Ford Motor Co., which lost $8.7 billion in the second quarter of this year, announced a dramatic speed-up of its revitalization plan yesterday.

By The Associated Press DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. posted its worst quarterly loss ever yesterday in a roiling global auto market that also saw profits fall at Daimler AG, Hyundai Motor Co. ...

HELENA, Mont. -- In big, wide-open Montana, a state trooper might have to drive more than 100 miles to answer an emergency call, and routinely puts several hundred miles on the odometer in a day. ...

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans have killed a Democratic effort to release 70 million barrels of oil from the government's emergency stockpile. ...

FRANKFURT, Germany -- Automaker Daimler AG said today that its second-quarter profit slipped 25 percent, mainly on charges related to its minority stake in Chrysler LLC. ...

DEARBORN, Mich. -- Ford Motor Co. said today that it lost $8.67 billion in the second quarter largely because of a reduction in the value of assets. ...

WASHINGTON -- Some 90 billion barrels of oil and a third of the world's undiscovered natural gas lie beneath an area north of the Arctic Circle, government scientists estimate in the largest-ever ...

With $4-a-gallon gas, traffic congestion, and a drop in the number of long road trips we all take, some people might wonder why many of us fell in love with large SUVs in the first place.

The long wait for Chevrolet Camaro fans is over.

The latest crash tests by the insurance industry raise safety questions about small pickups, which are drawing more interest because they get better mileage than larger trucks.