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G.M. 4Q results likely benefited from stronger demand, cost cuts, more-enticing cars, and a focus on successful brands.

Linkedin Corporation, Alcatel Lucent SA, Toyota Motor Corporation, Credit Suisse Group AG, Nokia Corporation, Telecom Italia S.p.A, Archer Daniels Midland Company and The Coca-Cola Company are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Friday.

Toyota, the world’s best-selling automaker, says it will make more vehicles than previously expected by the end of its fiscal year.

The Japanese auto giant sees little mainstream demand for electric vehicles right now, or possibly ever.

The Detroit Three and Japanese rivals began the year in the fast lane as seasonally adjusted annual sales in January topped 15 million.

Toyota Motor Corp. will recall nearly 1.3 million cars globally for two separate defects, including 752,000 Corolla and Corolla Matrix vehicles in the United States to fix airbags that could be deployed inadvertently, the automaker said.

A strong 2013 start is expected when automakers release January sales figures Friday after the best December since the 2008-09 recession.

The government may lift its ban on video game consoles. But Beijing's gamers, and the people who sell the illegal stuff, may not even notice.

Japan's No. 1 carmaker, Toyota Motor Corporation (TYO:7283), became the world's biggest carmaker in 2012 by selling more vehicles than General Motors Company (NYSE:GM).

Cars that will never be made and mockups that are in the works provide clues to the near-future look of autos.

Starters will be announced Thursday night.

Green machines dominate, but Toyota is the only one who brought its hydrogen fuel cell concept car to the expo.

Child soldiers can be bought for as little as £375 (about $600) in Islamist-controlled northern Mali.

Plug-in hybrids, which require either an at-home charging station or a facility for electric power, have an advantage over typical hybrids.

Click through the slideshow to check out the hybrid vehicles on display at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show.

Click through the slideshow to check out the five best convertibles at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show.

More than 50 models will make their debuts as the world's automakers converge on Detroit for the North American International Auto Show.

Toyota, Honda, Nissan and Mazda have seen sales plummet in China over geopolitics but hope the worst is over.

Swimsuit model Jessica Barton's 1994 Toyota Supra was stolen last week.

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.

U.S. carmakers met analyst expectations Thursday for December sales. Easier financing and recovering U.S. home prices released pent-up demand.