The Detroit News

Chrysler-Fiat will introduce, redesign or update 47 cars over the next four years, the automaker said Wednesday in a financial presentation to analysts. Among them are six Alfa Romeos from Fiat's upscale European division, plus seven new Fiat-branded...

Hoping to spark consumer interest in the Ford Focus Electric ??? one of the weakest-selling electric vehicles on the market ??? the automaker announced deep discounts, including $10,750 off a three-year lease, according to The Detroit News. With the so-...

DETROIT (AP) — A man accused of stealing his father's body from a Detroit cemetery with the hope of bringing him back to life was charged Friday and ordered held on a $75,000 bond. Vincent Bright, 48, whom police say was keeping his father's...

Chrysler-Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne has announced that storied Italian luxury brand Alfa Romeo will indeed be returning to the U.S. market, arriving by year's end with the new 4C ??? a lightweight two-seat rear-wheel-drive, mid-engined sports car....

Anyone with old electronics knows all too well that batteries lose capacity as they age: Start the day on a full charge and that old BlackBerry is running on empty by midafternoon. It's more vexing when it happens with your......

A set of federal rear-visibility standards that could mandate backup cameras in all vehicles by 2014 met yet another delay this week, leaving the measures' finalization up in the air. According to the Detroit News, the National Highway Traffic Safety........

DETROIT (AP) — A court document says the younger brother of an 8-year-old girl who told children's advocacy workers that he watched his mother stab his sister to death in their Detroit home continues to re-enact the slaying. The Detroit Free Press...

A California law firm has filed a class-action lawsuit against Ford Motor Company on behalf of an owner of a new 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid. The owner claims that he is not achieving anywhere near the EPA-stated fuel economy rating......

Following a report in October by Consumer Reports that emergency release levers inside the trunk of two Lexus models could snap off, Toyota will replace the levers on the 2007-13 Lexus ES, 2006-12 IS and 2013 GS cars. The magazine......

The federal government is poised at last to finalize legislation requiring all new vehicles to come equipped with a "black box" that records crash data. The White House Office of Management and Budget gave notice today that it had completed......

DETROIT (AP) — A dozen homes in Detroit have been mistakenly demolished, a city official says. One of the residences had been purchased by a pair of artists who bought it for $500 at a tax auction in October. Kristine Diven and Micho McAdow...

DETROIT (AP) — Hockeytown was abuzz with talk Sunday about the return of the Detroit Red Wings after a 113-day lockout that threatened to cancel the entire NHL season. The players association and the league reached a tentative settlement early...