6 U.S. cars that trounce the imports

General Motors, BMW, and other automakers are giving venture capital a try after a long history of being late to the game. More

With its years of rapid sales gain maybe behind it, Toyota has had to turn its attention to cost cutting -- just like the Detroit automakers GM, Ford and Chrysler learned to do. More

General Motors pulled the plug on its first electric car, but supplier AeroVironment used some of that experience to build a very different kind of vehicle for the U.S. military. More