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General Motors said Tuesday that United States sales rose 11.5 percent in February over the period a year ago, including a 32.2 percent gain for the four brands it is keeping: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC.

General Motors said it would put $2.6 billion into its Opel and Vauxhall units and reduce the amount it is seeking from European governments.

General Motors Co. said Monday it will recall 1.3 million Chevrolet and Pontiac compact cars sold in the U.S., Canada and Mexico to fix power steering motors that can fail.

GM is looking at two offers for its Hummer brand after a deal to sell the line of sport utility vehicles to a Chinese manufacturer collapsed this week.

Akio Toyoda appears before House Oversight Committee, apologizes for recent problems with some Toyota cars triggering recalls in the U.S.

The automaker says it's unable to complete a deal to sell its SUV brand to a Chinese industrial company. It plans to wind down Hummer operations, which would affect about 3,000 workers.

An internal memo claimed that the company saved millions by negotiating with U.S. regulators on a limited recall of floor mats.

General Motors chairman and chief executive, Ed Whitacre, Jr. will receive a compensation package worth $9 million, the automaker said Friday.

U.S. lawmakers moved Thursday to obtain internal company documents that a former Toyota official alleges show the auto maker hid safety defects from federal regulators. Separately, Toyota's president agreed to testify before Congress.

U.S. regulators launched a preliminary investigation into reported steering problems on the Corolla sedan on Wednesday as Toyota Motor Corp faced questions from U.S. lawmakers on whether it had ignored red flags on safety before a wave of vehicle recalls.