(September 24, 2009) Although its new owners will be Chinese, Hummer will still retain its headquarters in Michigan.

If the sale of Hummer to the Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Company is finalized, the brand will invest up to $9.4 million to create a new global headquarters in southeastern Michigan. The facility will be responsible for all design, engineering, product planning, and marketing of Hummer vehicles and will create approximately 941 new jobs, including 300 with the company itself.

(September 22, 2009) The Associated Press reports that pickups and sport utility vehicles were big sellers under the "cash for clunkers" program, despite the federal government's focus on replacing gas guzzlers with more fuel-efficient cars.

(September 21, 2009) AutoWeek reports that General Motors is dropping plans to develop a new unibody pickup truck similar to the Honda Ridgeline.  As gasoline prices rose and pickup sales fell, GM sought an alternative to the standard body-on-frame pickup.

A mid-sized unibody pickup on GM's mid-sized, front-drive platform had been intended for buyers who do not need the hauling and towing capabilities of full-sized models. Honda's mid-sized Ridgeline is the only unibody pickup sold in the United States.

(September 17, 2009) SANTA MONICA, Calif — As the auto industry recovers from perhaps the biggest aberration in its sales history, Edmunds.com analysts are watching closely.

"The best month of the year for car sales is being quickly followed by what could be the worst month of the year," noted Edmunds.com CEO Jeremy Anwyl. Cash for Clunkers was supposed to prime the pump, but that is a physics concept, and economics is quite different. Demand has dropped off significantly since the program ended."