AvtoVAZ Group has reported revenue of RUB131.2bn (US$2.04bn) for the first nine months of 2015, compared to RUB135.2bn for the same period in 2014.
French car sales rose by nearly 1 percent in October, with Renault recovering lost ground while rival PSA's volume dropped sharply. VW Group, Fiat and Toyota gained sales. Demand for Ford and Opel vehicles slipped.
Bernhard Maier has taken over as the Skoda brand's new CEO effective from today. He succeeds Dr Winfried Vahland, who has decided to leave the VW Group.
Nissan raised its full-year forecast after reporting higher-than-expected profit for its second quarter on stronger vehicle sales in North America.
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Despite VW's internal policing system, the manipulation affecting up to 11 million vehicles sold by the company worldwide was missed. The heart of the problem was VW's authoritarian corporate culture, say insiders and experts.
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Borrowing a tool from high-end hotels, Street Toyota workers wear radios with discreet lapel microphones to speed communication and charm customers at the 12-acre dealership in Amarillo, Texas.
Subaru sales keep growing. But global head Yasuyuki Yoshinaga says there is such a thing as too big. He wants to keep sales in the 1 million unit-plus range to preserve the brand's niche appeal.
A foundation funded by the Colorado Auto Dealers Association accepts donated polluting vehicles, sells them to scrappers and uses the revenues to help fund scholarships to train service technicians.
GM was estimated to have sold 95,000 Chevrolet Colorados and GMC Canyons this year through October, surpassing experts' full-year sales estimates in just 10 months.
Honda is readying a number of exotic powertrain technologies: from a new generation of plug-in hybrids and ultra-lean burning engines, to 10-speed transmissions and hydrogen fuel cells.
Tesla once pledged door-to-door 'Ranger' service for covered repairs for $100. The company is now charging some customers much more than that, triggering owner complaints.
The National Automobile Dealers Association is not a fan of AutoNation's new policy to fix all vehicles with an open recall before selling them, says the dealership group's chief, Mike Jackson.
Mazda Motor Corp.'s racing-mad executives want a sports car to replace the iconic RX-7 and RX-8. And with the RX-Vision concept from the Tokyo Motor Show, chief designer Ikuo Maeda gave them a glimpse of such a car.
Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn is warning heads might role if the automaker doesn't achieve his ambitious target of an 8 percent operating profit margin by March 31, 2017.
Auction giant Manheim, which has long offered to recondition clients' vehicles before they go through the auction lanes, now preps cars and trucks to get them front-line retail ready.
Honda, known for its independence, now is open to collaboration with other automakers, said CEO Takahiro Hachigo.
Japan's big automakers, long known for their fondness for automation, finally are ready to make a big push into self-driving cars. Honda, Nissan and Toyota used the stage at last week's Tokyo Motor Show to outline their next steps.
Just over half of the owners of small, independent auto repair shops in the U.S. are considering exiting the business by 2020, in part due to financial pressures, a study found.