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The report, by way of Detroit News, cites Saab North America representative Michele Tinson, who advises warranties on new cars are suspended indefinitely, meaning all Saabs still on dealer lots can only be sold as-is, without any factory protection against defects or breakdowns.

The EPA announced it will redesign its label for new cars to make it easier for consumers to buy the cleanest, most fuel efficient models.

But in a recent poll, the two label designs proposed by the EPA confused consumers, and that a letter grade based on fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions may not have the impact the EPA had hoped for, since 38 percent of respondents said they would buy a car graded less than a "C."

U.S. automakers have surpassed imported brands for the first time on a survey of the quality of new cars.

Big cars and trucks are out.

Smaller ones that offer more for your dollar are in. And many drivers will hang onto the new cars they buy longer.

Big cars and trucks are out. Smaller ones that offer more for your dollar are in. And many drivers will hang onto the new cars they buy longer.

GM and eBay are expected to announce Monday that hundreds of the automaker’s California dealers will let consumers haggle over new cars through the online marketplace

As part of its turnaround plan, General Motors Corp. said Friday it plans to experiment with auctioning new cars on eBay.

G.M. said it was forging a new partnership with eBay to sell new cars. But the auction site said that no deal had been reached.

While the U.S. law may help raise demand for new cars, it is more restrictive than a similar law that proved popular in Germany.

Automaker Porsche SE said Friday its nine-month profit dropped 15 percent to euro4.6 billion ($6.4 billion), excluding its holdings of Volkswagen AG, as the global economic crisis drove down demand for new cars.