NEWS EDITOR GREG MIGLIORE: The Jeep Liberty Renegade was a nice weekend traveler for me, and I enjoyed motoring around town in this off-roader.
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General Motors Co.'s initial public offering last week may help the largest U.S. automaker get consideration from car and truck buyers, according to Moody's Investors Service. 'U.S.
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WITH VIDEO -- Audi has finally come clean on its RS3 Sportback, revealing photos and information about the four-door hatchback planned for European sale next March.
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Nissan chief executive Carlos Ghosn has said that the company needs to correct a 'big imbalance' in its costs and revenues due to making cars in Japan that are then sold in the US and dollar-linked economies in Asia.
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Competition in China will intensify with price cuts in the long-term according to BMW's senior representative in the country.
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BMW and its Chinese joint venture partner, Brilliance, have launched an automotive finance company in China following regulatory approval for the venture.
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Finnish contract manufacturer Valmet Automotive, which builds the Porsche Boxster and Cayman, has completed its purchase of insolvent German supplier Wilhelm Karmann GmbH's European roof business.
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With the new Fiat 500, Chrysler Group is giving US car buyers something they don't usually see these days: a dizzying array of options and feature choices.
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Beijing Auto and India's Mahindra head a list of as many as 10 carmakers and private equity firms interested in taking over design and engineering specialist Pininfarina S.p.A., according to Italian media reports.
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Toyota will start European road trials of an electric-powered version of its iQ city car from next year. It announced the study in a progress report on its product and technology strategies to use electricity and alternative power sources to develop low carbon vehicles that are less dependant on fossil fuels.
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Vehicle output in Argentina this year is heading for a new record on the back of strong demand from Brazil, according to Fiat's local manager.
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The first Baojun 630 passenger car from the SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW) joint venture came off the production line today in Liuzhou, Guangxi, China.
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China Automotive Systems, Inc (CAAS) has announced the achievement of a significant milestone with the production of its 10 millionth power steering unit, at a ceremony held at the company's Jingzhou Henglong Automotive Parts Co., Ltd. subsidiary.
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Global sales of micro-hybrid cars - those that use stop-start systems and/or regenerative braking applications - are forecast to grow ten-fold over the next five years from 3.4m units today to 34m, according to the US technology consulting firm Lux Research.
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General Motors' European unit Opel expects to report a EUR1.4bn loss this year, chief Nick Reilly said in a magazine interview on Monday.
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After a dalliance with Volkswagen, Chrysler has returned to Mercedes-Benz as a source of diesel engines, this time for the European Jeep Patriot mid-size SUV.
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Audi is expanding its manufacturing unit in Hungary as it starts making a new, fourth model there, the company said.
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Hyundai surpassed Toyota as the largest Asian carmaker in Europe this year after the Japanese company's sales tumbled on recalls.
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Vehicle sales in Malaysia rose by 13% to 52,297 units in October, up from 46,087 units a year earlier, according to data released by the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA). Year to date sales were up by 14% at 505,546 units, from 444,037 units in the first 10 months of 2009.
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