Automakers recalled nearly 15 million vehicles for repairs at dealerships last year, the government reported Thursday, an increase of about 30 percent over 2006.
Automakers issued 588 separate recalls involving 14.5 million vehicles in 2007, or about 30 percent more vehicles than the previous year, according to data released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In 2006, the industry recalled 11.2 million vehicles as part of 490 individual recalls.

Some Ford trucks weren’t built tough enough to resist fire.

Two F-150 s have already gone ablaze in Bentonville - and both instances could have been prevented if the owners had paid attention to Ford’s recall notice.

Ford Motor Co., battling a 12-year slide in U.S. market share, negotiates a new contract this week with a United Auto Workers union seeking to extend job guarantees won at General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC.

by Frank Filipponio
Ford Motor Co. has admitted what we saw coming for some time. The New York Times just ran a story saying Ford has announced that they fully expect Toyota to take over as number two behind General Motors. At least in America. Perhaps not unexpected, but it still sounds weird to hear that […]