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Volkswagen Group's global sales rose 1.6 percent in May, helped by rising demand for Audi and Skoda cars and gains in China and Europe.

Germain Ford, in Columbus, Ohio, continued to operate even as construction crews tore down an existing dealership and built a new one immediately adjacent on the same site. Here's how they did it, without resorting to trailers or tents.

This month, Faurecia added to its growing list of pickup seat jobs when it launched a factory in Simpsonville, Ky., to make seats for the Ford Super Duty pickup.

Steering and braking problems linked to two crashes and five injuries in 135,000 Toyota SUVs prompted the opening of a federal safety probe.

Hyundai-Kia is recalling more than 400,000 vehicles for four separate safety glitches that cover front lower control arms, faulty hood latches and seat belt retractor screws that may be improperly installed.

A lawyer for General Motors on Friday asked a U.S.

Tower International, which makes a variety of metal components for cars and trucks, said its board authorized a share repurchase program of up to $100 million of the company's common stock.

Durr AG, the No. 1 global builder of automotive paint shops, has consolidated three Detroit-area facilities into a $40 million technical center in Southfield, Mich.

Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne says if Donald Trump is elected U.S. president, the way he manages the North American Free Trade Agreement may affect the carmaker's production options in the region.

News 17 Jun, 2016

The Land Rover Discovery Sport has towed three train carriages weighing more than 100 tonnes along a railway track.

An Italian consumer group said an appeals court in Venice had accepted a class action suit against Volkswagen over allegations dating back to 2014 that the automaker exaggerated the fuel-saving credentials of its Golf model.

News 17 Jun, 2016

As of April this year, there were close to 60,000 electric or plug-in hybrid cars registered in the UK

News 22 Jun, 2016

We’ve teamed up with 4SITE 4x4 Tyres to send one reader and a friend on a Land Rover experience

Features 17 Jun, 2016

If you’ve got a tiny garage or you just think the best things come in small packages, our-round-up of the smallest cars on sale will help

Barely had our business/components/supply chain editor Simon Warburton, liberally fuelled by glutinous rice balls he helped make, touched back down in Blighty, after a week covering the 2016 Global Automotive Forum in Chongqing, China, and it was time for us to sling him back onto a plane, this one bound for the 'Detroit of Russia', St Petersburg.

Canadian supplier Linamar has talked with Apple and Google about potentially supplying the technology giants if they begin making cars.

A Mexico City-based transmission supplier Tremec plans to invest $54 million to establish a manufacturing plant and U.S. headquarters in suburban Detroit, a move that will create 133 jobs, the Michigan Economic Development Corp. said Thursday.