Toyota must submit data on rusting Tundras
Already facing a number of quality-related problems, Toyota Motor Corp. must submit information to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration today in response to complaints about rusted frames on 2000 and 2001 Toyota Tundra pickups. 1:25 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 20
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Fiat cannot keep all Italy plants open
Fiat S.p.A. may have to close factories in Italy, given sharp falls in auto sales which have changed the sector dramatically, CEO Sergio Marchionne said today. 2:00 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 20
Tenneco Inc. is offering 12 million additional shares of stock, and TRW Automotive Inc. is selling two groups of senior debt notes totaling at least $475 million, as the suppliers aim to pay off debt and fund operations. 2:13 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 19 | UPDATED: 11/20/09 10:34 A.M. ET
Exide Technologies has landed a deal to sell 105,000 more batteries a year to Toyota Motor Corp., deepening its relationship with the world's top carmaker and boosting the battery company's shares. 9:00 am U.S. ET | Nov. 19
For the first time in three years, none of Toyota Motor Corp.'s vehicles received “top safety pick” ratings from an insurance group, as tougher criteria pared the number of top selections from 94 last year to 27 this year. Ford Motor Co. 12:15 am U.S. ET | Nov. 18
Workers at a Johnson Controls Inc. plant in Canada that makes parts for Chrysler minivans are poised to go on strike at the end of Friday if contract negotiations fail, but the union said it was hopeful a deal with the company would be reached. 3:46 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 18
Federal safety officials are investigating hundreds of complaints that 2004-05 Ford Freestar and Mercury Monterey minivans have defective transmissions that can cause the moving vehicles to stop suddenly. 4:23 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 17
Chrysler Group is deciding whether to produce 1.4-liter Fiat-based engines in its unused plant in Dundee, Mich., or in Saltillo, Mexico -- and a Michigan state board voted today to sweeten the Dundee deal with tax credits, a Chrysler spokesman said. 12:27 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 17 | UPDATED: 11/17/09 1:42 P.M. ET
Hyundai Motor Co. today unveiled its first direct-injection gasoline engine, saying it delivers more power with a 10 percent improvement in fuel economy. The 2.4-liter engine, called the Theta II, will debut in the redesigned Sonata sedan, due in U. 12:11 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 17
Delphi is selling its North American airbag, seat belt and steering wheel assets to Autoliv Inc., the world's No. 1 seat belt and airbag maker. Terms of the deal were not announced. 4:16 am U.S. ET | Nov. 17 | UPDATED: 11/17/09 11:27 a.m. ET
Claiming that Nissan will be rewarded for blazing a trail into mass production of electric vehicles, CEO Carlos Ghosn kicked off a year-long marketing blitz for his five-passenger Leaf. 4:31 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 13 | UPDATED: 11/13/09 9:39 P.M.
Daimler AG will decide by January whether to shift some C-class passenger-car production to its U.S. factory in Vance, Ala. 4:08 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 12
Workers at a Ford Motor Co. plant in suburban Kansas City, Mo., are voting today on whether to authorize a strike, but the head of the UAW local there said he thinks the matter will be resolved. 11:31 am U.S. ET | Nov. 12
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Ford Motor Co. plans to invest 4 billion reais ($2. 7:46 am U.S. ET | Nov. 20 | UPDATED: 11/20/09 2:10 p.m. ET
Exide Technologies has landed a deal to sell 105,000 more batteries a year to Toyota Motor Corp., deepening its relationship with the world's top carmaker and boosting the battery company's shares. 9:00 am U.S. ET | Nov. 19
