GM likely to retake title of top automaker due to strong sales and Toyota’s quake troubles DETROIT — General Motors is almost certain to claim the title of world’s biggest automaker this year, retaking the top spot from Toyota, which has been hurt by production problems since the Japanese earthquake and still can’t escape the [Continue]

General Motors aiming to double its China car sales to 5 million SHANGHAI – General Motors Co. said Monday it plans to double the number of cars it sells in China to 5 million by 2015. Read more on Lansing State Journal [Continue]

Chrysler’s March sales climb 31% AUBURN HILLS – Chrysler’s U.S. sales jumped 31 percent in March from a year earlier, spurred by solid performance by its two updated mid-size sedans, Chrysler 200 and Dodge Avenger, as well as Jeep’s two smallest models, Compass and Patriot, both of which more than doubled their sales from March [Continue]

High gas prices boost hybrid sales High gas prices boost hybrid sales Read more on The Palm Beach Post [Continue]

Silent Sales Success: Plug-In Electric Cars NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Let’s say you are an automobile manufacturer. Let’s further say that you want to sell every car you make, preferably the same day the car arrives at the dealership, so that there is no inventory and no discounts. Ferrari has done this for years or [Continue]