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Shoppers looking to buy the safest 2010-model cars will have 67 fewer choices this year than they did in 2009.

A picture of The De Tomaso badge, which appeared on cars such as the Mangusta, shown, is being revived.

South Korea's Hyundai-Kia and Toyota Motor Corp, also based in Japan, followed closely behind, respectively, for the second straight year, according to preliminary performance data released by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Michael Jackson was honored with four American Music Awards tonight, making history by collecting more AMAs during his career than any other artist and becoming the show's winningest posthumous artist.

By Feliciano Tisera Zaragoza - American carmaker General Motors will present a new viability plan for Opel in mid-December as it aims to reduce capacity across Europe by about 20 percent, a top executive said on Thursday.

In the midst of a business downturn for recreational vehicles in 1980, Wade Thompson purchased an iconic but failing brand, Airstream, and turned it into a money maker within a year.

NYSE Euronext , LCH.Clearnet, BATS Global Markets and other firms partnered with banks have urged two U.S. legislators to drop a proposed "rigid" cap on dealer ownership of clearinghouses, according to a letter sent this week.

Just a few years ago, no one employed close to the same number of manufacturing workers in York County as Harley-Davidson. But in 2008, Harley laid off the equivalent of Arm and Hammer's new York County manufacturing workforce.

The fleet of new cars and trucks sold to U.S. consumers averaged 21 miles per gallon in the 2008 model year, a modest increase over the previous year, the Environmental Protection Agency reported Friday.

Fitch Ratings on Thursday upgraded the issuer default rating on auto parts maker Tenneco Inc.

GM Daewoo Auto and Technology Co. said Friday it had started shipping new mini cars to Europe as the South Korean unit of US auto giant General Motors Co.

Officials and workers at an automotive production plant in Tecumseh, Ont., continue to talk on Thursday as a strike deadline approaches.

Sergio Marchionne, Chief Executive Officer of Chrysler Group LLC, will address the Economic Club of Chicago at the group's annual Chicago Auto Show luncheon meeting on Feb.

In this July 10, 2009 file photo, General Motors Corp. Chairman Edward Whitacre Jr.

Navistar International Corp. Thursday announced the appointment of Steve Ostarello to vice president of the company's powertrain product development organization.

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.