In the eighteen years since he joined Toyota, Didier Leroy has become one of the automaker's most powerful executives.
Donald Trump was elected president because he was able to harness the bitterness among working-class voters that had propelled his campaign all along.
Donald Trump was elected president because he was able to harness the bitterness among working-class voters that had propelled his campaign all along.
Japanese auto parts maker Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha will plead guilty and pay a $7.2 million fine for fixing the prices of steel tubes sold to carmakers, the Justice Department said.
Volvo is recalling about 74,000 U.S. vehicles for an issue that might cause a seat belt to inadequately restrain passengers in a crash.
The display stands packed with glimmering sheet metal were smaller than usual and all-new models were scarce. Even most forecasts for a recovery in sales were modest, in keeping with the mood as the Sao Paulo auto show opened today.
As Toyota markets its new Prius Prime plug-in hybrid the automaker is going after a very specific consumer: tech-savvy, knowledge-hungry drivers ages 18-49 with household incomes of $75,000 or more and who tend to be environmentally conscious but...
Japan's two largest carmakers have arrived at the same conclusion: the U.S. auto market that's functioned as a growth engine has run out of gas.
Tesla Motors, which plans to be building half a million electric vehicles a year at its only production plant, has bought Grohmann Engineering. Much of the reason for buying the firm is to tap its expertise in robotics for the production of cars and battery packs at Tesla's existing and future factories.
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The next-generation Ford Explorer was caught during testing recently on public roads. The vehicle, due out possibly as early as summer 2018, appears to be growing in size.
European Commission (EC) officials have added their voices to growing optimism a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) can be concluded with Japan by the end of this year with the automotive sector forming a key plank of Brussels' thinking.
Workers at BMW's Mini and Rolls-Royce car plants in the UK have backed strike action in a consultative ballot over plans by the automaker to move staff to a less generous pension plan.
Between an unhappy electorate, indecisiveness from the Federal Reserve over interest rates and anemic economic growth, automotive analysts are stretching to remain positive as uncertainty grows over whether car sales have peaked.
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8 Nov, 2016
Black Edition leaf is kitted out with black styling pack. Micra car sharing scheme also revealed
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American Axle's bold move last week to acquire Metaldyne in a $3.
I recall my first drive in a Toyota Hilux pickup truck, 40 years (ye gods) ago. I was working for a Toyota dealership, in the service department, and a couple of electricians I knew were setting up their own business and needed a pickup, each. With visions of a decent 'finders fee', times two, I persuaded the commercial vehicle sales chief to let me take a demo home to show the boys. The outcome was not good.
Tesla says it will buy the German company Grohmann Engineering to improve its automated manufacturing systems. The deal will help the electric-car maker ramp up its production in a bid to reach its target of 500,000 vehicles by the year 2018.