(September 9, 2009) Volvo is recalling S80 models for the 2008-2010 model year, XC70 models for the 2009-2010 model year, and 2010 XC60 vehicles. The National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration says that under some conditions the software within the central electronic module may not send a signal to the fuel pump electronic
module.

This missing signal prevents the start of the electronic fuel pump.

(September 3, 2009) Good news for General Motors comes from half a world away. General Motors Co. has reported that its China vehicles sales in August jumped 112.7 percent from a year earlier, paving the way for a more than 40 percent rise in sales for the full year.

(September 3, 2009) Chrysler Group will start a second shift in Belvidere, Ill., to make more Dodge Calibers, the company said this week.

The second shift, which will add 850 workers at the plant starting Oct. 5, will enable the company to make an additional 10,000 Calibers this year. The Caliber was a popular Chrysler purchase in the cash-for-clunkers program, trade paper Automotive News reported.

(September 3, 2009) SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automotive information, estimated today that the average automotive manufacturer incentive in the U.S. was $2,475 per vehicle sold in August 2009, down $231, or 8.5 percent, from July 2009, and down $327, or 11.7 percent, from August 2008.