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The Honda Fit. (Toru Yamanaka/AFP/Getty Images)
Honda Motor Co. and several other Asian automakers scored high marks in a series of new studies and rankings of new cars by Consumer Reports magazine.
Ford Motor Co. was the only one of the Detroit Three to make it into the Top 10 in the publication’s automaker score card for 2011, released Monday. General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC placed 12th and 13th out of 13 carmakers ranked in the April issue of the magazine. Get the full story »
Auto sales, once a bright spot in the economic recovery, grew fainter last month.
The pain was widespread. Big car companies General Motors, Ford and Toyota all saw sales slip. Smaller automakers like Subaru suffered too, as did companies that appeal to the budget minded, such as Kia and Hyundai. Get the full story »
Most automakers saw their U.S. sales drop from May to June, a sign that this year’s slow recovery in the industry may be stalling.
Americans are delaying big-ticket purchases because they’re worried about their jobs in a period of high unemployment. Nervous consumers could mean a tough summer for automakers, which hope to improve sales after a dismal 2009. Get the full story »
