Alex Davies

Chinese buyers love Buicks, the large, spacious cars are seen as status symbols.

General Motors joins Ford in pulling out of the European auto business, with GM's supervisory board voting to close a German factory that produces Opel brand cars.

The lackluster safety record of Indonesian airlines, highlighted by a recent non-fatal Lion Air crash in Bali, includes a troubling history of pilots using methamphetamine.

The Carnival Fascination failed a health inspection in February after Center for Disease Control and Prevention inspectors found live flies, roach nymphs, dried food waste, and many other violations throughout the cruise ship.

Airbus will offer airlines the option of extra-wide seats on its A320 jets to keep up with 'trends in demographics' and accommodate large passengers.

The president of France's national rail company SNCF calls new service the best high-speed rail deal in the world. Fares from the Paris suburbs to the Mediterranean coast cost as little as $13.

The automatic spending cuts mandated by the sequestration are set to take effect next week, and the FAA is preparing to cut about $600 million in expenditures.

Cars pumping out only water could be on the road by 2017, industry experts said. Ford, Daimler AG (which owns Mercedes-Benz and Smart) and Renault-Nissan announced a partnership yesterday to speed up the development of zero-emission fuel cell electric vehicles by sharing the costs of investment.