The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has revealed in a report that an issue with the ECU (Electronic Control Unit) of Honda's Acura TSX sedans has prompted the automaker to issue a recall of 93,000 of its Acura TSX vehicles.

The recall affects Acura TSX vehicles of model years between 2004 and 2008; and covers 76,000 TSX sedans in the US and 17,000 in Canada.

In a recent statement made during the course of a telephonic interview, Ford Motors' spokeswoman Kelli Felker revealed that nearly 196,500 of the automaker's 2004-2007 Ford Freestar and Mercury Monterey minivans are being recalled over a corrosion issue.

Felker also said that Ford was also recalling an additional 33,500 vehicles outside the US, nearly all of them in Canada.

Chrysler Group's Ram 1500 pickup is apparently set to become the first modern half-ton pickup with diesel option in the US market; with the company having announced that it intends launching a diesel version of the standard-duty Ram 1500 pickup in the 2013 third quarter.

In a announcement which apparently underscores the potential for small cars to deliver over 80 mpg sans batteries, French automaker Peugeot-Citroen has revealed that, in the coming three years, it intends producing compact hybrid cars which will capable of running on a combination of gasoline and compressed air.