(December 29, 2010) Pent-up demand is driving new vehicle sales to their highest level since 2008, an auto dealers trade group said.  Sales of light vehicles, on the decline since at least 2006, have accelerated this year, according to the National Automobile Dealers Association.

(December 29, 2010) Automotive tax incentives are ending in China, and that might stifle the world's biggest vehicle market.

Not so says executives of General Motors Co., Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. and BYD Co. The view from the three Chinese automotive giants is that the country's demand for cars will outweigh the impact from the elimination of incentives that have boosted sales, according to Bloomberg News.

(December 29, 2010) The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into concerns that 2000-2002 Mercedes Benz M Class vehicles have a defective warning light that could result in drivers being unable to disengage the cruise control, the Detroit News reported today.

(December 29, 2010) DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford is preparing to debut a new version of its breakthrough MyKey technology that — for the first time — will allow parents to block explicit satellite radio content in the vehicle, much like parents are able to prevent children from viewing certain types of television and Internet content.

(December 28, 2010) IRVINE, Calif. (PRNewswire) — Kelley Blue Book's popular 2010 Ford F-150 Raptor video recently won the "Best Audio-Visual" award during the 2010 Dean Batchelor Awards from the Los Angeles-based Motor Press Guild (MPG), the largest automotive media association in North America.

(December 27, 2010) DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford powertrain engineers will tear down an engine that has gone a distance equal to six times around the earth and three quarters of the way to the moon. Or put another way: the engine has the equivalent of 160,000 miles and 10 years of rugged use.

(December 27, 2010) The Jeep brand is bringing the “Jeep Rocks & Road Tour,” an off-road driving experience, to consumers attending the 2011 San Diego International Auto Show, Dec. 30 – Jan. 2 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Calif.

(December 27, 2010) The Tata Nano has received the GOOD DESIGN Award for 2010, which is given annually by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design together with The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.

(December 27, 2010) DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford’s popular fuel-saving technology that automatically shuts off the engine when the vehicle comes to a stop — a feature found today on the Ford Fusion Hybrid and Ford Escape Hybrid and some Ford cars in Europe — will soon be added to conventional cars, crossovers and SUVs in North America.