(January 5, 2011) HERNDON, Va. — Volkswagen has created a series of humorous and informative webisodes starring Saturday Night Live comedian, Bill Hader paired with trained Volkswagen product specialist, Danielle Gumro, and SNL writer John Mulaney.

The series titled, “Inside the VW Academy,” shows the duo weaving together useful and hard-hitting product features in a compelling and entertaining way.

(January 5, 2011) Despite the continued sales slump at Toyota, the Toyota mid-sized family sedan Camry won the overall sales title as the best-selling car in America for the ninth straight year edging out the Honda Accord.

(January 5, 2011) TORRANCE, Calif. — Honda on Tuesday reported December monthly new vehicle sales of 129,616, an increase of 25.5 percent on a daily selling-rate basis. American Honda's 2010 annual vehicle sales totaled 1,230,480, an increase of 7.6 percent compared to 2009 results.

(January 5, 2011) LAS VEGAS — OnStar today announced that it is responding to repeated consumer requests by offering its industry leading safety, security and connectivity services for non-GM and older GM vehicles already on the road.

(January 5, 2011) CHERRY HILL, N.J.  (PRNewswire) —Subaru on Tuesday reported its full-year results for 2010 with record total sales of 263,820, a 22 percent increase over 2009, itself a record sales year.

The company broke its 2009 record as early as Nov. 3 and has showed no signs of slowing down since that announcement. In fact, December sales of 26,694 marked the best December in the company's history by a wide margin, exceeding the previous record set in 2009 by 16 percent. 

(January 5, 2011) FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. — Hyundai on Tuesday announced December sales of 44,802 units, up 33 percent versus 2009.  For the full year, Hyundai reported 538,228 sales, up 103,164 units from last year for a 24 percent gain and an all-time Hyundai sales and market share record for the year.

(January 4, 2011) The U.S. auto market ended the year on a strong note with sales of 1.1 million units, a gain of 11 percent over December 2009.

Overall, U.S. light vehicle sales rose 11 percent to 11.59 million units last year from 10.43 million in 2009 — when demand fell to the lowest point in 27 years. It was the industry’s first annual U.S. sales gain since 2005.

(January 4, 2011) LOS ANGELES — Toyota predicts its Prius hybrid and related models bearing the same name to become its top-selling U.S. vehicle line by the end of the decade, Bloomberg News reports.

“We will end the decade with Prius being the No. 1 nameplate in the industry,” Bob Carter, Toyota's group vice president for U.S. sales, said in a call with analysts on Monday.

(January 4, 2010) Automotive News reports that General Motors has stopped making the Cadillac SRX turbo crossover because of low sales.

The turbo version have made up 5 to 10 percent of SRX model sales since its debut in December 2009, Cadillac spokeswoman Robyn Henderson said on Monday. In 2010, GM has sold 45,229 SRX units through November.

(January 3, 2011) MILAN — Tommaso Ebhardt reporting for Bloomberg says Fiat SpA, the Italian carmaker that owns 20 percent of Chrysler Group LLC, may boost the holding to more than 50 percent before the U.S. automaker’s initial public offering, according to the two companies’ CEO.

“I think it is possible. I don’t know whether it is likely, but it is possible that we’ll go over the 50 percent mark if Chrysler decides to go to the markets in 2011,” Sergio Marchionne, 58, told reporters at the Milan stock exchange. “It will be advantageous if that happens.”