Toyota wants to make sure its unwavering commitment to U.S. manufacturing doesn't go overlooked.

Toyota Motor North America said it plans to invest $749 million and add about 600 jobs at plants in five states as part of a U.S. manufacturing expansion that now is expected to total $13 billion by 2022.

The American Honda Automobile Division posted U.S. sales increases for two of its most popular nameplates, the CR-V and Accord, but a double-digit decline for the Civic resulted in a 0.4 percent drop overall last month. Acura deliveries rose for a seventh consecutive month.

Elon Musk hasn't created the car company of the future. He's given us the second coming of Old GM.

New U.S. light-vehicle sales are expected to be little changed in January from the start of 2018, though the record cold sweeping through the Midwest makes a decline more probable.

CEO Jim Hackett said much of his first 20 months was spent evaluating the business and forming a plan . It's time to put it in action.

In 2018, Mexico accounted for more than a quarter of General Motors' North American production for the first time. That proportion will rise further if the company goes through with plans to end production at three car-assembly plants in the U.S. and Canada this year.

Ford lost $116 million in the fourth quarter, its first loss in two years, and its profit for all of 2018 fell by more than half as lower margins in North America combined with losses everywhere else in the world.

Investors see a downturn as an opportunity for GM and Ford to prove they're prepared to make the right moves.

Investors remain skeptical that automakers will remain disciplined and profitable during an inevitable downturn.

If anyone hadn't gotten on board with the notion that the Detroit auto show needs a reboot, stat, the conspicuous lack of energy here on Monday left no doubt.

For years, Janesville, Wis., refused to give up on the General Motors plant that closed in 2008. GM, after all, promised that the plant might reopen once the economy turned. But that good news never came.

When Janesville Assembly was on its last legs, GM workers in Ohio were feeling relieved. Only a decade later, their plant is facing closure, too.

Higher fleet deliveries, low unemployment, tax reform and Tesla's rapid production ramp-up are among the reasons that U.S. light-vehicle sales likely increased in 2018, even in the face of lower retail volume and rising interest rates and vehicle prices, analysts say.