Friday, August 8, 2008 Ford revs in quality survey Lexus leads, but Blue Oval brands all top industry average Bryce G. Hoffman / The Detroit News Ford Motor Co.’s three domestic brands all received above-average marks in J.D. Power and Associates’ influential annual survey of vehicle dependability, but several General Motors Corp. brands slipped in [...]

  Toyota sees leasing losses; operating profits fall queryvar=”toyota,sees,leasing,losses;,operating,profits,fall”; Hans Greimel Automotive News | August 7, 2008 – 2:45 am EST ENLARGE U.S. sales of the Toyota Prius fell 3.9 percent through July vs. the same period of 2007,   TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. was the latest automaker stung by the U.S. leasing crisis [...]

  GM to lend Delphi another $300 million queryvar=”gm,to,lend,delphi,another,$300,million”; Andrew Grossman Automotive News | August 7, 2008 – 4:41 pm EST     DETROIT — General Motors wants to lend Delphi another $300 million to help the troubled supplier emerge from bankruptcy. That’s on top of the $650 million it has already made available to [...]