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Auto town on the mend, but bailout still divides

KOKOMO, Ind. — Back in this town's darkest days, Jeff Shrock, a third-generation autoworker, would cruise down the streets where he grew up, past the foreclosed homes and four giant Chrysler factories, knowing their future — and his job — were in jeopardy.

By By Sharon Cohen, Associated Press , February 26, 2012

Automakers feel worsening effects of Japan crisis

DETROIT (AP) — A week after the disaster in Japan erupted, its impact on automakers around the world is worsening.

March 18, 2011

Auto loans going to subprime buyers

DETROIT (AP) — Consumers with less than stellar credit are getting car loans again as lenders loosen their standards, and the trend is likely to continue as more lenders get into the business.

December 08, 2010

Government:New cars, trucks may have to improve to 62 mpg by 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — Cars and trucks averaging 62 miles per gallon? Seems extraordinary now, but the government suggested Friday that automakers could be required to build new lineups by 2025 that make today's high-mileage hybrids seem conventional and turn gas guzzlers into relics of the past.

October 01, 2010

GM repays $8.1 billion in loans

Fallen giant General Motors Co. accelerated toward recovery Wednesday, announcing the repayment of $8.1 billion in U.S. and Canadian government loans five years ahead of schedule.

April 22, 2010

Toyota official: ‘We need to come clean’

Five days before Toyota announced a massive recall, a U.S. executive at the company wrote in an internal e-mail: “We need to come clean” about accelerator problems, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.

April 08, 2010

GM to reinstate 661 dealerships

General Motors Co. will reinstate 661 dealerships it sought to drop from its sales network. GM executives said Friday that 661 dealerships — more than half of the 1,100 seeking to stay with the automaker — will receive letters giving them the option to remain open.

March 06, 2010

Rivals work to gain from Toyota’s pain

In a few short weeks, Toyota has done what General Motors, Ford and other automakers have failed to accomplish for decades: Erase the perception that the Japanese automaker’s cars are of much higher quality than those of its rivals.

February 11, 2010

Toyota says new gas pedals are en route to dealers

Toyota said it began shipping gas pedal parts to its dealers Friday for use in fixing the millions of cars and trucks recalled because of accelerators that could become stuck.

By By Tom Krisher, The Associated Press , January 30, 2010

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Task force: U.S. won’t run automakers

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The U.S. government will not use its stake in General Motors to make social policy such as offering more fuel efficient vehicles or limiting auto emissions, the head of a task force overseeing the industry said Wednesday.

August 06, 2009

Debt reduction pushes Ford to second-quarter profit

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Helped by a lightened debt load, Ford Motor Co. posted a surprise second-quarter profit of $2.3 billion Thursday, following the worst loss in company history a year earlier. Shares rose 10 percent in morning trading.

July 23, 2009

GM to sell Saturn brand to Penske

General Motors Corp. has a tentative deal to sell its Saturn brand to auto racing magnate Roger Penske’s dealership group, both companies said Friday.

June 06, 2009

New GM begins to emerge

With an almost certain bankruptcy filing days away, General Motors is beginning its reinvention, planning to retool one factory to make its smallest vehicles ever in the U.S. and rid itself of the biggest.

By By Tom Krisher, The Associated Press , May 30, 2009

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Delphi, GM, auto task force talks in D.C.

Officials from Delphi Corp. and its former parent General Motors Corp. will meet with representatives from President Barack Obama’s auto task force on Monday for talks that could get the struggling auto supplier out of bankruptcy protection.

April 03, 2009

Chrysler reverses claim on Fiat, debt

A public tiff between Italian auto-maker Fiat SpA and Chrysler LLC apparently ended Friday when Chrysler rescinded a statement on its Web site that Fiat would be responsible for part of Chrysler’s debt if the two companies join forces.

March 21, 2009

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