AUBURN HILLS, Mich., May 14 (UPI) -- U.S. automaker Chrysler planned to cut nearly 800 dealerships Thursday to become a leaner and more profitable company, a court filing said.

WASHINGTON, May 13 (UPI) -- U.S automobile dealers headed to Washington said a plan to eliminate dealerships would cost the country 180,000 jobs in the communities they serve.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Chrysler LLC is planning to phase out as many as half its car models and push dealers to focus on three brands, the company said Friday.

DETROIT, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- General Motors Corp., with slumping sales and grumpy dealers, ceded nearly all control of nearly $500 million in regional advertising to its dealers.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., May 23 (UPI) -- Dealers are ordering Chrysler vehicles again, Chief Executive Officer Tom LaSorda said at a "town meeting" with workers at the U.S. automaker's headquarters.

LAS VEGAS, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- A top U.S. auto industry analyst has called for the closure of two-thirds of the nation's dealerships selling Detroit-made cars.

BOCA RATON, Fla., Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Black Book Online Research reported in a survey Monday that 92 percent of auto dealers will expand Internet departments in the next year.

SCHAUMBURG, Ill., May 19 (UPI) -- Experian Automotive of Illinois said Wednesday it has acquired AutoCount of Florida for an undisclosed amount.

CHICAGO, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Illinois' attorney general has proposed a truth-in-lending auto financing law to make dealers fully disclose how much they make on loan interest rates.

DETROIT, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Ford Motor Co. chief William Clay Ford apologized to dealers for trying to impose business policy on them. Ford told the National Automotive Dealers Association convention this weekend in San Francisco he was sorry for alienating the automaker's 4,500 dea