Four experimental self-driving cars have had fender-benders on California roads since September, when the state first required companies such as Google to hold permits for testing on public roads, according to a new report.
Toyota Motor Europe (TME) will use this month's Istanbul motor show to launch the Lexus brand in Turkey ahead of the start of sales in the fourth quarter.
Opel has said that its sales in April were up 4%, boosted by a strong gain in Germany.
Robert O'Connell, former CFO of General Motors and CEO and chairman of GMAC, died Friday in Boston. He was 76.
Vietnam's new vehicle market continued to grow strongly in April, with sales jumping by over 64% to 16,643 units from 10,115 units a year earlier, according to data released by the Vietnam Automotive Manufacturers Association (VAMA).
Astra-Daihatsu Motor (ADM), Indonesia's largest vehicle producer, announced it is planning to launch a new model in 2016 designed for emerging markets.
New vehicle sales in mainland China fell by 0.5% year-on-year to 1.99m units in April, according to data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).
TMT (Toyota Motor Thailand) has placed a preview clip of the next generation Hilux on YouTube ahead of the new truck's global debut on 21 May.
The death toll from General Motors' defective ignition switch stands at 100, according to the outside attorney handling victims' claims for GM.
Mobileye, the Israeli designer of camera-based Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, or ADAS, for active safety and automated driving, has won two contracts to outfit vehicles with its EyeQ4 chips as standard equipment by the end of the decade.
A Cadillac dealer in Houston was shot and killed outside his home Thursday night, May 7, Houston police said.
Volkswagen Group chief executive Martin Winterkorn has told senior staff that he would present a new structure for the company by October at the latest, according to the German business magazine magazine Automobilwoche.
Advisory firm ISS is recommending BMW shareholders should vote against the appointment of outgoing chief executive Norbert Reithofer as chairman of the carmaker's supervisory board, according to a report by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung newspaper.
While the variation of roof systems continues to grow, the push for lighter cars has led to the adoption of carbon fibre and polycarbonate in roof design. Matthew Beecham reviews some trends in the roof system market.
Freudenberg Group is investing EUR36m (US$40m) in a new office and administration building at the company's Weinheim site.
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Toyota reveals new trim level and additional kit for the five and seven-seat MPV, as part of minor 2015 revisions
Mazda's UK sales company says that it is targeting higher fleet (company) sales as it benefits from new models that are appealing to the sector.
Asahi Glass says net sales for the first quarter ended 31 March, were down 1.1% to JPY325.6bn (US$2.72bn) compared with JPY329.17bn during the same period a year ago.
VW Group may build the Audi A1 entry premium car at Seat's factory in Spain instead of in Belgium as part of a production reshuffle, media reports said.
Nokian Tyres has unveiled first-quarter net sales down nearly 10% to EUR281m (US$313m) as challenging conditions in Russia take their toll.