DETROIT – General Motors Corp.’s goal is to stop Toyota Motor Corp. from becoming the world’s No.1 auto maker, but that “may be impossible,” Bob Lutz, vice chairman in charge of product development, tells reporters at...
DETROIT – Ford Motor Co. plans to maintain its leadership in fullsize pickup sales in 2005, following a record year in F-Series sales in 2004. “We said we’d like to do at least 900,000 in the coming year,” Ford Div...
DETROIT – It just might turn out to be this year’s showstopper. General Motors Corp. plans to take the wraps off its ’07 Saturn Sky roadster – a galactically styled sonic land speeder that obliterates the division’s...
Sure, the U.S. passenger-car market is sluggish. If it weren’t for hot-selling cross/utility vehicles (CUVs), auto makers would be in a world of hurt. However, this year’s North American International Auto Show, which opens to the...
Against the often-wicked winter backdrop of Detroit’s North American International Auto Show, BMW of North America LLC will roll out its all-wheel-drive 5-Series. In addition, BMW’s Detroit stand will be home for the world debut of the...
Calendar year 2005 will bring 46 major redesigns or entirely new light vehicles to the U.S. market, compared with an average annual rate of 35 over the past seven years. More than half of the market debuts are expected in the fourth quarter...
American Honda Motor Co. Inc.’s Acura luxury division will show the RD-X concept at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit next month. The RD-X is the concept version of Acura’s entry-level small cross/utility vehicle...
SEOUL – Kia Motors Corp. will unveil the KCD-II concept SUV at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January. The futuristic KCD-II SUV is the second concept vehicle to be designed by Kia’s California design center...
Mazda Motor Corp. is set to debut its MX-Crossport design concept at the 2005 North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Jan. 10. The crossover concept “represents a new direction Mazda is considering as it works to expand its...