DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co (F.N) said on Thursday it is adding shifts at its truck plants in Michigan and Missouri in response to increased demand for its F-150 pickup trucks and Escape SUVs. Ford's Dearborn, Michigan, truck plant will ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) – US automaker Chrysler, which has partnered with Italian Fiat as part of its bankruptcy plan, is considering producing Fiat 500 subcompact cars at its plant in Mexico, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Citing ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – As American consumers abandon gas-guzzling SUVs for greener alternatives, they also face a new kind of sticker shock -- confusing claims about the energy efficiency of electric cars heading for showrooms. Federal fuel economy standards and household ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan (AFP) – General Motors will launch a plug-in hybrid sport utility vehicle under the Buick brand in 2011, the automaker said Thursday. The five-passenger ...

TORONTO (Reuters) – Magna International Inc (MGa.TO), one of the bidders vying to buy carmaker Opel from General Motors (GM.UL), reported a quarterly loss on Friday given a decline in global auto production. The results were weaker than expected and knocked ...

FRANKFURT (AFP) – The world's top carmaker Toyota posted improved results, BMW returned to profit and Germany reported surging car sales on Tuesday, further ...

TOKYO – Booming sales of the Prius hybrid helped the world's No. 1 automaker Toyota deliver a smaller-than-expected 77.82 billion yen ($819 million) quarterly loss and narrow its forecast of red ink for the full year. The ...

FRANKFURT (AFP) – Registrations of new cars in Germany jumped by 30 percent in July, the auto industry federation VDA said Tuesday, in large part owing to a state subsidy ...

TOKYO (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) said its annual loss would be smaller than earlier forecast thanks to deeper cost cuts and government measures to jump-start sluggish global auto demand, but remained cautious on the prospects for a sustainable ...

LONDON (AFP) – BHP Billiton, the world's biggest miner, said on Tuesday that Jac Nasser, former chief executive of US automaker Ford, will become its new chairman next year. "The BHP Billiton board ...