General Motors is counting on a sportier Chevrolet Malibu -- and a fuel-efficient Eco variant -- to extend the mid-sized sedan's successful run. Last week Chevy unveiled the 2013 Malibu at the Shanghai auto show and followed that ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | April25

Dodge hopes to draw attention to the Avenger with the return of the R/T, a sporty model that focuses on handling.
The 2012 Avenger R/T was introduced at the New York auto show last week. Sales begin ... 3:51 pm U.S. ET | April25

WASHINGTON -- Nine vehicle generations. One in four people who buy a Honda buys a Civic. The Civic's grip on the compact segment has been strong and steady. But now, as a redesigned car goes on sale, it faces a far tougher array ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | April25

NEW YORK -- The days of finding a new car for under $10,000 are officially over. Nissan North America Inc. plans to drop the stripped-down version of its Versa sedan that had an advertised sticker price of $9,990 -- the lowest on ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | April25

WASHINGTON -- Honda expects the redesigned 2012 Civic, reworked for high fuel economy, to continue as the top-selling compact car for retail customers. The basics: Coupe and sedan models will be sold with base and ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | April25

NEW YORK -- Infiniti killed two birds with one stone last week, revealing what it expects to be a high-volume addition to its lineup and reducing its exposure to Japan's rising yen. Parent Nissan Motor Co. said the luxury brand ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | April25

NEW YORK -- Simon Humphries, Toyota's global design chief, acknowledges that his latest creation, the Lexus LF-Gh, has a wild grille. But styling is sedate in the rest of the car, destined to become the next-generation GS. And ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | April25

NEW YORK -- It's going to be a Toyota in the rest of the world, so why would the FR-S concept coupe get a Scion badge in the United States and Canada? According to Toyota executives, the decision went all the way to company scion ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | April25

The restyled Ford Taurus sedan gets a new look and new engines for 2013. The grille has been reshaped and raised slightly to give it more prominence. The hood is more sculpted for better aerodynamics. The Taurus gets one ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | April25

General Motors dealers are clamoring for the next-generation Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra, which are among GM’s most profitable vehicles. But GM CEO Dan Akerson said it doesn’t make sense to accelerate development of ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | April25

The 2012 Honda Civic went on sale last week, but supply lines crimped by the Japanese earthquake have limited stock to less than two weeks’ worth of cars. “We have about 10,000 or 12,000 of the new Civics in dealerships, ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | April25

General Motors North America President Mark Reuss concedes that the automaker’s incentives binge in January and February “penetrated far deeper than we thought it would” but says GM didn’t want to rile dealers by ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | April25

Chrysler Group will launch TV spots for the 2012 Chrysler 300 on May 4, featuring rapper Dr. Dre, NFL rookie of the year Ndamukong Suh of the Detroit Lions and designer John Varvatos. Olivier Francois, head of Chrysler marketing, ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | April25

NEW YORK -- Dan Creed had a busy first few months in his post as vice president of marketing at BMW North America: He assumed responsibility for marketing as well as product planning and strategy in the U.S. last October, shortly after ... 11:00 am U.S. ET | April22

NEW YORK -- Mitsubishi Motors North America set the starting price for its i electric vehicle at just under $30,000, excluding delivery, making it the least expensive all-electric vehicle in the United States when it goes on sale late ... 4:35 pm U.S. ET | April21

NEW YORK -- Kia says the redesigned Rio will be the Korean automaker's first gasoline-powered vehicle to achieve 40 mpg on the highway when it goes on sale late this year.
The 2012 Rio sedan made its ... 11:05 am U.S. ET | April21

NEW YORK -- Chrysler Group vehicles will have more frequent styling changes in an effort to boost sales.
Ralph Gilles, head of design at Chrysler Group and president of Dodge brand, said mid-cycle ... 11:45 am U.S. ET | April21

NEW YORK -- Former General Motors product chief Bob Lutz has been advising Lotus on car designs as the sports car maker attempts a turnaround.
Speaking on the Lotus stand at the New York auto show ... 4:10 pm U.S. ET | April21

NEW YORK -- Today’s Dodge Viper is a V-10 brute. But the next-generation car is being styled and engineered to appeal to a wider range of buyers.
Ralph Gilles, head of design at Chrysler Group ... 3:21 pm U.S. ET | April21

NEW YORK -- Mazda will join the 40-mpg club when the freshened 2012 Mazda3 goes on sale in late summer with a new 2.0-liter gasoline direct-injection engine and new transmission.
The new powertrain ... 2:48 pm U.S. ET | April21

The Fiat 500 two-door has been slowly filtering into dealerships for just a few weeks. Chrysler is now ready to serve up the convertible variant just in time for the warm weather.
The 500c cabriolet ... 10:03 am U.S. ET | April21

NEW YORK -- Subaru of America will start selling a roomier, redesigned 2012 Impreza compact this fall.
The automaker, which introduced the fourth-generation of the car today at the New York auto show, ... 5:36 pm U.S. ET | April20

NEW YORK - Mercedes-Benz officials -- while dodging the question of when -- said today in New York that they plan to bring a newly redesigned A-class premium small car to the U.S. market.
The car ... 5:22 pm U.S. ET | April20

The collaboration between Toyota and Subaru to develop a rear-wheel-drive sports car hasn't been a secret.
It's been common knowledge that the car would feature a boxer four-cylinder engine, but ... 3:39 pm U.S. ET | April20

With prices at the pump on the rise again, Nissan is better positioning itself to take advantage of the small-car movement that is sure to follow with the new 2012 Versa sedan.
Carrying over from the ... 3:26 pm U.S. ET | April20

NEW YORK -- General Motors today unveiled an Eco version of the next-generation Chevrolet Malibu that the automaker says will get an estimated 38 mpg on the highway, a level reached by many conventional hybrids.
2:20 pm U.S. ET | April20

WASHINGTON -- Frugality -- both in the pocketbook and at the gas pump -- is becoming more important to American consumers.
Honda is arriving with six versions of a frugal, redesigned Civic that the ... 9:30 am U.S. ET | April20

NEW YORK – Hyundai's U.S. lineup will get another gasoline-engine car that gets 40-mpg on the highway when the redesigned 2012 Accent subcompact goes on sale this summer.
Hyundai introduced the ... 11:15 am U.S. ET | April20

NEW YORK -- Nissan Motor Co.'s assembly plant in Smyrna, Tenn., will build the new seven-passenger Infiniti JX crossover next year, the chairman of Nissan Americas said this morning.
The move is part ... 8:45 am U.S. ET | April20

WASHINGTON -- Mitsuru Horikoshi, project leader for the 2012 Honda Civic, had the difficult task of changing the car just before r&d sign-off. The new mission: Streamline the car and improve its fuel efficiency.
9:30 am U.S. ET | April20

NEW YORK -- Suzuki, hoping to pump some mojo into the brand's slow-selling flagship, unveiled two concepts based on the Kizashi sport sedan.
Suzuki combined a 2.0-liter gasoline engine with a 15- ... 8:30 pm U.S. ET | April19

NEW YORK -- Ford Motor Co. will launch a restyled 2013 Taurus sedan less than four years after the current Taurus went on sale. It will be the first vehicle in Ford's lineup to offer two direct-injection turbocharged EcoBoost engine ... 7:30 pm U.S. ET | April19

NEW YORK -- Auto dealers often dream of getting in on the ground floor of a new, unproven automotive brand, like, say, another Toyota or Hyundai.
But the reality of doing it in 2011 is a lot tougher, ... 8:07 pm U.S. ET | April19

NEW YORK -- Nearly three-quarters of General Motors dealers will have started or completed store makeovers by year end, GM CEO Dan Akerson said today.
Akerson said better customer throughput and ... 10:15 am U.S. ET | April19 | UPDATED: 4/19/11 12:20 pm ET

SHANGHAI (Bloomberg) -- To see how Shanghai's auto show has grown with the nation's now world-leading vehicle market, just watch the bosses.
While General Motors Co. Chief Executive Officer Dan ... 6:19 pm U.S. ET | April19

Reaching for the family buyer among luxury shoppers, Infiniti will give its U.S. dealers a seven-passenger, three-row crossover next spring.
The new model, slugged the JX, will expand the Infiniti ... 8:00 am U.S. ET | April19

DETROIT -- General Motors is counting on a sportier Chevrolet Malibu to hold its own in the hypercompetitive market for mid-sized sedans.
The next-generation 2013 Malibu was unveiled today at the ... 9:45 pm U.S. ET | April18

Chevrolet is abandoning the elegant design of the current-generation Malibu for what Monty Python might call "something completely different."
"The term I used on the last car was 'elegance,' ... 9:45 pm U.S. ET | April18

Mazda Motor Corp. said today that its compact crossover based on the Minagi concept will be called the CX-5.
The CX-5 will be Mazda's first production vehicle to combine its new design theme -- Kodo, ... 10:37 am U.S. ET | April18

Volkswagen is whipping the covers off redesigned 2012 Beetle this week, with simultaneous presentations at the New York and Shanghai auto shows and an invite-only event near VW headquarters in Berlin.
9:00 am U.S. ET | April18

NEW YORK -- BMW of North America will lease 700 ActiveE electric cars to U.S. customers starting this fall and has expanded the model's 24-month trial to new markets.
The ActiveE, which is based on ... 5:14 pm U.S. ET | April18

The New York auto show will answer a puzzling question: How do you update a retro-styled car? That will come from Volkswagen, which will unveil the redesigned Beetle. Automakers will roll out a mix of small cars and high-end ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | April18

Fiat will display the 2012 500 Cabrio at next week's New York auto show. The Cabrio's styling takes inspiration from the Nuova Cinquecento (500), which is sold in Europe. The 500 Cabio features a powered-operated cloth top that Fiat says ... 9:46 am U.S. ET | April15

The LF-Gh concept signals Lexus is abandoning its conservative approach to sedan styling and is considering an in-your-face formula.
The four-passenger hybrid concept is a preview for the redesigned ... 3:24 pm U.S. ET | April12

Audi has lifted the veil on the updated Q3, revealing the compact SUV for the first time ahead of a planned public premiere at next week's Shanghai motor show.
Set to go on sale in June in Europe, ... 6:15 pm U.S. ET | April12

Subaru is launching a roomier and more modern looking Impreza compact - the brand's smallest car sold in the U.S. market.
The redesigned 2012 sedan and five-door hatchback Impreza will be unveiled at ... 9:00 am U.S. ET | April6

Lexus has started the slow reveal of the LF-Gh concept sedan it is bringing to the New York auto show later this month.
On Tuesday, Toyota's luxury division released photos of the concept car's ... 3:45 pm U.S. ET | April5

Chevrolet plans to sell the next-generation Malibu in nearly 100 countries and build the car in multiple locations, including China.
The Malibu concept will be unveiled April 19 at the Shanghai auto ... 12:15 am U.S. ET | March31 | UPDATED: 3/31/11 12:25 a.m. ET

The Porsche Panamera Turbo S will carry the lofty sticker of $174,175 when it speeds into showrooms this spring.
The car hits U.S. soil for the first time in April at the New York auto show.
10:30 am U.S. ET | March30