http://www.autonews.com News as it happens from autonews.com en-us Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:00:00 EST 10 144 16 http://www.autonews.com http://www.autonews.com/assets/gif/an_logo_rss.gif Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:30:00 EST GMAC Inc. still has no business plan even after receiving a $17.2 billion investment from the government, and the Treasury Department has been lax in making sure that the bank repays taxpayers, a congressional panel said today. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:01:00 EST Automotive News TV for March 11, 2010 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:42:00 EST All Bentley cars in the Continental range will be sold as flex-fuel-only vehicles starting in June. Bentley announced the decision to make its Continental sedan, coupe and convertible flex-fuel at the Geneva auto show. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:01:00 EST U.S. federal regulators said they were looking into a report of another runaway Toyota Prius, this one in Westchester County, N.Y., where police said a woman pulling out of a driveway zoomed across a busy street and into a stone wall. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:01:00 EST Chrysler Group has named a former Ford and Volkswagen marketing executive to head the Fiat brand in North America. Laura Soave, 37, will be in charge of reintroducing Fiat to North America. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:01:00 EST The venue may be European, but many of the vehicles are headed straight to the U.S. Automotive News West Coast Editor Mark Rechtin reports from the 2010 Geneva Auto Show during press preview days. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:01:00 EST Electric car hopeful Aurica Motors LLC is floating a plan to keep open a California joint venture between Toyota and General Motors by building zero emission vehicles there. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:27:00 EST Fresh Toyota and General Motors incentives boosted the U.S. auto market in early March to the fastest sales pace this year, the auto data Web site Edmunds.com said today. In the first eight days of March, the U.S. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:49:00 EST Considering all the trouble Toyota had in February -- accusations of unintended acceleration, predictions of falling resale values and the suspension of sales of recalled vehicles -- had the brand's certified used vehicle sales suffered, I wouldn't... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:46:00 EST FRANKFURT (Reuters) -- BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer said he is "cautiously optimistic" about 2010 as the German premium automaker posted a better-than-expected 2009 profit despite lower vehicle production.