wheel sport vehicles to fix their transmissions
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General Motors is planning to pay its hourly workers in the U.S. at least $3,000 each under a profit-sharing provision in its UAW contract.
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Fiat and Chrysler Group may combine operations and put its headquarters in the U.S. under current Chief Executive Officer Sergio Marchionne.
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French car maker Renault said it plans to invest $7.9 billion in its industrial sites between 2010 and 2013, including 40% in France, as part of its new medium-term strategic plan, and that there are no plans for plant closures or massive layoffs.
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General Motors and Chrysler both said their January U.S. sales rose 23% from a year ago, and Ford's climbed 13%, though the industry overall remained tepid.
Renault's low-cost vehicles are being snapped up by rich-country customers looking to save money, cutting into sales of Renault's higher-profit models.
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The fate of Chrysler rests with the Italian-born Sergio Marchionne and his attention to detail—an approach that helped him save Fiat from the brink of collapse a few years ago.
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Ford's fourth-quarter profit fell 79% as commodity and debt-related costs weighed on results, but the auto maker closed out one of the most profitable years in its history.
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General Motors is withdrawing its request for $14.4 billion in Department of Energy loans aimed at making its vehicle fleet more fuel-efficient.
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Toyota will recall more than 1.7 million vehicles world-wide due to faulty parts including defective fuel devices, giving the company's once-prestigious reputation for quality another black eye.
The U.S. Treasury could sell its remaining 26.5% stake in auto maker GM within the next year, an Obama administration official said Wednesday.
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Ford Motor is expected to post its best annual profit in more than a decade Friday.
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GM named a new global product head as part of a drive by Chief Executive Daniel Akerson to streamline the auto maker's lumbering engineering operations and bring vehicles to market more quickly.
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Chrysler and the EPA said they are working together to commercialize an unusual type of hybrid vehicle technology aimed at reducing fuel consumption.
In Eyes on the Road, Joe White talks with NHTSA Chief David Strickland on the auto-safety issues the agency will be focusing on in the future.
With Volvo offering an automated pedestrian-avoidance system in its new S60 sedan, Dan Neil ponders the strangely tangled ethics of deciding whether to pay extra to protect people outside your car.
Dan Neil shares the lessons of the North American International Auto Show, from the challenges facing Volkswagen to the rightness of the U.S. auto bailouts.
Does America need a party wagon with clamshell doors? Joe White looks at the concept cars to be unveiled at the Detroit auto show.
Detroit bureau chief Neal Boudette answered readers' questions from this year's big auto show, fielding reader questions right now. Read the full transcript.
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