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Workers at an India auto-parts maker have ended a six-week strike, which had hit transmission parts supplies to General Motors and Ford Motor Co. and caused the shutdown of at least two North American crossover plants. 4:31 am U.S. ET | Nov. 6 | UPDATED: 11/6/09 4:28 p.m. ET

Chrysler Group's sales outside North America will grow to 500,000 by 2014 from an estimated 144,000 this year, international sales chief Mike Manley said Wednesday. 12:01 am U.S. ET | Nov. 5
   • Fiat-based models will begin rolling out in 2012, exec says

Foreign brands are losing market share in Japan, but as a group they still outclass the far larger local automakers when it comes to customers' satisfaction with the service they receive at dealerships. 10:55 am U.S. ET | Nov. 4

Toyota, in a race to cut costs, quits Formula One

Toyota Motor Corp. pulled out of Formal One racing today, as it battles a second straight year of red ink and races to cut more than $9 billion in costs this year. Toyota follows Japanese rival Honda Motor Co. in quitting the sport. 7:16 am U.S. ET | Nov. 4 | UPDATED: 11/4/09 11:33 a.m. ET

Tata may let others make Nano, report says

Tata Motors Ltd., India's largest vehicles maker, may allow local car assemblers to put together its Nano and sell it under their own brand, the Business Standard reported on Monday. 12:01 am U.S. ET | Nov. 4

Hinrichs will head Ford’s Asia, Africa operations

Joe Hinrichs, Ford Motor Co.’s manufacturing and labor relations chief and one of the company’s fastest-rising executives, will run Ford’s Asia and Africa regions starting Dec. 1. 10:37 am U.S. ET | Nov. 3

Suzuki quadruples forecast on soaring India sales

Suzuki Motor Corp. today quadrupled its annual operating profit forecast as sales soared in its main Indian market, setting it apart from other Japanese automakers that have depended heavily on the sinking U.S. market. 2:31 am U.S. ET | Nov. 2

Transmission sharing exposes Ford, GM

Crossover production at General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. has been hard hit by an Indian parts shortage this month because those vehicles share the same six-speed automatic transmission. 4:12 pm U.S. ET | Oct. 30

GM follows Ford in closing crossover plant

The labor violence at an Indian supplier that forced Ford Motor Co.'s Oakville, Ontario, plant to close this week has hit another U.S. automaker. General Motors Co. will have to close its Delta Township, Mich. 1:05 pm U.S. ET | Oct. 29

IHI, A123 Systems ally in lithium-ion batteries

Japan's IHI Corp. said today it would start selling low-cost lithium ion batteries developed by U.S. company A123 Systems Inc. in Japan in 2010, as it looks to tap surging demand from electric vehicle producers and other manufacturers. 9:00 am U.S. ET | Oct. 28

Parts shortage idles Ford plant

Labor violence at a Ford Motor Co. supplier in India has caused a shortage of transmission parts that will idle Ford's Oakville, Ontario, assembly plant next week. 2:49 pm U.S. ET | Oct. 23 | UPDATED: 10/23/09 4:48 p.m. ET

GM buys all new shares in South Korea unit

General Motors Co. bought all of the new shares offered by its struggling South Korean unit for $413 million and the U.S. carmaker will consider further financial aid if necessary, GM Daewoo said today. 8:00 am U.S. ET | Oct. 23

Mazda studies moving production offshore

Mazda Motor Corp., which builds the majority of its vehicles in Japan, is studying moving more of its manufacturing base offshore to better hedge against currency swings, its top executive said. 9:38 am U.S. ET | Oct. 22 | UPDATED: 10/22/09 11:06 a.m. ET

Nissan recovery almost ‘mission accomplished'

A special task force created this year to stop the financial losses at Nissan Motor Co. will soon declare “mission accomplished” and disband. 12:13 pm U.S. ET | Oct. 21

Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda is rewriting his U.S. playbook to revive battered sales and a tattered image. Toyota executives who described the plan to Automotive News say the goal is to make a bigger splash with model launches and tailor cars to American demand. 12:01 am U.S. ET | Nov. 2

Toyota Motor Corp. senior executives say the automaker is moving aggressively to improve quality after a recent rash of problems saddled the company with lawsuits, its largest-ever U.S. recall and allegations of deadly defects. 12:01 am U.S. ET | Nov. 2

Acura reverses product plans

Acura is reversing course in North America as the brand suffers through the shift from high-performance luxury vehicles and the cancellation of its V-8 and rear-wheel-drive programs. There is "a certain level of confusion" about Acura in the marketplace, Honda Motor Co. 12:01 am U.S. ET | Nov. 2

Mazda, Ford go separate ways on product development

Less than a year after Ford Motor Co. halved its stake in Mazda Motor Corp., Mazda is embarking on a more independent product development path. 12:01 am U.S. ET | Nov. 2

Denso eyes standard hybrid parts

Denso Corp., the world's No. 2 auto parts supplier, aims for a bigger stake of the global hybrid car market by standardizing its electric-gasoline drivetrain technology for sale to automakers other than Toyota Motor Corp. It also may begin production of lithium ion batteries. 12:01 am U.S. ET | Nov. 2