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Automotive legend Bob Lutz, a BMW board member in the early 1970s, played a significant role in raising BMW's profile. In particular, he is credited with helping create company-owned sales arms in Europe.

Daimler boss Dieter Zetsche says electric vehicles probably need to be able to go at least 310 miles without a recharge in order to become a mainstream alternative to gas-powered cars.

VW brand chief Herbert Diess said it will take months rather than weeks to reach an agreement with U.S. regulators on an emissions fix for 600,000 diesel cars, a newspaper reported Saturday.

Infiniti isn't ready to take on established lines such as BMW's M or Mercedes-Benz's AMG, but executives say the Red Sport 400 series will get the ball rolling.

Toyota is radically rethinking its fabled manufacturing system for the new car plant it plans to open in Guanajuato, Mexico, in 2019, a top corporate official says.

Part of Ford of Europe's rebound to profitability has come from restricting dealers from self-registering cars, commonly known as 'punching' cars in the United States.

Audi is giving electric superchargers their first production application with the 435-hp SQ7 SUV as the automaker leads the race to increase diesel-engine power.

Jaguar Land Rover had a record month for worldwide sales in January. Now comes news that February was even better, with a year on year gain of 31%. Leading the success was the Discovery Sport, the 100,000th example of which has just been delivered, 500 days after production of this SUV commenced.

Federal safety regulators are investigating 33 complaints of brake failure on previous-generation Ford F-150 pickups.

A Texas jury ordered Volkswagen's Audi unit to pay $124.5 million to an 11-year-old boy who was left brain damaged in a 2012 rear-end collision.

Opinion 6 Mar, 2016

Mike Rutherford's been looking into manufacturer's research budgets... and it's clear to him who's spending the money well

News 4 Mar, 2016

Exclusive: Modular engine range in new E-Class could lead to efficient three-cylinder diesel

The Renault-Nissan Alliance is strengthening synergies in four core divisions and launching new "convergence" projects to boost efficiency and revenue.

Jaguar Land Rover Canada has snared Audi Canada president Wolfgang Hoffmann to be its president from 7 March, 2016, responsible for overseeing the brands' operations.

Sales of Mercedes brand cars rose 11 percent in February to 133,752 vehicles, as strong demand in China and Europe offset a drop in U.S. volume

News 4 Mar, 2016

Nearly 3,000 vehicles seized as DVLA scheme targets drivers failing to register foreign cars after six months

A fair number of interesting stories came out of Geneva this week. We learned, for example, that Jeep almost got yanked from the UK market in 2012. And has apparently been saved by the (Fiat-built) Renegade. Volkswagen's little diesel difficulty isn't worrying GM Europe - Opel's boss wants to increase the diesel mix as he also adds a little electrification to the bowl. Even better, after years of losses and not a little restructuring pain (RIP Bochum and Antwerp plants), breakeven is on the cards this year.

The Renault-Nissan alliance expects to generate $6 billion in savings and synergies in 2018 by integrating more divisions and sharing resources better within the partnership, the companies said Friday.

News 4 Mar, 2016

Vauxhall, Volkswagen and Toyota sales all down but overall it's the best February since 2004

News 5 Sep, 2018

Buyers flock to showrooms ahead of WLTP emission regulation changes; hybrid and PHEV sales leap by almost 90 per cent