Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1102 business Business - Automotive en-us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:12:22 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1102 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_bi_ge/us_tesla_motors_factory ap/20091126/us_tesla_motors_factory AP business Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:12:22 GMT AP - This blue-collar suburb on the edge of Los Angeles once helped send men to space. After the collapse of its aerospace industry, its ambitions are now more down-to-earth but still looking toward the future. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/us_toyota_floor_mats ap/20091125/us_toyota_floor_mats AP business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:29:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/us_toyota_floor_mats"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.34220ac5b1c441d5b895b0ef4d4ebfce.toyota_floor_mats_pack101.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=MgebhOfAJnt5OyKkuJIjig--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="The accelerator pedal, right, in a 2010 Toyota Camry is seen on the show room floor of Bobby Rahal Toyota in Mechanicsburg, Pa., Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it will replace accelerator pedals on about 4 million recalled vehicles in the United States because the pedals can get stuck in the floor mats. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)" border="0" /></a>AP - Toyota plans to replace the gas pedals on 4 million vehicles in the United States because the pedals can get stuck in the floor mats and cause sudden acceleration, a flaw that led to the sixth-largest recall ever in the U.S.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/us_toyota_floor_mats"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.34220ac5b1c441d5b895b0ef4d4ebfce.toyota_floor_mats_pack101.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=MgebhOfAJnt5OyKkuJIjig--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="The accelerator pedal, right, in a 2010 Toyota Camry is seen on the show room floor of Bobby Rahal Toyota in Mechanicsburg, Pa., Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it will replace accelerator pedals on about 4 million recalled vehicles in the United States because the pedals can get stuck in the floor mats. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gm_canada_factory ap/20091125/us_gm_canada_factory AP business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:12:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gm_canada_factory"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.422c35c9876e44328f74e8c08cc5720d.gm_canada_factory_nybz135.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=pP1hY8M_cwM27RCX_YV8ZQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="FILE - In this June 1, 2009 file photo, a General Motors employee enters an office building at the Oshawa car assembly plant in Oshawa, Ontario. General Motors Co. will build a new 2011 Buick Regal at its assembly plant in Oshawa, Ontario, the company announced Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009.(AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - General Motors Co. will build a new Buick midsize car at its assembly plant in Oshawa, Ontario, the company announced Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gm_canada_factory"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.422c35c9876e44328f74e8c08cc5720d.gm_canada_factory_nybz135.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=pP1hY8M_cwM27RCX_YV8ZQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this June 1, 2009 file photo, a General Motors employee enters an office building at the Oshawa car assembly plant in Oshawa, Ontario. General Motors Co. will build a new 2011 Buick Regal at its assembly plant in Oshawa, Ontario, the company announced Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009.(AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gm_saab ap/20091125/us_gm_saab AP business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:06:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gm_saab"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.7043632eaebc4ac68c3232662a18d396.gm_saab_nybz136.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=rxg5LokIulEo92exDCE9jg--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2009 file photo, a Saab logo is displayed on a car in Frankfurt, Germany. General Motors Co. has not talked with any other potential buyers for the Swedish Saab brand since a specialty car maker pulled out of a deal to buy it this week, a person briefed on GM's plans said Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Ferdinand Ostrop, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - General Motors Co. has not talked with any other potential buyers for the Swedish Saab brand since a specialty car maker pulled out of a deal to buy it this week, a person briefed on GM's plans said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gm_saab"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.7043632eaebc4ac68c3232662a18d396.gm_saab_nybz136.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=rxg5LokIulEo92exDCE9jg--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2009 file photo, a Saab logo is displayed on a car in Frankfurt, Germany. General Motors Co. has not talked with any other potential buyers for the Swedish Saab brand since a specialty car maker pulled out of a deal to buy it this week, a person briefed on GM's plans said Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Ferdinand Ostrop, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/bs_nm/us_gm nm/20091125/us_gm Reuters business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:46:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/bs_nm/us_gm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091125/i/r3080055539.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=zsS4niiE8iLSIvNtBnT7ag--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A G.M. logo is seen behind an Opel logo at the Opel plant of Antwerp September 10, 2009. REUTERS/Sebastien Pirlet" border="0" /></a>Reuters - General Motors targeted Germany on Wednesday for the bulk of 9,000 planned job cuts at European arm Opel, turning the tables on the country that lobbied hardest for an Opel sale to Canada's Magna.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/bs_nm/us_gm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091125/i/r3080055539.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=zsS4niiE8iLSIvNtBnT7ag--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A G.M. logo is seen behind an Opel logo at the Opel plant of Antwerp September 10, 2009. REUTERS/Sebastien Pirlet" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/bs_afp/germanyusautocompanystructuregmopel afp/20091125/germanyusautocompanystructuregmopel AFP business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:17:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/bs_afp/germanyusautocompanystructuregmopel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259148163596-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=tT2Ll6fmfp7lcH3yLD3Q5Q--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Workers leave the Opel plant in the central German city of Ruesselsheim on November 4. A top General Motors executive said Wednesday that the future of Opel's Belgian plant was "uncertain" as he outlined plans to cut 9,000 jobs at the loss-making European unit, over half of them in Germany.(AFP/DDP/File/Martin Oeser)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A top General Motors executive said Wednesday the future of Opel's Belgian plant was "uncertain" as he outlined plans to cut 9,000 jobs at GM's loss-making European unit, over half of them in Germany.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/bs_afp/germanyusautocompanystructuregmopel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259148163596-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=tT2Ll6fmfp7lcH3yLD3Q5Q--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="Workers leave the Opel plant in the central German city of Ruesselsheim on November 4. A top General Motors executive said Wednesday that the future of Opel's Belgian plant was "uncertain" as he outlined plans to cut 9,000 jobs at the loss-making European unit, over half of them in Germany.(AFP/DDP/File/Martin Oeser)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/bs_afp/japanautotoyotarecallus afp/20091125/japanautotoyotarecallus AFP business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:21:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/bs_afp/japanautotoyotarecallus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259149103354-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=HH3LIuNlJDqTHtkLFWS97A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Toyota cars and trucks for sale in Whittier, California. Toyota has said it would fix accelerator pedals on 3.8 million vehicles in the United States to prevent them from becoming stuck and leading to unintentional acceleration.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Japan's Toyota Motor is planning to fix accelerator pedals in around four million vehicles in the United States, a media report said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/bs_afp/japanautotoyotarecallus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259149103354-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=HH3LIuNlJDqTHtkLFWS97A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Toyota cars and trucks for sale in Whittier, California. Toyota has said it would fix accelerator pedals on 3.8 million vehicles in the United States to prevent them from becoming stuck and leading to unintentional acceleration.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_saab ap/20091125/as_china_saab AP business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:26:26 GMT AP - The Chinese automaker that had joined with Koenigsegg Automotive AB in bidding to buy Saab said Wednesday it regrets the Swedish luxury sports car maker's decision to drop the deal and will reconsider its own stance. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_germany_gm_opel ap/20091125/eu_germany_gm_opel AP business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:23:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_germany_gm_opel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.c9993c71947743a7935c72ad13a85fb8.germany_gm_opel_mfra101.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=n1DHXCxRAh_8zu_Ze1sTHg--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Nov. 5 2009 file picture workers enter the Opel car plant in Bochum, western Germany. The new head of GM Europe has made clear that the company plans to keep open an Opel plant in Bochum, Germany even as it works to cut some 20 percent of overall capacity. Nick Reilly says the plant in Bochum 'remains an important part of the resources of General Motors in Europe going forward.' He was speaking Tuesday Nov. 24, 2009 after meeting with the governor of North Rhine-Westphalia state, Juergen Ruettgers. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein,File)" border="0" /></a>AP - General Motors Co.'s top European official underlined the future importance of Opel's biggest German plant on Wednesday, while reiterating that there likely will be up to 9,500 jobs cut across the continent.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_germany_gm_opel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.c9993c71947743a7935c72ad13a85fb8.germany_gm_opel_mfra101.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=n1DHXCxRAh_8zu_Ze1sTHg--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Nov. 5 2009 file picture workers enter the Opel car plant in Bochum, western Germany. The new head of GM Europe has made clear that the company plans to keep open an Opel plant in Bochum, Germany even as it works to cut some 20 percent of overall capacity. Nick Reilly says the plant in Bochum 'remains an important part of the resources of General Motors in Europe going forward.' He was speaking Tuesday Nov. 24, 2009 after meeting with the governor of North Rhine-Westphalia state, Juergen Ruettgers. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein,File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/bs_nm/us_saab nm/20091125/us_saab Reuters business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:56:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/bs_nm/us_saab"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091124/i/r1170140384.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=DSZqYiCLB3hZTuuiMGNEpA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="The new Saab 95 is pictured at the Frankfurt International Auto Show IAA in Frankfurt September 15, 2009. REUTERS/Johannes Eisele" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A deal for General Motors Co to sell Saab collapsed on Tuesday when the buyer pulled out, in a move that threatens a 60-year-old Swedish auto brand with closure after mounting losses.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/bs_nm/us_saab"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091124/i/r1170140384.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=DSZqYiCLB3hZTuuiMGNEpA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="The new Saab 95 is pictured at the Frankfurt International Auto Show IAA in Frankfurt September 15, 2009. REUTERS/Johannes Eisele" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gm_parts_suppliers_bailout ap/20091125/us_gm_parts_suppliers_bailout AP business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:15:13 GMT AP - General Motors has returned $140 million of the $290 million it received from the government to support is parts suppliers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_bi_ge/us_toyota_recall ap/20091124/us_toyota_recall AP business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:37:48 GMT AP - Toyota Motor Corp. will recall 110,000 Tundra trucks from the 2000-2003 model years to address excessive rust on the vehicle's frame. The government urged owners to remove the spare tire from the frame, concerned it could fall onto the road and create a hazard for other vehicles. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_bi_ge/us_ford_loans ap/20091124/us_ford_loans AP business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:51:50 GMT AP - Ford Motor Co. said Thursday it has extended the maturity dates on most of its $10.7 billion revolving line of credit for two years, preserving cash to use for its turnaround efforts. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/ts_alt_afp/uscompanyautodivestgmswedensaabkoenigsegg afp/20091124/uscompanyautodivestgmswedensaabkoenigsegg AFP business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:22:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/ts_alt_afp/uscompanyautodivestgmswedensaabkoenigsegg"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259080099051-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=UVevPb_iPT8xF5fdu4kn1Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A Cadillac is mirrored in Saab signage at a dealership in Pasadena California. Swedish luxury carmaker Koenigsegg said Tuesday it was giving up its bid to acquire Saab Automobile from its US parent company General Motors, saying costly delays made the deal too uncertain.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Swedish luxury carmaker Koenigsegg said Tuesday it was giving up its bid to buy Saab Automobile from its US parent General Motors due to costly delays, plunging Saab's future into doubt.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/ts_alt_afp/uscompanyautodivestgmswedensaabkoenigsegg"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259080099051-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=UVevPb_iPT8xF5fdu4kn1Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Cadillac is mirrored in Saab signage at a dealership in Pasadena California. Swedish luxury carmaker Koenigsegg said Tuesday it was giving up its bid to acquire Saab Automobile from its US parent company General Motors, saying costly delays made the deal too uncertain.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_bi_ge/us_fitch_auto_suppliers ap/20091124/us_fitch_auto_suppliers AP business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:58:03 GMT AP - Fitch Ratings is predicting a modest recovery for U.S. auto suppliers in 2010 as sales rise and the companies realize benefits from significant cost-cutting this year. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/bs_afp/germanyusautocompanystructuregmopelmerkel afp/20091124/germanyusautocompanystructuregmopelmerkel AFP business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:55:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/bs_afp/germanyusautocompanystructuregmopelmerkel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259088905740-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=75&q=85&sig=hZp7OtJz9Lb1x3dFvRx6iQ--" align="left" height="75" width="130" alt="German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech in Berlin as she attends the German federal Employers' conference. Merkel said Tuesday she was expecting a "comprehensive thank-you letter" from General Motors for huge loans to keep the auto maker's Opel unit afloat, which she said had now been repaid.(AFP/DDP/Michael Gottschalk)" border="0" /></a>AFP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday she was expecting a "comprehensive thank-you letter" from General Motors for huge loans to keep the auto maker's Opel unit afloat, which she said had now been repaid.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/bs_afp/germanyusautocompanystructuregmopelmerkel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259088905740-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=75&q=85&sig=hZp7OtJz9Lb1x3dFvRx6iQ--" align="left" height="75" width="130" alt="photo" title="German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech in Berlin as she attends the German federal Employers' conference. Merkel said Tuesday she was expecting a "comprehensive thank-you letter" from General Motors for huge loans to keep the auto maker's Opel unit afloat, which she said had now been repaid.(AFP/DDP/Michael Gottschalk)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20091124/tc_zd/246366 zd/20091124/246366 PC Magazine business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:34:40 GMT PC Magazine - BMW's EfficientDynamics Vision concept car combines the best of all worlds with incredible fuel efficiency, breaktaking performance, and sensational looks. And oh, what looks! http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091124/bs_nm/us_gm_opel nm/20091124/us_gm_opel Reuters business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:47:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091124/bs_nm/us_gm_opel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091124/i/r2535400256.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=.kGCFASce9oAhYkPCzGXHA--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="Nick Reilly, interim head of General Motor's European business, speaks to media in Duesseldorf, November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender" border="0" /></a>Reuters - General Motors has paid back a loan from Germany and slightly lowered its target for job cuts at struggling European unit Opel.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091124/bs_nm/us_gm_opel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091124/i/r2535400256.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=.kGCFASce9oAhYkPCzGXHA--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="photo" title="Nick Reilly, interim head of General Motor's European business, speaks to media in Duesseldorf, November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/bs_afp/japanbritainelectricalcompanyrailhitachi afp/20091124/japanbritainelectricalcompanyrailhitachi AFP business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:35:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/bs_afp/japanbritainelectricalcompanyrailhitachi"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259046918080-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=73&q=85&sig=6J.YMCJuLblauHXbSI1Aqg--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="An artist impression from the Department of Transport of a "super express" train for the Great Western and East Coast main lines. Japan's Hitachi is planning to build railway carriages in Britain in a multi-billion-dollar deal that would also create hundreds of new jobs, a company spokesman says.(AFP/HO/Department for Transport/FILE/Ho)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Japanese high-tech giant Hitachi Ltd. plans to build railway cars in Britain in a multi-billion-dollar deal that would also create hundreds of new jobs, a company spokesman said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/bs_afp/japanbritainelectricalcompanyrailhitachi"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259046918080-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=73&q=85&sig=6J.YMCJuLblauHXbSI1Aqg--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="photo" title="An artist impression from the Department of Transport of a "super express" train for the Great Western and East Coast main lines. Japan's Hitachi is planning to build railway carriages in Britain in a multi-billion-dollar deal that would also create hundreds of new jobs, a company spokesman says.(AFP/HO/Department for Transport/FILE/Ho)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/automotive/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091123/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gm_shaky_steering ap/20091123/us_gm_shaky_steering AP business Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:29:36 GMT AP - General Motors Co. has sued a supplier, saying it has spent more than $30 million fixing problems in the steering systems of the Chevrolet Cobalt, its best-selling small car, and other vehicles.