Rick Popely

Chrysler LLC will lay off 1,096 workers at its Belvidere, Ill., assembly plant starting Jan. 31, as it eliminates a third shift to combat falling sales. The automaker announced Nov....

Don't look for Hyundai Motor America to offer a pickup truck any time soon. Though dealers have asked for one, this would be a bad time to get into the...

How does a full-size sport-utility vehicle with a V-8 become Green Car of the Year? By being judged best among five new models for 2008, a list that did not...

Over a span of a half-dozen years, the dollar has taken a tumble of about 35 percent, leading to many assumptions. Among them: It's bad news for American tourists abroad...

Senior United Auto Workers members at auto parts supplier Delphi Corp. would receive as much as $105,000 in exchange for wage cuts or as much as $140,000 to leave the...

Consumers can see a preview of fuel economy estimates for the 2008 model year under a new feature at www.fueleconomy.gov. Estimates will decline for 2008 because the Environmental Protection Agency...

"But of course we had to add [three] cupholders. You can only go European so far." Saturn's engineering manager Al Manzor on the similarity of its new Astra to the...

Here are key concepts on tap for McCormick Place--but abandon thoughts of owning them: DaimlerChrysler Chrysler's Nassau could be significant on two fronts. The styling is likely a clue to...

What does it take to lure consumers into your vehicle instead of the competition? Cupholders, grocery bag holders, navigation systems and back-up cameras already are in use. For 2007, the...

Faced with the worst crisis in his company's 103-year history, William Clay Ford Jr. on Tuesday made a stunning acknowledgement: It would take a plane guy--not a car guy--to turn...