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GM is expected to show a sales increase of 15.3% from a year ago when it posts August numbers later this week, according to auto industry research firm Edmunds. That would be an improvement of 30,000 cars and light trucks and would eclipse the unit gains of its smaller rivals.

Short sellers have significantly increased their bet that GM shares are going to drop: Short interest in the No.1 U.S. car company jumped 26.5% to 41.5 million shares in the two-week period that ended May 15.

Car prices have risen quickly and quietly in the last few weeks. According to auto industry research firm Edmunds, the average amount buyers are paying for cars or light trucks is up $350 since Japan's earthquake and tsunami in March -- and the price of Japanese vehicles is up even more.

It's still too early to measure how a devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan will impact the U.S. economy. A few things, however, are all but certain.

Honda Motor was hit by a second strike in China on Monday, coming close on the heels of an earlier strike at a different Honda factory that just ended last week.

Toyota's Prius was the No.1 selling car in Japan for the 11th month in a row.

As Toyota's recall of cars with floor mat and accelerator problems spreads to Europe, it could benefit other car companies competing for market share.

The Toyota Prius was the top-selling can in Japan last year -- a sign that the hybrid has come of age.

A new 2010 Chrysler with $4,000 cash back? Large incentive programs for new cars are usually set up to help dealers dump inventory they cannot sell or clear lots of last year's models as current model year cars and light truck come in. Incentives like this have been one of the primary reasons that...

Honda (HMC) is a hotbed of creative thinking when it comes to transportation and mechanics. It makes motorcycles, cars and high-end lawn mowers. Its early Civic was one of the first small Japanese cars distributed widely in the U.S. during the mid-1970s, and was one of the first mass-produced...