Bernard Cournil was a French vehicle maker who progressed from improving other people's vehicles to manufacturing his own during the late 1950s.

Mitsubishi ranks ninth among vehicle makers in American sales so far this year, compared with eighth at this time last year.

In 2012, the company manufactured 591,000 passenger vehicles, the 10th largest production of any Chinese vehicle maker that year.

Under the agreement, the vehicle makers committed themselves to cutting a variety of emissions by 5.3 million metric tons by the end of 2010.

In 1906 Baker made 800 cars, making them the largest electric vehicle maker in the world at the time.

Manufacturing for 2011 resulted in 486,800 units, and output this year was the tenth largest of any vehicle maker in China.

Oldsmobile estimates that 2,500 vehicle makers have come and gone since 1897.

But over the years, several vehicle makers have come up with a solution that appears - well, downright screwy.

Why any vehicle maker would choose to name one of its models after such creatures is not clear.

And domestic vehicle makers reported their lowest sales in 17 months for the last 10 days of March.