Ford's top sales analyst says small cars will be biggest US market segment by 2013Small car sales will continue to grow in the U.S. and likely will become the largest segment of the market by 2013, according to Ford Motor Co.'s top sales analyst. George Pipas told ...

Automakers scramble to replace dealer stocks depleted by sales from clunker programUnder normal circumstances, it would take Ford Motor Co. about a month to replace a Focus sold at one of Richard Bazzy's two Pittsburgh-area dealerships. Today, with customers across the country clamoring to trade in old gas guzzlers ...

Car buyers returned to showrooms in July, boosting sales as big rebates drive businessThe government's "cash-for-clunkers" program drew car and truck buyers back to American showrooms last month, making July the best month for auto sales in nearly a year and offering powerful evidence that the rebates were working ...