California regulators have given Volkswagen 45 days to plan a recall of models with 3.0-liter diesel engines.

General Motors Co. cant sell cars to many apartment-dwelling New Yorkers, so its testing a plan to rent them one.

The criminal settlement may end almost two years of questions about what GMs executives knew and whether they would be held personally responsible.

A record penalty that could reach $105 million isnt the only imposition U.S. auto-safety regulators are making on Fiat Chrysler: Its also getting a house guest.

The U.S. government is determining whether charges will be brought against General Motors Co. or its employees over the handling of a faulty ignition switch, a person familiar with the investigation said.

No one could blame General Motors CEO Mary Barra if she wanted a do-over in the new year after spending much of 2014 dealing with the automakers ignition-switch recall.

Amid the worst safety-defect crisis in its history, General Motors Co. executives and staff have taken to social media to find customer complaints and identify quality issues long before they become a crisis.