Three auto retailers added to their dealership portfolios with the purchases of single stores in the first and third quarters, while a former dealership executive general manager and partner bought their first dealership in a second-quarter purchase. Here’s a look at the deals involving import dealerships and stores in Indiana, New Jersey, California and Alabama.

Ford Motor Co. on Thursday said it is reorganizing its executive ranks as it adds new talent and gives a handful of leaders expanded roles in conjunction with the previously announced retirement of Hau Thai-Tang, the longtime product and purchasing chief. CFO John Lawler will temporarily oversee a makeover of Ford’s global supply chain operations

DETROIT — Automotive industry suppliers are raising prices to their customers across the board, not just with Ford Motor Co., which warned this week it was taking a $1 billion inflationary cost hit. Several suppliers said Ford isn’t suffering alone, as automakers across the board are being asked to shoulder more of the burden suppliers

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The redesigned Mitsubishi Outlander and its about-to-arrive plug-in hybrid variant are more than an infusion of new blood into an anemic product lineup of just four nameplates for the Japanese automaker. The midsize crossovers are billed as a launch pad to propel Mitsubishi beyond its low six-digit annual volumes and bargain-brand