Like so many things in Rio de Janeiro, Carlos Ghosn's turn in the Olympic Torch Relay on Friday didn't go as planned, but the Renault-Nissan CEO has his eye firmly on other goals as he bets on the future recovery of the country's battered economy.
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8 Aug, 2016
New Skoda Octavia SE Sport and SE Technology add more kit and better value to popular family car range
Titan International has posted second quarter sales down 12% to US$330m, while gross profit also fell from US$51m to US$45m.
Mercedes-Benz USA has created a menu of prepackaged options for its Sprinter and Metris cargo vans to make it easier for its luxury car dealers to sell vans to commercial users.
Seemingly overnight, Cox Automotive has burst on the scene as a broad dealer-services provider that touches three out of four vehicle transactions in some way.
Safety experts are pushing regulators and the auto industry to come up with technological solutions to help solve the problem of pediatric heatstroke in cars. But it has been hard to get momentum.
How do automakers pitch their advanced driver-assistance technology without appearing to abet inattentive driving? That's the challenge facing marketers as they try to succinctly convey the benefits of a new generation of safety technologies.
July sales were 1.1 percent ahead of last year's record pace. But several forecasters have reduced their outlook for the remainder of 2016, and some automakers are starting to fight the stagnating market with more aggressive incentives.
Karma Automotive plans to start selling its new Revero four-door coupe through a handful of high-end franchise dealers sprinkled around the country, plus a small network of factory-owned 'brand experience centers.'
Branding guru Manfred Fitzgerald and veteran designer Luc Donckerwolke are at Hyundai's Genesis brand for a large challenge: launching an entirely new luxury marque from scratch.
Some state dealer groups are demanding that Cadillac scrap its controversial dealer-incentive program, saying its vision for transforming the retail network would violate franchise agreements.
One Oregon dealer found a way to identify used vehicles in inventory that have open safety recalls.
U.S. authorities have found three unapproved software programs in 3.0-liter diesel engines made by Volkswagen Group's Audi unit, a German weekly newspaper reported, without saying where it obtained the information.
The German state of Lower Saxony, Volkswagen's second-largest shareholder, has no plans to sue the automaker for damages caused by the company's emissions scandal, the state's prime minister, Stephan Weil, said.
From a puzzling acquisition to a fatal crash possibly involving its Autopilot system, Tesla Motors had a quarter of distractions. But none of this is what keeps CEO Elon Musk or investors up at night. The Model 3 does.
Automakers are testing production methods that would see flexible robots working alongside humans on the assembly line.
The pristine paint jobs consumers see in future car commercials could actually be the digitized skin of a virtual chameleon.
GM's South Korean design studio was tasked in 2012 with designing the Bolt, the automaker's most iconic technological showcase since the Volt hybrid, because of its expertise in bundling big content into small packages.
Renault's push into hot-selling SUV/crossover segments has paid off after the brand overtook Ford to become Europe's No. 2 brand by vehicle sales.
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