Japanese supplier Koito Manufacturing has agreed to pay $57 million in fines and plead guilty in federal court to price fixing lighting components that were sold to Toyota.
The 2014 Detroit auto show had dozens of never-before-seen cars and trucks gleaming under the Cobo Center lights. Here are the four we, the Autoweek staff, think stood out the most.
Even though Russo and Steele may appear to be all about muscle cars, there are plenty of trucks and foreign cars to see at their annual sale in Scottsdale that stretches from Jan.
These features from ABC-TV mark some of the media attention drawn by Mary Barra this week as she became General Motors' CEO.
While I was in Northern California last week to shoot some photos for an upcoming shop feature about Conrad Stevenson Restorations in Berkeley (the legendary Alfa Romeo establishment that brought
Uwe Dreher is the new marketing director at BMW UK, replacing Chris Brownridge who is now director of Mini UK.
The Scottsdale, Ariz., collector car auctions are underway, and Hagerty -- which produces a comprehensive and up-to-date
ASSOCIATE EDITOR GRAHAM KOZAK: I didn't think I was going to enjoy this 2014 BMW 328d xDrive sedan very much -- the
Hyundai aims to boost its European market share by almost half by the end of the decade, responding to improving demand in the region with new models and expanded production capacity.
Figures released by European carmakers' association ACEA show that the EU's car market experienced a 13.3% jump in the month of December to end the year 1.7% below 2012's annual total. However, the outlook for Europe's car market remains weak, with 2-3% growth forecast for 2014.
Production of the latest Golf has begun at the Volkswagen plant in Puebla, Mexico which will build other family models for North America later.
General Motors' departing CEO Dan Akerson said he is "optimistic" about the automaker's struggling European brand, Opel. The brand's market share rose in Europe for the first time in 14 years in 2013, Akerson told the Automotive News World Congress.
PWC is rating the current environment in the US as "about as good as it gets," as America's auto industry powers back from the depths of 2009.
Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO) and Denso have established a new company, Yantai Shougang TD Automotive Compressor (YST), in Yantai City, Shandong Province, China, to make automotive air conditioning compressors for the growing Chinese market.
Italian supplier Sogefi has opened two new plants in China to produce parts for carmakers including Fiat, Daimler and Ford.
America's United Auto Workers (UAW) union has reacted strongly to Nissan's stance on worker representation at the Canton, Mississippi, plant.
New OESA (Original Equipment Suppliers Association) president and CEO, Julie Fream, says her organisation will actively address supplier to supplier relationships.
Daimler says it will spend about 190 million euros ($260 million) upgrading a van factory in Spain to build new generations of the Viano and Vito models.
Magna International has forecast North American light vehicle production in 2014 at 16.7m units with output of 19.1m in Europe.
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