• Cars Brands
    After U.S. Sales Mixed, Auto Industry on Watch for Headwinds

    General Motors Co., Toyota Motor Corp., Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV and Honda Motor Co. said Friday that June U.S. sales trailed analysts’ estimates, while Nissan Motor Co. and Ford Motor Co. beat projections. Industrywide sales rose 2.5 percent to 1.51 million vehicles, researcher Autodata Corp. reported. The industry’s annual sales pace, adjusted for seasonal trends, was […]

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    The Venezuela Said to Weigh Dollarization to Save Auto Industry

    Toyota plans to restart production lines in August, offering Corolla, Hilux and Fortuner models, spokesman Luiz Carlos Andrade Jr. said via e-mail. Fiat Chrysler reached an agreement with the government last week, and GM is planning to begin assembling some models locally next month, according to people with knowledge of the talks who weren’t authorizedjimwatchesalto speak […]

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    Actually GM Talking Cadillac on Collision Course With Silicon Valley

    Yet the 2017 Cadillac CTS arrives to skepticism in Washington, where Detroit’s dream of cars talking to cars is running into Silicon Valley’s wireless aspirations. General Motors Co. is rolling out a sedan laden with gadgets that track other cars on the road and can automatically brake to avoid collisions, fulfilling a safety vision decades […]

  • Auto Tech
    GM’s Barra Said ‘Undervalued’ Carmaker Can Sustain Profit

    It’s easy to see why. After record profit last year and higher earnings in the first quarter, GM shares were down 12 percent this year through Monday. Slowing growth in U.S. auto sales and long-term threats from auto industry interlopers like ride-sharing firm Uber Technologies Inc. and self-driving car developer Google are among investors’ concerns. […]

  • Auto Tech
    Actually What Will Faulty Ignition Switches Cost GM?

    The car didn’t stop, and its power steering failed, she said. Spain rear-ended the vehicle in front of her, scraping the bridge’s inside rail. The accident left her with back and neck injuries. A passenger, Lawrence Barthelemy, was also hurt. Dionne Spain was driving her 2007 Saturn Sky over the Crescent City Connection bridge in […]