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Looks like the Free Erik Buell t-shirts worked, he's quitting Harley to setup a new company, Erik Buell Racing .

Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson would become the official Wisconsin motorcycle under a bill proposed in the Legislature.

A tentative contract agreement between Harley-Davidson and union members at its south-central Pennsylvania plant pledges that the motorcycle maker will stop efforts to relocate the operation to Kentucky.

German carmaker Volkswagen AG said Friday its supervisory board had approved certain agreement contracts for the planned merger with German sportscar builder Porsche, taking the companies one step closer to completing the deal.

Autoliv Inc., an automotive safety manufacturer, will acquire North American airbag, seatbelt and steering wheel assets from Delphi.

Ford Motor Co. scored a hat trick on Tuesday. Motor Trend magazine selected the Ford Fusion midsize sedan as its car of the year.

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" Harley-Davidson, Inc. has selected the investment banking firm, BNP Paribas in Milan, to assist Harley-Davidson in the sale of MV Agusta.

Utilimaster Corp., headquartered in Wakarusa, is being sold to Spartan Motors Inc., for about $45 million in cash.

Mack Trucks, Inc. diesel engines have been certified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to meet the EPA2010 standard for near-zero emissions.

Car parts maker TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. said Wednesday that subsidiary TRW Automotive Inc.

Mazda will bring its B-segment hatch to the U.S. It had previously been confirmed that our neighbors to the north would be granted Mazdaa s tiniest zoom machine, the Mazda 2. But Jim Oa Sullivan, president and CEO of Mazda North American Operations, confirmed at a recent dealer conference that the little B-segment hatch will in fact be sold in ...

Mumbai Industry leader Ratan Tata has said that his successor could be from outside India.

Blog GM's new CIO, Terry Kline, looks to continue the progressive IT strategies of his predecessor, Ralph Szygenda, by exploring the use of consumer technologies used by new-car buyers, as well as cloud computing platforms and so-called PCs on a stick.

Federal regulators and Toyota Motor Corp. are discussing whether the automaker needs to fix gas pedals or floor pans in millions of recalled vehicles instead of blaming floor mats, which the automaker had maintained was the source of unintended acceleration cases.

Soros Fund Management LLC, the hedge fund run by billionaire investor George Soros , increased its holdings in U.S. stocks to $6.2 billion from $4.2 billion and bought a stake in Ford Motor Co.

Ford, Subaru and Volkswagen sit atop the insurance industry's annual list of the safest new vehicles, according to a closely watched assessment used by car companies to lure safety-conscious consumers to showrooms.

Mack Trucks and Volvo Trucks North America recently had their diesel engines certified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board to meet the near-zero emissions standards which take effect in January 2010.

General Motors Co. is promising to keep its headquarters in Detroit in return for expanded state tax credits.

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