Rick Popely

General Motors Corp. said Friday that it would begin talks with Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co. about potentially joining in a worldwide alliance, bowing to pressure from activist shareholder...

General Motors and Ford could slow the bleeding in their North American automotive operations this year, but credit ratings service Standard & Poor's says it will take years for them...

Ever wonder about the biggest and smallest and fastest ... you get the idea ... at the auto show? So did we. So here's a brief rundown of the diametric...

When domestic automakers had their backs to the wall 25 years ago, they could count on a "Buy American" sentiment to keep some customers from defecting to fuel-efficient foreign cars....

The auto industry's startling implosion gained steam Wednesday as word leaked out that Ford Motor Co. would join its beleaguered rival, General Motors Corp., in axing as many as 30,000...

The Grissom Air Museum near Peru, Ind., will receive a F-14 Tomcat fighter-bomber for permanent display. The jets, made famous in the movie "Top Gun," are being retired in the...

Electronic stability control, which can prevent skids and rollover accidents, will be standard on all Chrysler Group sport-utility vehicles within two years. The Jeep Grand Cherokee is the only Chrysler...

Chrysler is recalling 955,000 1998-2000 Dodge Caravan and Grand Caravan, Plymouth Voyager and Grand Voyager and Chrysler Town and Country minivans because an electrical problem could cause the driver's side...

- Saturn is recalling nearly all of its Vue sport-utility vehicles after the National Highway Traffics Safety Administration began an investigation of the vehicle when its rear suspension failed in...

- The U.S. brig Niagara, a reconstructed War of 1812 warship, will visit Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand Ave. Public boarding, for $5 per person, will be 10 a.m.-8 p.m....