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General Motors Corp. , for decades the No. 1 car seller in the world, has been derided in recent years as 'Government Motors.' Meanwhile, fellow Big Three Detroit auto maker Chrysler was all but left for dead.

What does Toyota's travails for the Prius mean to green marketing? That's a question that seems ripe these days, as the leading Japanese auto maker gets a comeuppance for its allegedly serious safety defects.

In a final attempt to rescue Saab Automobile AB, Dutch auto maker Spyker Cars on Sunday submitted a new offer to buy the Swedish brand from General Motors Co.

In a final attempt to rescue Saab Automobile AB, Dutch auto maker Spyker Cars on Sunday submitted a new offer to buy the Swedish brand from General Motors Co.

SAN FRANCISCO — General Motors and eBay Inc. are expected to announce Monday that hundreds of the auto maker's California dealers will let consumers haggle over the prices of new cars and trucks through the online marketplace, as part of a previously disclosed trial.

Investor RHJ International SA said Monday it is in advanced negotiations with General Motors Corp. on possibly taking a majority stake in the U.S. auto maker's European Opel unit.

The governor of the German state where General Motors' Opel unit is based indicated Friday that he favors a bid by Canada's Magna International for the European auto maker, and was critical of an offer from Fiat.