The Detroit Three and Japanese rivals began the year in the fast lane as seasonally adjusted annual sales in January topped 15 million.
The widely followed blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average finished above 14,000 for only the sixth time in its history.
Detroit’s Big Three saw double-digit sales growth in January - a continuation of an impressive recovery that's supporting US GDP.
Chrysler Group LLC, the No. 3 U.S. automaker, turned in a robust January as sales surged 16 percent.
A strong 2013 start is expected when automakers release January sales figures Friday after the best December since the 2008-09 recession.
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More than 50 models will make their debuts as the world's automakers converge on Detroit for the North American International Auto Show.
Automakers ended 2012 on a high note as Americans kicked tires and drove more new vehicles off the lots last month than they had in years.
Chrysler said it had its best December in five years and moved 1.65 million units in 2012, a 21 percent rise compared with the previous year.
U.S. carmakers met analyst expectations Thursday for December sales. Easier financing and recovering U.S. home prices released pent-up demand.
The Treasury Department aims to conclude its bold, and expensive, investment in General Motors six years after it launched the rescue.
Another month of double-digit declines in automobile registrations and ongoing losses don't tell the whole story.
PolitiFact has named Mitt Romney's claim and subsequent ad about Barack Obama shifting Jeep production away from the U.S. and into China the "lie of the year."
Why did cars fly out of showrooms in November? More confidence, more options, more incentives and more need.
Chrysler Group LLC, a subsidiary of Italian company Fiat S.p.A. (Milan: F), reported November 2012 U.S. sales of 122,565 units, a 14 percent rise from last year, the best November since 2007 and the 32nd consecutive month of year-over-year gains.
Toyota's massive worldwide recalls to fix minor pumps and steering problems could be a sign automakers are just being more proactive.
Chrysler Group LLC is recalling almost 750,000 of its Jeeps because of faulty airbags. Chrysler issued a recall order for two Jeep product lines. It applies to all Jeep Liberty models produced in 2002 and 2003 and to all Jeep Grand Cherokee models produced from 2002 to 2004.
Crediting Obama with the revival of the domestic auto industry, the UAW congratulated the president on his reelection Tuesday and thanked him for betting on them.
There's little doubt the technology sector would be better off if Barack Obama is re-elected as President and Joe Biden as Vice President.
In the days leading to the U.S. presidential election, the swing state of Ohio has become a battleground as Mitt Romney has begun airing ads there accusing Barack Obama of planning to outsource Jeep production jobs to China. Now, in rallies across the state, Obama is firing back, claiming Romney's ads are completely untrue.
Chrysler executive Ralph Gilles slams Donald Trump for continuing to spread Romney's misleading claims that Jeep would move production to China.