(February 17, 2010) DETROIT (PRNewswire) — GM Certified Used Vehicles, a leading manufacturer-certified used vehicle brand, today announced the addition of Saturn models to their certified vehicle lineup. All Saturn model years 2005-2010 are now available for purchase at any of the 3,400 Buick, Chevrolet and GMC GM Certified Used Vehicles dealers across the nation.

(February 17, 2010) Toyota is switching from factory overtime to factory shutdowns because of the disruption in retail sales caused by its January safety recall, Automotive News reports.

The automaker said it would stop Tundra pickup production in San Antonio the weeks of March 15 and April 12. Toyota also will stop production of the Camry and Avalon sedans and the Venza crossover at its Georgetown, Ky., plant on Friday, Feb. 26. Toyota is considering canceling three more days of production there in March and early April.

(February 15, 2010) ORLANDO, Fla.. — Ford executives confirmed that Mercury will get a new car on the same platform as the Ford Focus.

Ford executives told dealers Sunday at the NADA convention that the small Mercury is coming in 2011, the same year the Focus arrives. Two dealers who attended the meeting say the car will be called the Mercury Tracer, according to the Automotive News.

(February 14, 2010) ORLANDO, Fla.—With manufacturing reviving and with certain policies exposed to public scrutiny in the past year, “we the retailers need to … embrace the freedom to innovate and create new ways of doing business that simply delight our customers,” said AutoNation CEO Michael Jackson at the NADA convention. “We have an awesome responsibility—considering the trauma that this industry has gone through—that we don’t miss this moment.”