Keith Naughton

Despite a dire economy, automakers are on a hiring binge.

Gas costs are up. So is Third World consumer demand. The result: a new breed of cars that are cooler, cheaper and incredibly small. Goodbye, Hummer.

The Smart is fun. But the performance isn't great.

Trying to hang on, Detroit's mayor says the issue is not his sex scandal, but racism.

Wal-Mart stocks falafel, olives and Islamic greeting cards to attract Dearborn's ethnic shoppers.

Poor countries are getting rich, gas costs are rising and our planet is heating up. The result: a new breed of 21st-century cars that are cooler, cheaper and more compact than ever.

Detroit's mayor apologized. But can he survive 'Textgate'?

Michigan's woes may soon become familiar to the rest of the country as recession looms.

A scandal envelops the mayor of Motown

Is safety taking a backseat to green technology?

Gas guzzlers dwarf eco-friendly designs at this year's auto show

Even native son Mitt Romney is getting only lukewarm support among auto execs.

When General Motors was fingered as the prime suspect in the 2006 documentary "Who Killed the Electric Car?" Bob Lutz's inbox filled with hate mail. "I hope you rot in hell," read one missive to the GM vice chairman, known for his love of gas-guzzling sports cars.

Even with new standards, the road to fuel efficiency is long.

Carlos Ghosn made history saving Nissan. Then the company stumbled. Now he's trying for a comeback.

Carlos Ghosn made history by saving Nissan from bankruptcy. Now for his second act, he's engineering a turnaround at his Franco-Japanese auto alliance.

Despite the Prius, environmentalists are turning on the carmaker for opposing new gas-mileage laws.

Behind the automaker's historic losses--and the worries on Wall Street

So far, so good: the Tesla seems like a performance hound.

THE $98,000 Tesla Roadster aims to be the ultimate green car. Will it succeed?

The union's strategic mini-strikes against Chrysler and GM struck a chord with members and fear among management. Is Ford next?

Jim Press drove Toyota to the top of the U.S. car market. But can he do the same for Chrysler?

Unions start shouldering the burden of medical costs.

Sure, the UAW got back to work and Wall Street revved up GM's stock. Now comes the carmaker's real challenge: creating a car Americans will buy.

Both General Motors and the United Auto Workers want to be seen as driving hard bargains. But each may be driving itself out of business.

How to tell the man whose name is on the building that you're overhauling the family firm he once ran

With a new management team in place, the automaker is primed for change. And some of its big-gulp SUVs appear destined to become roadkill.

A 49-year-old traveling salesman allegedly seeking sex in a Minneapolis airport bathroom in June noticed a boyish young man with short, sandy hair and an athletic build standing at a urinal.

Peter Kessner, a devout environmentalist, bought a Honda Civic hybrid four years ago to show everyone that he wants to save the planet. The only problem: no one noticed, since, other than the hybrid badge on the trunk, it looked like a regular Civic.

GM's decision to pull its sponsorship of the Olympic games has given the Japanese automaker an open lane. Will it go for the gold?