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Greg Biffle wins second in a row at Michigan

2013-06-16 17:40:00

Greg Biffle raced to his second straight Sprint Cup win at Michigan International Speedway at Brooklyn, Mich., easily holding off Kevin Harvick after points leader Jimmie Johnson smacked the wall in the final laps Sunday. It was the 1,000th victory...

News Corp. investor vote could renew debate on stock structure

2013-06-10 16:50:00

News Corp. shareholders will be asked Tuesday to approve three amendments designed to facilitate the corporate breakup later this month of Rupert Murdoch's media empire. One amendment authorizes the company to change its name to 21st Century Fox,...

Ford recalls 390,783 cars, SUVs for fuel leak; may raise fire risk

2013-06-10 09:12:00

Ford Motor Co. is recalling 390,783 model year 2013 Explorer, Taurus, Flex, Fusion, Police Interceptor sedans and SUVs, and Lincoln MKS, MKT, and MKZ vehicles because of a fuel module that could crack and leak. The leak could increase the risk of a...

U.S. auto sales post big gains in May

2013-06-04 00:00:00

Auto sales rose in May, helped by stronger consumer confidence and a rebound in home sales and construction. A strong Memorial Day weekend and especially brisk truck sales helped the industry beat expectations. "There was some concern last month...

Wheel maker Superior Industries hits a bump in the road

2013-06-02 21:49:00

Its squat, 1970s-era headquarters in Van Nuys may not look like much from the outside, but Superior Industries International Inc. is a key figure in the automotive industry. The company sells aluminum wheels to the major automakers: Ford, General...

Ford has already beaten its best year for hybrid sales

2013-05-31 07:00:00

Ford Motor Co. said that it has sold 37,000 hybrid vehicles nationwide this year, already topping its full year record for hybrid sales of 35,496, set in 2010. Ford said that the 37,000 sales figure also represents a 375% increase over the numbers of...

TuneIn takes on Pandora, Sirius to bring streaming radio to cars

2013-05-31 15:34:00

Want to hear an Antarctica-based folk music station in your car? How about a radio broadcaster that plays only Grateful Dead covers? TuneIn is trying to make that a possibility for more people. The Palo Alto company, founded in 2002, is taking on...

Transmission engineers are shifting to higher gears

2013-05-17 07:00:00

Automakers are spending billions of dollars to squeeze efficiency from a car part most people never think twice about — the transmission. Over the next five years, many new vehicles will have transmissions with up to 10 speeds, replacing the...

James Tolbert dies at 86; lawyer pressed Hollywood on civil rights

2013-05-12 11:17:00

In a Hollywood auditorium, James L. Tolbert tried to induce a room packed with broadcasting and advertising executives to essentially join the civil rights movement in 1963 by pointing out the obvious. "We Negroes watch 'Bonanza' and buy Chevrolets....

Review: '10 Buildings That Changed America' is a rewarding tour

2013-05-11 07:00:00

The new PBS program "10 Buildings That Changed America" is nothing if not efficient. In a single breezy hour, it moves from Thomas Jefferson to Frank Gehry, racing in a chronological blur past Frank Lloyd Wright, Robert Venturi and a handful of other...

With U.S. market share surging, Ford ramps up production capacity

2013-05-22 11:22:00

Ford Motor Co. is expanding its production capacity to take advantage of the shift in buyer sentiment toward smaller cars and SUVs and for F-series truck sales spurred by the housing market recovery. Ford said it will increase production by about 200,...

For U.S. auto factories, summertime isn't downtime anymore

2013-05-22 13:15:00

The decades-old tradition of shutting down U.S. auto factories for two weeks around July may be coming to an end, experts say, pushed out by strong demand and staggered vehicle launch dates. With sales booming, Ford Motor Co., for example, said it...

Sears Holdings said Jeff Balagna will join the company as executive vice president and chief information officer. Balagna most recently served as the chief information officer at Eli Lilly.

2013-05-14 11:31:00

Bill Ford Jr., executive chairman, Ford Motor Company, left, and Michigan governor Rick Snyder, right, visit the Ford display at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show in January.

2013-04-30 00:00:00

Experian Automotive said that Ford had a record eight of the top 10 vehicles listed in brand model loyalty in the fourth quarter of 2012. The Ford Fusion topped the list with 60% of Fusion owners returning to purchase another Ford vehicle.

2013-03-26 10:23:33