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In a leadership shakeup of its European division, Bob Lutz is being made chairman of Opel's supervisory board while the automaker looks for a new Opel CEO.

An automatic continuously variable transmission is a $1,500 premium. The base all-wheel-drive model, which comes only with a CVT, is priced at $22,484.Standard features for the base mode include eight airbags; push-button keyless start; dual-zone climate control; power windows, doors and locks; and a nine-speaker CD system with steering wheel ...

Two drug suspects accused of trying to run over police officers before striking and killing a woman in her vehicle on the South Side on Tuesday morning have been charged.

Chris Douglas-Roberts has tested positive for swine flu, another blow to a New Jersey Nets team that is losing players as quickly as games.

Thursday, November 05, 2009 at 12:37 p.m. WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. a ' Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik pleaded guilty Thursday to lying to the White House and tax crimes in a deal that could send him to prison for about 2A1 2 years.

A man charged with killing a worker and wounding five others in the Orlando engineering firm where he once worked has been denied bond.

A guard at an unofficial jail in the Chinese capital has pleaded guilty to raping a young detainee, an activist said Thursday, in a case that has put a spotlight on "black jails" where a growing number of people seeking justice from the government end up.

As General Motors' new board of directors became more immersed in the automaker's business, it began to question more and more the idea of selling off a majority stake in the company's Opel division, a top executive indicated Wednesday.

Part of the brand's hopeful transformation includes giving each model a flex-fuel variant , and the latest application of that principle is seen on the 2010 H3 and H3T.

A picture of race car driver Bruno Senna. Bruno Senna, a Formula One driver for 2010, is the nephew of Ayrton Senna.

Wednesday, November 04, 2009 at 9:26 a.m. The stars seemed aligned for supporters of gay marriage.

General Motors Co. said it has received permission to use $2.8 billion of its government aid to help buy part of troubled auto parts supplier Delphi Corp., the automaker's former parts division.

The Indian automaker has plenty of potential customers for its inexpensive little econo-gem, but production capacity is another matter altogether.

Ford announced today that it will offer inflatable seat belts in the back seat of its 2011 Ford Explorer .

Sergio Marchionne, the would-be savior of Chrysler Group, emerged from a five-week corporate blackout Wednesday with a wildly ambitious plan to double car sales and pay off all of Chrysler's loans to the U.S. and Canadian governments by 2014.

After about a decade of engineering, Ford is ready to roll out a technology that will improve the safety of rear-seat passengers: inflatable seat belts.

The gang from Zuffenhausen will be rolling out a new lightweight edition of the Boxster dubbed "Spyder" especially for those who live where the sun shines and the roads twist.

It turns out the investigation into Toyota/Lexus sudden acceleration , which prompted the largest recall in the company's history to remove floor mats that could interfere with the accelerator pedal, isn't over.

We just got the first photo of the new limited edition model along with further details.

Germany 's politicians fumed and Opel workers canceled cost concessions and readied walkouts after General Motors canceled the sale of its European subsidiary to parts maker Magna International and Russian bank Sberbank .