Regulators are still starved for cash from Congress to boost testing and enforcement.

Digital Millennium Copyright Act can protect automakers from scrutiny.

They 'will most likely be the ones cleaning up' VW's mess.

But the dollar's strength against the euro makes things tricky.

New loans for cars and light trucks have surpassed $1 trillion for the first time.

Consumers end up back in the market two or three years later.

Ford Motor Company CEO Mark Fields on how tech is competing with the auto industry.

That means consumers are shopping for quality, analyst says.

Detroit automakers benefit from streamlining operating costs during the recession.