General Motors posted a fourth-quarter profit of $510 million, though it was restrained by spending on new-vehicles, scaled-back truck output and charges for last year's IPO. The company's full-year profit of $4.7 billion was the auto maker's best performance since 1999.
Toyota is recalling 2.17 million vehicles in the U.S. to address accelerator pedals that could become entrapped in floor mats or jammed in carpeting.
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German prosecutors said they have broadened investigations against former executives of Porsche to include the suspicion of credit fraud and breach of trust.
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Volvo expects to invest $10 billion to $11 billion world-wide over the next five years as part of a new strategic plan following its acquisition last year by China's Geely.
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Honda Motor, buoyed by higher demand for more fuel-efficient vehicles as oil prices rise, is on track to surpass its target for 10% U.S. sales growth in the coming fiscal year, the chief executive said.
Toyota has recalled millions of cars to fix electronic gas pedals that trigger inadvertent acceleration and millions more to replace floor mats that could get jammed against the gas pedal. See which models are affected.
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One year after a bruising series of recalls, Toyota has quietly implemented a number of new quality and safety-related reforms to its operations, even as it denies its vehicles are prone to defective parts or engineering flaws.
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General Electric and Siemens are preparing to release their own lines of electric-car charging stations, injecting big name competition into a nascent business now dominated by little known start-ups.
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal vehicle-safety regulations don't protect car makers from product-liability lawsuits over lap-only seat belts.
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Ford will recall thousands of 2005 and 2006 F-150 pickup trucks for potential airbag problems, the second safety issue this month with its best-selling vehicle.
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French auto-parts maker Valeo is boosting its Asian operations through the acquisition of Niles Co., a Japanese manufacturer of switches, for €320 million.
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Cadillac is preparing its CTS-V coupe racing car for its first competition next month. The brand's return to racing after a three-year absence reflects parent company General Motors' newfound confidence.
Toyota is recalling almost 2.2 million vehicles for an old problem: floor mats that could interfere with the accelerator pedal.
General Motors Co.'s 2010 profit is encouraging for the company. But the message for consumers may be that great deals on new cars are becoming things of the past.
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Daimler swung to a fourth-quarter profit on surging demand for its Mercedes-Benz vehicles, but shares fell as earnings missed investor expectations.
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Ford said it will join Russian auto maker Sollers to make and distribute Ford passenger and light-commercial vehicles in the country.
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GM is looking to boost exports of its cars made in China despite the impact of a rising yuan and plans to launch more than 20 new or redesigned cars there over the next two years.
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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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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.
A lengthy U.S. probe found that engine electronics played no role in incidents of sudden, unintended acceleration of Toyota cars, saying drivers stepped on the gas instead of the brake in many instances. It is examining the pedals' design and placement.
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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.
A small but growing band of drivers are fueling their cars and trucks with used frying oil. But they have a new problem: corporate competition.
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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