General Motors is making stop-start technology standard on the 2015 Chevrolet Impala's base 2.5-liter engine, boosting the sedan's fuel economy by 5 percent.
Arguing that federal auto safety regulators cannot impose large enough fines to deter companies like General Motors from sitting on safety problems, a trio of Senate Democrats is proposing that the penalty cap be removed entirely.
General Motors' barrage of safety recalls could last through mid-summer, a Wall Street analyst said today, citing a recent meeting with the company's executives.
Spanish auto supplier Grupo Antolin on Wednesday opened a 148,000-square-foot plant in Missouri that will produce headliners for the Transit van made nearby at Ford's Kansas City assembly plant.
Canadian officials are trying to determine whether the Canadian unit of General Motors had delayed the recall of some cars, breaking the law in doing so, after the United States fined the parent company $35 million for its delayed response.
Japan's premier automotive engineering expo is bustling again along the Yokohama waterfront. A record 488 companies are participating at this year's meeting of the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, which runs through Friday.
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Toyota is recalling 466,000 vehicles globally, including about 460,500 in North America, for rust corrosion and brake pedal problems, the automaker said today.
AvtoVAZ is estimating it will take a further two years before Russia makes up the shortfall in the currently decreasing automotive market.
The 2016 Audi R8 was caught speeding around the Nurburgring by YouTube user CvdZijden.
The removal of foreign automobile brands from the People's Liberation Army's (PLA) procurement list may substantially help out Chinese vehicle producers' domestic car brands.
Memorial Day weekend is one of the busiest times of the year for car dealers around the country, but the recent spate of recalls and stop-sale orders for GM vehicles will be putting the brakes on a lot of potential sales.
GMC introduced the 2015 Sierra All Terrain HD on Thursday with limited changes ahead of an expected on-sale date sometime this summer. A 6.
Russia's car market will shrink by as much as 20 percent this year as economic growth slows, AvtoVAZ CEO Bo Andersson said. Last year, sales fell 6 percent.
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PSA will build its next C3 subcompact in Slovakia instead of France, sources close to the carmaker said. The move is part of a strategy to shift production of low-margin small cars away from western Europe, where costs are considered too high.