(January 23, 2010) DETROIT -- General Motors, continuing to fight vehicle shortages at dealerships, will add overtime production to its truck-based SUV plant in Arlington, Texas, starting next week, according to Automotive News.

The plant makes standard and hybrid versions of the Cadillac Escalade, Chevrolet Tahoe and GMC Yukon. As of Jan. 1, all versions of those SUVs had less than a 34-day supply, according to the Automotive News Data Center. Analysts recommend a 60-day supply, and the overall industry started 2010 with a 53-day supply.

(January 22, 2010) U.S. regulators have expanded the scope of an investigation into complaints that airbags on certain Ford Motor Co F-150 pickups deployed without warning and caused dozens of injuries. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration made documents public this week that show the agency is now looking at model year 2004-06 trucks, covering an estimated 1.56 million vehicles. That is triple the number identified when the agency launched a preliminary review of 2005 pickups last fall.

(January 21, 2010) Four Honda vehicles earned recognition from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) as among the “greenest vehicles of 2010” with the Civic GX natural gas car earning the title of American’s greenest vehicle for the seventh consecutive year.

(January 20, 2010) Ford’s new 2011 Mustang GT will serve as the Official Pace Car at this year’s 52nd Daytona 500, the first time in 40 years a Ford vehicle has paced NASCAR’s biggest and most prestigious race.

Under the hood of the Mustang GT Glass Roof Coupe will be Ford’s all-new 5.0-liter V-8, which will be available to customers in dealer showrooms this spring.