The auto industry's critics have been calling for Detroit to roll out small, fuel-efficient cars that they say Americans are clamoring for. The question is, do we really want to drive small cars? Actual sales figures may be a month or so away, but the answer, according to some analysts, is clear.
The Federal Reserve says GMAC is the only one of 19 stress-tested U.S. banks that needs more capital to withstand a future downturn. Full story
GM reported its first monthly gain in U.S. sales in almost two years while Toyota and Ford also improved, a sign the auto industry it starting to crawl back from a yearlong slump. Full story
Nov. 3: The U.S. auto industry is showing signs of recovery from it's long slump as most automakers reported higher sales. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
Oct. 25: Automakers go green, but not just on the road. Msnbc's Alex Witt speaks with Carlist.com's Lou Ann Hammond about the push for green automobile manufacturing plants too.
Wayne Huizenga, chairman of Huizenga Holdings and founder of Waste Management, AutoNation and Blockbuster; Mike Jackson, CEO of AutoNation; and Fritz Henderson, CEO of GM, discuss the future of the auto industry.
Insight on whether the U.S. auto industry is on the fast track to recovery, with CNBC's Phil LeBeau.
The auto industry is gearing up for its first major international car show after suffering one of the worst slumps in decades. CNBC's Phil LeBeau has the story.
FILE - In this March 11, 2009 file photo a VW Golf of German car maker Volkswagen is lifted in a storage and loading tower in the so called "Autostadt" in Wolfsburg, Germany. Europe's largest car builder Volkswagen AG said Wednesday, April 22, 2009 net profit fell 74 percent as the world economic cr
WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 16: NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell listens during a taping of "Meet the Press" at the NBC studios November 16, 2008 in Washington, DC. Mitchell spoke on various topics including the bailing out of the auto industry, the economic crisis and the tr
People walk through the art deco lobby of Manhattan's Chrysler building, glorifying the US auto industry in the late 1920's, in New York, April 24, 2009. The United Auto Workers dismissed speculation on a deal with the administration of US President Barack Obama for Chrysler to undergo a "quick rins