General Motors announced on Thursday that it will be extending its 60-day satisfaction guarantee program. The 60-day program kicked off on September 13th as part of General Motors’ “May the best car win” ad campaign.

Chrysler’s accessories and parts division, Mopar, announced that it will be significantly expanding its online parts store offering to include such items as new crate engine line, Hemi engine blocks, and components for live TV in vehicles.

Mercedes-Benz has announced that it will open a new alternative powertrain technology center on the campus of its Redford Township, Michigan facility. Mercedes-Benz made the announcement shortly after the township approved a tax exemption.

Our spy photographers have been tracking the production version of the cX concept for several weeks now, but Mitsubishi has now released an official sketch of the forthcoming crossover. Mitsubishi confirmed the cX was production bound a little over a year ago.

In one of the first signs of life we’ve seen at Chrysler in a while, our spy photographers have just sent us images of a development car for the next-generation Chrysler 300. Chrysler previewed the next 300’s interior at the 2009 New York Auto Show.

Almost 690,000 cars were sold under the government’s cash for clunkers program, but a new report finds that the CARS program was only responsible for 125,000 incremental sales. Moreover, the study finds that the average taxpayer cost of the program was $24,000 per vehicle.

The global car market may be starting to show signs of recovery, but most automakers are still suffering from a post-crash hangover. Mazda and Mitsubishi are two such companies, posting half-year net losses earlier on Thursday.

We were expecting the new Hyundai Elantra to debut for the 2013 model year, so we were very surprised to see this prototype and hear rumors for a 2011 model year introduction -– but now we have the pictures to prove it!

Despite earlier promises to speed up its production schedule, General Motors says it is pushing back the launch of one of its most important new vehicles by about three months. The Chevrolet Cruze, which will replace the Cobalt as the automaker’s compact sedan offering, will now hit dealers in the third quarter of 2010.

Like GM’s crosstown rival Ford, GM will also be closing a crossover plant for one week due to a “critical parts shortage.”

Rumors suggest that Korean automaker Hyundai and its subsidiary Kia have teamed up with Korean Electric Power Company in order to develop a special EV battery charging system for upcoming EV models.

Hyundai has announced it will once again partner with Street Concepts at this year’s SEMA Show in Las Vegas, presenting a one-off Hyundai Genesis Sedan creation. The 2009 SEMA partnership represents the 8th consecutive year of collaboration between the two companies at the annual Las Vegas event.

China has notified the United States that it intends to launch an investigation that would potentially impose new import duties on vehicles manufactured by GM, Ford and Chrysler if imported into China.

There are still a few selling days remaining in the month, but General Motors says October could mark the company’s first year-on-year sales increase in 21 months. General Motors hasn’t posted a year-on-year sales increase since January 2008.

Acura says it will introduce a wagon version of its entry-level TSX sedan in 2010 as a 2011 model. Based on the European-market Honda Accord wagon, which also serves as the basis for the TSX, the wagon will arrive in Acura dealerships in less than a year.

After months with nothing but quiet rumors, Volkswagen has released a more detailed official sketch of its upcoming as-of-yet unnamed “New Mid-Market Sedan,” or NMS. Designed to fight against class sales leaders Toyota Camry and Honda Accord, the new sedan is aimed at helping VW achieve its rather ambitious sales goals.

If you thought the end of the Saturn brand would only affect car buyers in America, think again! The Opel Antara on the roads today has shared a body and interior with the Saturn Vue. Now that the Vue is going away, the Antara needs a new body double.

Auto plants in Delaware seem to be the hot ticket these days. Just one day after Fisker announced the purchase of a former General Motors auto plant in Wilmington, Delaware, Chrysler has asked a bankruptcy court to approve the sale of its shuttered Newark, Delaware plant.

They say things are always bigger in Texas. Naturally, then, it’s the perfect place for Dodge to show off the biggest of their latest offerings: The new Dodge Ram Heavy Duty trucks. Despite the current economic trends that have Chrysler down in the dumps and most of their corporate brass learning Italian, the Dodge division has moved forward with the introduction of the Heavy Duty 2500 and 3500 models.

Hyundai has announced that its long-awaited Genesis Coupe 2.0T R-Spec will make its officially debut at next month’s SEMA Show in Las Vegas. Intended to serve as a “blank canvas for tuners”, the R-Spec will fit right in with the aftermarket theme of the SEMA Show.