Analysts expect the holidays to come early for automakers.

Berkshire Hathaway is buying the country’s fifth-largest group of auto dealers.

Porsche hopes their new Macan will diversify their nearly all-male customer base.

Auto sales figures out today show a huge increase. What’s behind the sudden rise?

Sales of pickup trucks helped the Big Three U.S. automakers beat analysts’ expectations for November sales.

Car makers should get a nice bump from the long holiday weekend, and all those Labor Day sales you saw advertised.

But that comes with an asterisk.

This morning the National Retail Federation predicted modest growth for holiday shopping this year — up about four percent — and automakers are expecting another strong month of sales.

As car makers report higher sales, a strengthening housing market can play a role.

The steady increase in auto sales is also fueling a boom in auto employment—everything from dealerships, to auto suppliers and assembly plants