The Senate will vote to extend the popular “cash-for-clunkers” program before going home on Friday

Members of President Barack Obama’s administration are crisscrossing four Midwestern states badly hurt by the auto industry’s woes.
   

General Motors appears headed for bankruptcy, while Chrysler is already there and hoping to emerge quickly.

NEW YORK (AP) - Chrysler LLC wants to eliminate roughly a quarter of its 3,200 U.S. dealerships by early next month, saying in a bankruptcy court filing Thursday that the network is antiquated and has too many stores competing with each other.

Auto parts supplier Federal-Mogul Corp. is closing its plant in Summerton, South Carolina.

Automakers are faced with the difficult challenge of revving up business during tough economic times

A $14 billion bailout for Detroit’s struggling Big Three has died in the Senate after failing on a procedural vote.

The president of the United Auto Workers says he is hopeful that Congress will pass a rescue plan this week for the country’s troubled car companies.

The Charleston Regional Business Journal reported Thursday that auto parts maker Robert Bosch has offered a voluntary severance package to the 2,100 employees at its North Charleston plant.

U.S. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn says the Big Three automaker’s chief executives should be fired as a condition of getting $25 billion in federal help to keep operating. The House’s third-ranking Democrat said in a news conference in Columbia on Wednesday that automakers should clean house.

The head of the United Auto Workers is warning Congress not to let the Big Three go under.

The folks who do the safety testing on the cars, trucks and SUV’s we drive are out with the latest test results, and they say next year’s fleet of vehicles is offering some of the safest rides ever.

President-elect Barack Obama’s top adviser has a warning for U.S. automakers: Without a plan to retool and restructure, there is very little taxpayers can do to help.

Communities and auto support industries beyond Detroit, bracing for the worst if the big three automakers can’t survive.

Stocks plunged again to levels not seen in more than five years as hopes fade that lawmakers will soon put together an aid package for U.S. automakers.