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General Motors is expected to announce on Thursday that Chevrolet will serve as a sponsor of the Manchester United soccer team, just two weeks after it stated it would stop advertising in the Super Bowl.

The company plans to make the announcement simultaneously in Detroit and Shanghai, where Manchester...

Car dealer David Kelleher of Glen Mills, Pa., says lately he's growing accustomed to a new kind of customer: lawyers, doctors and other high-salaried professionals who are now considered subprime credit risks.

As the current chairman of the Chrysler National Dealer Council, Kelleher said this includes individuals who lost...

Fiat and Mazda announced Wednesday they're teaming up to build a new two-seater roadster.

It's as if two of the most gorgeous, but deeply flawed, kids in high school just announced they're having a baby.

Fiat and Mazda said in the announcement that they are pairing up to...

Ford is now sole owner of its iconic blue oval logo -- one of many assets the automaker mortgaged for cash that helped it weather the recession without a government bailout.

Moody's on Tuesday raised Ford's credit rating back to investment grade of Baa3, from a junk status of...

Kimberly Knox, a mom of three young kids in Indianapolis, wasn't ready to give up her crossover Toyota 4Runner two and a half years ago. But her mother-in-law was getting rid of her minivan and made her an offer she couldn't refuse.

Now Knox dreads getting into the 4Runner...

Honda unveiled an updated version of a robotic unicycle which it said could revolutionize travel for people with disabilities.

The UNI-CUB uses what Honda calls an omni-directional driving wheel system, which allows riders to sit upright almost as tall as pedestrians, using their body weight to change directions and...

Ford Motor is broadening a recall on Windstar minivans because of corrosion issues that could lead to rear axles' snapping in half. The recall now includes cars bought and sold in Virginia.

Initially the recall of the minivans with model years ranging from 1998 to 2003 had been limited...

Gas prices have been falling for five consecutive weeks, defying prognosticators who said the cost would soar to a national average of $5 a gallon.

Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst at the Oil Price Information Service, called earlier predictions of $5 gas prices "apocalyptic," and had promised...

Automakers are striving to reach new customers these days: While it's baby boomers who have the most money and willingness to spend, carmakers are working harder and harder to attract millennials.

People older than 50 now account for 62.3 percent of the auto market, according to a study released Thursday...

Take a unicorn, promises of fast-growing beards and a teal 1995 Pontiac Grand Am, and what do you get?

Possibly the best used car ad you'll ever see.

It doesn't include anyone dressed as Uncle Sam, nor does it make promises about low prices. The Seattle Craigslist ad...

Despite all the hype about fuel efficient cars and the future of alternative fuels, there are few things more harmful to the environment than cars.

But the automakers know if they have any chance of selling cars to consumers, they need to wrap themselves up in a mantle of...

Porsche has joined Hyundai in its decision to cease selling cars in Iran, after a group called United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) asked both automakers to stop.

A Porsche spokesman confirmed the company is no longer shipping to Iran.

"Consumers here have the power to force these companies...

An explosion at a German auto supplier two weeks ago could prove to be disastrous for the global auto industry, as auto suppliers are now faced with shortages of a key chemical that could shut down car production in the United States, Europe and Asia.

About 200 representatives from...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Thursday that it wants automakers to install a brake override system aimed at stopping a car from accelerating if the driver is pressing on the brake.

The step -- long awaited by industry watchers -- is a response to Toyota's sudden acceleration...

Attention, parents of young children: You may be installing your child's car seat incorrectly.

But that's not your fault.

Carmakers are, in large part, ignoring standards that would make car seats easier to install, burying latches in between seats and making tethers hard to find, says a new...

Toyota Motor Corp. has subpoenaed emails and other communication between one of its most vocal critics and three news outlets, including The Huffington Post, looking for anything related to sudden acceleration lawsuits filed against the company.

The automaker filed three broad subpoenas against Sean Kane and his two companies:...

Conservatives love to hate the Chevy Volt. The plug-in advanced hybrid car seems to annoy Republicans, Tea Partiers and Libertarians alike.

Then this week, one conservative went rogue. Lee Spieckerman, owner of SpieckermanMedia in Fort Worth, Texas, went on Fox News to say the Volt could be an important tool...

After getting called out by an environmental group, General Motors has pulled support from the Heartland Institute, a Chicago-based nonprofit well-known for attacking the science behind global warming and climate change.

The automaker told the Heartland Institute last week that it won't be making further donations, spokesman Greg Martin said....

A small recall Toyota is conducting in several U.S. Gulf states might help advance arguments by safety critics who argue Toyota has problems with its electronics systems that could affect driver safety.

The automaker is recalling 363 Toyota 4Runners and Sienna minivans in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas,...

Turns out car dealers don't make that much money when they sell you a new car.

Car dealers made an average of $23 for every new car they sold in 2011, according to the National Automobile Dealers Association. Put another way, that profit can help them afford one...