A 15-month dealer training program run by FCA seeks to expose potential dealer candidates to the full range of dealer operations. The first class graduated in August, and the fourth will launch this month.
The debate is over: Takata is expendable.
Silicon Valley tech giants such as Google and Apple have deftly marshaled their software expertise to muscle in on the traditional car industry. Now Toyota Motor Corp. is pushing back with a $1 billion challenge to them on their home turf.
Bob Lutz figures he knows what's behind the diesel test-rigging scandal at Volkswagen. He says it's the cutthroat culture at VW created by ex-Chairman Ferdinand Piech.
Takahiro Hachigo took over as Honda Motor Co. CEO last June as the company was recovering from several body blows.
Former Toyota executive Ray Tanguay is trying to persuade automakers that manufacturing in Canada is more competitive than it looks.
A QandA with Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn -- Now 16 years into his leadership of Nissan Motor Co., CEO Carlos Ghosn continues to drive and evolve the automaker.
General Motors is rolling out the first marketing effort for its 2-year-old online shopping tool, Shop-Click-Drive, citing its success in attracting customers who want to handle as much of the car-buying process as possible outside the dealership.
Wall Street powerhouse Soros Fund Management has made its much-anticipated leap into the U.S. auto retail sector, investing in a group that has just acquired eight stores in Missouri and plans to buy more dealerships.
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Jaguar Land Rover has launched a project to cut costs of $6.8 billion and build 1 million cars per year by the end of the decade, the Sunday Times reported.
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said his government does not want a merger between Renault and Nissan. The structure of the automakers' alliance has become a source of tension after the French government bought a bigger stake in Renault.
Several Volkswagen engineers have admitted manipulating carbon dioxide emissions data because goals set by former CEO Martin Winterkorn were difficult to achieve, Bild am Sonntag reported.
After getting trounced all year in sales by the redesigned 2015 Ford Mustang, Chevrolet began delivering the next-generation Camaro on Saturday.
Volkswagen managers are worried about traveling to the U.S. after investigators confiscated the passport of an employee, a German newspaper reported.
Last year, Ken Washington left his career as a rocket scientist in Silicon Valley to join a car company in Detroit.
The true dimensions of the crisis surrounding VW no longer seem clear. Fresh EPA charges of emissions-rigging in the U.S. tarnished the vaunted Porsche brand and cast a larger shadow on Audi, which had largely escaped infamy.
In the digital age, technology is transforming what carmakers can do with interiors. The rise of autonomous driving will change how customers spend their time in the cabin.
VW of America will send prepaid credit cards to thousands of diesel vehicle owners in the coming weeks as a goodwill gesture to calm concerns over its diesel emissions scandal.
Renault will benefit from the autonomous driving technology that Nissan is developing and vice versa. Renault plans to sell cars that can autonomously drive in traffic jams starting next year.