Nissan's quarterly profit rose 3.2% on healthier sales that offset production damage from flooding in Thailand and a battering from the strong yen. Yokohama-based Nissan on Wednesday reported October-December third-quarter profit of 82.7 billion yen ($1.07 billion), up from 80.1 billion yen a year earlier.

Cars.com offers its picks for the top 10 ugly cars from the U.S. market over the past 30 years: Toyota Tercel wagon, 1983-87. Boxy hatchbacks aren't inherently ugly, but when you add in odd angles and a rearmost window that looks like it dropped out of a Lego kit, things start to go wrong.

Toyota said Wednesday it plans to invest $400 million and create 400 jobs at its assembly plant in Princeton, Ind., to build a Highlander SUV hybrid, ending all production of that model in Japan. The decision allows Toyota to produce an additional 50,000 Highlanders annually in Indiana, many of which it will export to markets including Russia and Australia.

Chrysler is in talks with banks about forming a joint-venture partnership similar to the arrangement its majority owner Fiat has with Credit Agricole, according to two people familiar with the matter.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — Nathanael Rice of Parachute, accused of accidentally shooting another man in the head and killing him last month, was formally charged on Wednesday with reckless manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and illegal discharge of a firearm.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak must abolish the Sedition Act to prove his pledge to reform the judicial system and safeguard civil liberties, the DAP said today. Because the law existed, the courts were still using it to justify the authorities’ move to gag a person’s right to free speech even though it was ...