The top White House official in charge of helping cities recover from auto plant closures will be in the St. Louis region today, and he’s bringing $25 million with him.

At an event in Valley Park later this morning, Ed Montgomery,…

BY NELSON D. SCHWARTZ
New York Times

TYCHY, Poland — For decades, automakers looking for the secret to small-car success would journey to Toyota City in Japan. These days, they are coming to Tychy.

Since Fiat effectively took over Chrysler this year, engineers…

A month after Chrysler warned the Canadian government that it would pull out of Canada unless it received aid, the automaker’s proposed partner has issued its own ultimatum, according to a report.

This warning came from Fiat SpA to union workers…

Chrysler’s hourly workers have until April 27 to accept buyout and retirement offers.

The Detroit automaker made its latest offer in February and has twice extended the sign-up deadline, saying it wanted to give workers time to review union concessions before…

A day after Chrysler Co-President Tom LaSorda warned the Canadian government it needs loans and labor concessions to keep production in the country, Ontario’s economic development minister labeled the ultimatum as “gamesmanship.”

“It’s a ham-handed way of saying what’s always been…

Citing the decline in auto sales and its ongoing viability plan, Chrysler LLC said today that it would eliminate one production shift at its minivan assembly plant in Windsor, Ontario and indefinitely lay off about 1,200 workers.

Workers on three production…

Chrysler said it has submitted its viability plan to the Treasury Department today, asking for $2 billion in additional funding beyond the $7 billion it requested from the government last year. So far, the government has given the automaker $4…

Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., an outspoken critic of domestic automakers, kicked the tires on the federal government’s investment today.

Corker, who was critical of the auto-aid legislation tossed around in Congress last month, visited the North American International Auto Show in Detroit this…

One of the most talked-about questions at the North American International Auto Show has been when U.S. sales – and the auto industry — will rebound or at the very least, stabilize. Several analysts, including Ford Motor Co.’s U.S. sales analyst…

Chrysler LLC has reduced its 2008 Dodge Ram inventory to about one month’s supply, or 7,000 units, said Steven Landry, executive vice president of North American sales and marketing, global parts and service.

Still, inventories for the older 2008 model year…