(November 5, 2012) Toyota today reported a sales surge of 45 percent in North America in the latest quarter while operating profit doubled to help the automaker raise its full-year profit outlook.

Regional sales climbed to 598,000 units in the three months ended Sept. 30, the company's fiscal second quarter, up from 413,000 a year earlier, when sales worldwide were hampered by the earthquake in Japan, Automotive News reported.

(November 5, 2012) DETROIT — Buick’s October retail sales were the highest since 2006, putting the brand on track for its best retail sales year since that year. Year-over-year sales to individual customers increased for the sixth straight month, up 15 percent. Total Buick sales, including those sold to executive fleets and other commercial customers, also grew by 15 percent.

(November 4, 2012) CYPRESS, Calif. —- Mitsubishi once had a full lineup for vehicles in the United States and was a viable competitor with many of its Japanese counterparts in North America. Times have changed and Mitsubishi is all but invisible with just a handful of models.

(November 4, 2012) DETROIT — The all-new Cadillac ATS sport sedan employs high-tech electronics to manage interior noise, following a simple piece of parental advice – “Listen!”  The new ATS contains three microphones inside the cabin that carefully monitor, and then adjust, interior sounds to create a proper environment for Cadillac’s sport sedan.