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Cox Automotive named Brian Geitner to replace Jared Rowe as president of its Media Solutions Group, where Geitner will lead Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book and Dealer.com.

Tesla said on Wednesday that one of its cars had crashed in Beijing while in Autopilot mode, with the driver contending sales staff sold the function as "self-driving," overplaying its actual capabilities.

Cobo Center, the primary venue for the Detroit auto show in January, is planning $9.5 million worth of parking structure projects that will give it another 570 parking spaces.

Toyota Research Institute CEO Gill Pratt said today the institute will funnel $22 million into a partnership with the University of Michigan the next four years to boost randd in artificial intelligence, autonomous driving and robotics.

U.S. auto sales still have room to grow, some auto industry leaders believe, casting aside worries that the six-year expansion is about to lose steam.

Unifor President Jerry Dias said he is confident the union will reach a deal with General Motors on a new labor contract by the mid-September deadline while acknowledging today that the two sides are 'miles apart.'

Features 10 Aug, 2016

New study reveals the UK cars most likely to exceed the speed limit and the ones that wouldn't dare

News 11 Aug, 2016

New report claims statistical evidence of an 'ethnic minority penalty' which sees car insurance costs rise in ethnic minority areas

News 10 Aug, 2016

A 'wiring harness fault' prompts ZF automatic gearbox recall. It's also fitted to some Land Rover and Honda models

News 11 Aug, 2016

Mercedes' luxury sub-brand Maybach is set to reveal 6m long mega-coupe concept next week, we'll see the production version next year

Saipa says its recent agreement to establish a 50:50 joint venture with Citroen, will see a major push on value-added localisation to achieve a 70% domestic component supply within two years.

Opinion 10 Aug, 2016

After speaking to a police officer at the sharp end of government cutbacks, Graham Hope is worried that lives could be at risk

Hyundai has taken a fresh design direction with the new i30 compact car, one of the brand's key models in Europe.

Honda Vehicle engineering leader Jason Bilotta talks about new technology applications and the design principles for the new Honda NSX

The auto industry's self-driving revolution has spurred the biggest two years of automotive supplier takeovers in a decade. The total value of automotive supplier deals in 2015 and 2016 was $74.

It might have raised suspension and wheelarches bedecked with chunks of grey plastic, but Volkswagen isn't calling its new Beetle Dune a crossover. Instead, it's meant to remind us of the 'Baja Bugs' associated with west coast America and off road racing. Can this new derivative give the now five year old third generation Beetle a sales boost?

Online used-car startup Carvana, known for delivering vehicles through vending machines, said today it closed a $160 million funding round that brought the total raised to nearly half a billion dollars.

A former governor of Mexico's northern Nuevo Leon state will be tried for alleged improprieties linked to tax incentives his administration gave to South Korean carmaker Kia Motors to build a plant, a local government source said on Tuesday.