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March is turning out to be the best month for auto sales in at least six years. Major automakers including Ford, Chrysler, Toyota, General Motors and Nissan all reported increases, with some reporting their best monthly totals since the start of the Great Recession in December of 2007.

The most problem-free cars and trucks are made by Honda and Toyota, but Ford is closing in fast and General Motors is making big quality improvements, according to Consumer Reports magazine's 2010 reliability rankings.

General Motors and Chrysler are beginning to make some headway after getting a financial and operational overhaul compliments of the U.S. bankruptcy court.

For the first time ever, Ford’s Lincoln Mercury and GM’s Buick received the highest customer satisfaction rankings in the American Customer Satisfaction Index released Tuesday.

Despite plummeting sales, its per-share loss is about half of what analysts had predicted. Also today, GM borrows more federal funds, and reports point to Chrysler bankruptcy.