Ford and Toyota in Dead Heat Among Consumer Perceptions

Toyota’s recent spate of quality woes have allowed competitors to steal sales from the beleaguered automaker. Ford is also catching up with Toyota in another important measure of auto industry success — consumers’ opinions of …

December Auto Sales: Set to End 2010 in High Gear

The economy may be less robust than most Americans would like, but that didn’t stop many of them from hitting the showrooms in December. That likely propelled auto sales in the final month of 2010 to 1.13 million units, the yea…

11 People to Watch in Business for 2011

They may not make headlines, but the folks on this list of key corporate execs will likely have an outsize impact across all sectors of American business in 2011 — from TV and household products to fast food and social network…

GM Recalls 100,000 Vehicles to Fix Airbags, Rear Axles

The year maybe almost over, but there seems no end to the string of recalls issued by automakers this year. The latest action, announced Thursday, involves some 100,000 vehicles produced by General Motors (GM).

The Detroit-based auto giant is warning …