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With auto sales in Europe stalled, Fiat is pushing Chrysler to boost production at key US plants over the opposition of blue-collar workers who don't like the new work schedules.

Unabashed sentimentality took the unofficial Super Bowl trophy for advertising brilliance on Sunday, with draft horses and pickup trucks both putting a lump in America's collective throat.

Pickup trucks may be the essence of the identity of the American working man, rugged, beefy, and powerful, but they're now also about soft leather interiors, iPad mounts, easy steps to scale the rising floorlines and fuel efficiency.

Stand-out styling, performance and luxury dominated the Detroit auto show Monday as carmakers jostled for position amid booming sales and renewed optimism after a deep downturn.

You might expect the head of an operation that pours tens of millions of dollars into the Las Vegas economy would hit town by landing his personal means of transportation at McCarran International Airport. Well, Karl Stressman hit town in a personal means of transportation all right. But you can't very well land a 2011 Dodge Ram pickup at the airport. Nope, the head of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association made the 13 -hour drive from his home and PRCA headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colo., straight through to Vegas. The overriding reasons: The trip was too long, and maybe too cold, to make it on horseback. And heck, flying is faster, but where's the adventure in that?

(Reuters) - Automakers are losing weight by shedding that spare tire.

DETROIT (Reuters) - Chrysler Group LLC will recall about 286,000 Dodge Ram pickup trucks because of potential problems with tie rod assemblies that may increase the risk of a crash, the automaker and U.S. safety regulators said on Wednesday.

DETROIT (Reuters) - Mercedes-Benz dealerships were tops for the third straight year in an independent study issued on Monday of U.S. auto dealers that uses secret shoppers to determine how customers are treated.

DETROIT (Reuters) - Big pickup trucks are clogging many U.S. dealer lots, causing headaches for General Motors Co <GM.N> and other automakers, and raising concerns about price wars and lower profits later in the year.

DETROIT (Reuters) - Trouble with new technologies including a clunky control system for its radios pounded Ford Motor Co's <F.N> ranking in a closely watched quality ranking, just a year after the U.S. brand led its mass-market rivals.

DETROIT (Reuters) - Trouble with new technologies including a clunky control system for its radios pounded Ford Motor Co's <F.N> ranking in a closely watched quality ranking, just a year after the U.S. brand led its mass-market rivals.

DETROIT (Reuters) - Chrysler Group LLC shifted five top executives into new or expanded roles on Tuesday, including appointing design chief Ralph Gilles to take charge of a newly created Street and Racing Technology brand.

DETROIT (Reuters) - Chrysler Group LLC reported its first quarterly net profit since emerging from bankruptcy nearly two years ago, helped by a revamped lineup of cars and trucks as well as higher vehicle prices.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. safety investigators have launched a new review of steering complaints in Dodge Ram pickup trucks that could result in a bigger recall of that vehicle, documents showed on Friday.

All new power, features, for 2011. New Engines Power Ford's Line of F-150 Trucks By Jim Bray TechnoFile.com Calgary, Alberta - Ford's iconic F-150 pickup truck enters the second decade of the second millennium bristling with new power choices and features the company hopes will keep it at the top end of the best selling truck list. And if the demonstration they set up for us holds true in the real world, they probably will. I must admit up front that I'm not a truck guy and therefore probably not the most knowledgeable or experienced in the field. But I was there, and I did drive all these vehicles back to back, and the trucks did perform as I outline here. We gathered at Race City Motorsports Park in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on a chilly and snowy supposedly-spring day to put the F-150 and two of its chief competitors through their paces under a variety of conditions, from heavy (well, heavy to me!) hauling to acceleration and handling tests on a tight, twisty road course. Part of the

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Chrysler Group LLC plans to sharply increase its advertising spending and is on track to complete its Project Genesis restructuring and product development initiative by the end of the year, dealers and company executives said on Sunday.

In another sign of the US auto industry's recovery, Chrysler Group has said it plans to build a new sport utility vehicle for Italy's Maserati in North America.

Top selling cars and trucks in the US in 2010.

Top-selling full-size pickup trucks in 2010 vs. 2009.

US automakers Ford and Chrysler are recalling tens of thousands of vehicles due to safety problems, the government said Friday.