Michigan car buyers tend to purchase what their neighbors make, but that doesn't matter as much to the rest of the country.

  Carl-Peter Forster, General Motors Co.'s highest ranking executive in Europe, may join Tata Motors, according to a source close to the negotiations. Forster, whose departure from GM was announced Friday, has been in talks with the Indian automaker.

  GM hopes to salvage a key element of the collapsed plan to sell Opel -- a three-way production deal in Russia.

  General Motors Co. is considering a former vice chairman of AT&T among roughly seven candidates to replace Chief Financial Officer Ray Young, according to two sources familiar with the search.

  Detroit -- Carl-Peter Forster, chief executive of General Motors Co.'s European operations, will leave the company, GM said Friday.

  Don't look at the picture. The 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour looks much better than any camera can capture. In person, the Accord Crosstour looks downright stylish.

  Look, the world needs some good news. Wars, the economy, swine flu. My God, Andrew Lloyd Webber is making a sequel to "Phantom of the Opera." So now comes the 2010 Mazdaspeed3 -- which is the best-in-class compact-hatch Mazda3 stuffed with horsepower foie gras -- and that, oppressed citizens, is an occasion for good cheer.

  Chrysler Group LLC has launched a new national advertising campaign for Jeep, its most recognizable nameplate.

  Time is not on Chrysler's side because the clock clearly favors crosstown rivals Ford and, yes, General Motors -- both of which have killer products in showrooms, right now.

  Dearborn --For Srini Sundararajan, the new inflatable seat belt system that Ford Motor Co. debuted Thursday represents the culmination of a decade of work and the realization of his dream to make automobile transportation safer.