Germany's new-car market surged 18.3 percent in August to 237,500 vehicles, a rate nearly twice as high as that posted in the months before.
CPP Global Holdings, a specialist automotive group, said it is buying the site of the former Browns Lane Jaguar factory in England.
CPP Global Holdings, a specialist automotive group, said it is buying the former Browns Lane Jaguar factory in England.
Fiat will drop a distribution accord with Russia's Sollers. Fiat is looking for a local partner to build cars in Russia after a proposed joint venture with Sollers fell through this year. Sollers signed a tie-up with Ford Motor Co.
August was a tough month: the economy, consumer sentiment and a hurricane on the last selling weekend kept a lid on sales that otherwise looked fairly good.
Hyundai CEO Steve S Yang offered a bullish sales outlook for Europe next year, saying the automaker may be able to boost its sales by a quarter to 500,000 vehicles in 2012.
All-electric concept car previews the next-generation A2 and promises to be equally ahead of its time

Every time Ferrari's parent company Fiat is short of cash, rumors arise that the automaker may float its highly profitable luxury sports car brand on the stock exchange. The latest reports say an IPO could value Ferrari as high as 4.
BMW in August widened its sales lead over Mercedes-Benz and Lexus, delivering the most luxury models in the U.S. for a fifth straight month.
Audi has officially confirmed plans for a lightweight, electric successor to the A2, six years after the first-generation model ceased production.
Thanks to exclusive pictures released by Mazda, we now have a pretty good idea of what the production version of the new CX-5 crossover will look like when it makes its debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show less than two weeks from now.
Kevin Williams, president and managing director for General Motors of Canada, announced that the Chevrolet Volt today began shipping to Canadian dealerships in Vancouver, Victoria, Toronto, Oshawa, Ottawa-Gatineau, Montreal and Quebec City.
Miguel Molina (Audi A4) was quickest in the first practice session at Brands Hatch, 7th round of the DTM championship.
Dark clouds on Rubens Barrichello's future at Williams.
Lotus Renault GP and German driver Nick Heidfeld have reached an amicable settlement today and have chosen to part company with immediate effect, and Bruno Senna will take over until the end of the season.
While a Presidential invite to the White House is usually a command performance; five NASCAR drivers are citing previous commitments as a reason for being no shows.
What a difference only a month can make. 30 days ago, we reported that Chrysler, Hyundai Kia would likely be climbing up the sales charts. Well, none of that happened in August, as GM, Toyota and Mazda held on to their rankings. But the year ain't over yet.
Andrew Ranger will try his hands for another time this season in the ARCA Racing Series but this time it will be on a dirt track as he will take part in the classic Labor Day event in DuQuoin, Illinois.
After several months of embargo, we're finally able to talk about Chrysler's new eight-speed automatic transmission. We had a chance to experience it firsthand at the Chelsea Proving Grounds back in June - in the 2012 300 and Charger line-ups.
The chauffeur of Petra Ecclestone's limousine last Saturday was the former Ferrari F1 driver Jean Alesi!