Mazda Motor Corp.

Global vehicle production at Toyota and Nissan declined in October, hit by a U.S. slump, but worldwide production was up at Honda and Mazda, according to data released Thursday. Toyota Motor Corp., Japan's top automaker, produced 791,665 vehicles last...

Ford Motor Co. is slashing its stake in Japan's Mazda Motor Corp. by nearly two-thirds, joining other struggling U.S. automakers in a fire-sale of prized assets to stay afloat. Ford, which owns 33.4 percent of Mazda, will sell about a 20 percent stake....

General Motors Corp. signaled today that it might have only enough cash on hand to fund operations through year's end and that it has broken off merger talks with Chrysler amid the liquidity crisis. The news, which came as GM announced a $4.2-billion...

The last time auto sales were this bad, the U.S. had just gone to war in Iraq -- for the first time. Total U.S. automobile sales in October slumped to 838,156 cars and light trucks, a 32% decline from the same month last year. That's the lowest single-...

TOKYO Mazda denied yesterday that a decision had been made by troubled Ford Motor Co. to sell its stake in the Japanese automaker, but didn't rule out a possible deal. Japanese media reported yesterday that Ford was considering selling its one-third stake...