Company: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

Hopes China will announce new measures to boost economic growth helped push Asian stock markets higher Tuesday.

SALES DRIVEN: Nissan Motor Co.'s January-March profit more than doubled to 75.3 billion yen ($941 million) as the Japanese automaker achieved record sales despite production disruptions from last year's tsunami.

Nissan Motor Co.'s January-March profit more than doubled to 75.3 billion yen ($941 million) as the Japanese automaker achieved record sales despite production disruptions from last year's tsunami.

The mean amount of time U.S. workers spend commuting is 23.8 minutes, or almost four hours a week, so their cars had better be comfortable, reliable and nimble. Kelley Blue Book has provided CNBC.com with its list of 10 cars that are the best for commuting.

Toyota's January-March profit more than quadrupled to 121 billion yen ($1.5 billion), and the automaker gave upbeat forecasts, marking a solid recovery from a sales plunge caused by a tsunami in Japan.

Toyota's January-March profit more than quadrupled to 121 billion yen ($1.5 billion), and the automaker gave upbeat forecasts, marking a solid recovery from a sales plunge caused by a tsunami in Japan.

Toyota's electric RAV4 will save you gas. But it'll cost you.

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SHIFTING GEARS: Honda's January-March profit rose 61 percent as the Japanese automaker sold more cars and motorcycles in a turnaround from a disaster-battered 2011. It forecast record global sales of 4.3 million vehicles for this fiscal year.

Honda's January-March profit jumped 61 percent as the Japanese automaker sold more cars and motorcycles in a turnaround from a disaster-battered 2011. It forecast record global sales of 4.3 million vehicles for this fiscal year.

Han Zhongping, a 38-year-old coal mine owner who has four luxury cars and is in the market for another, looked at BMW's latest sedans at this week's Beijing auto show and said what he wants is simple.

AutoNation posted a 5 percent jump in first-quarter profit Wednesday as the nation's largest dealership chain sold more new and used vehicles.

China's leaders are finding it's a lot tougher to create a world-beating electric car industry than they hoped.

Ford unveiled a three-cylinder mini-SUV and Chrysler showed a dragon-theme Jeep on Monday as automakers rolled out models designed for Chinese buyers at the Beijing auto show amid tougher competition in the world's biggest vehicle market.

Nissan Motor is concentrating all its investments and increase in capacity over the next several years to develop the Chinese market, the company’s CEO Carlos Ghosn told CNBC's Kaori Enjoji at the Beijing Motor Show on Monday, even as he gave a pessimistic outlook for Europe.