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Cadillac House, a coffee shop/retail boutique with an art gallery twist and even a bespoke scent, opens next month in New York's Tribeca neighborhood and goes far beyond what other major brands have done with extended marketing efforts.

Fiat Chrysler is recalling an estimated 32,267 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokees to fix a potentially incorrectly crimped wire harness terminal that could lock the vehicle in park or neutral after the vehicle is stopped.

The elder gentleman in Fiat's 2015 Super Bowl spot 'Blue Pill,' who mistakenly tossed his last enhancement pill out of his bathroom window, is back in a new ad for the 124 Spider.

General Motors instructed dealers to stop selling about 60,000 Chevrolet Traverse, GMC Acadia and Buick Enclave large crossovers as the company scrambles to replace incorrect EPA labels that overstate the 2016 vehicles' fuel-economy ratings.

News 13 May, 2016

London motorists face a toxicity charge on the most polluting cars under plans by new London Mayor Sadiq Kahn

Mobileye, the Israeli supplier of autopilot components, has reportedly signed on with two automakers to provide systems for fully autonomous vehicles in 2019.

About 6,000 people who want to buy a $400,000-plus Ford GT will get a rejection letter instead. Ford said it received 6,506 completed applications for the first 500 GTs.

News 13 May, 2016

Fiat and Opel have been asked to meet with German authorities investigating VW's 'Dieselgate' scandal

Honda has confirmed earlier reports it would recall about another 20m vehicles to replace Takata airbags.

The world is witnessing unprecedented levels of both collaboration and competition between traditional automotive companies and high-tech newcomers such as Google, Uber and Tesla, which increasingly share a conviction that an opportunity has arrived...

Germany's Federal Court of Justice banned Mercedes from selling its Airscarf headrest heating system for convertible cars in Germany because of a dispute over patents.

German regulators investigating car emissions summoned representatives of Fiat Chrysler and Opel for a meeting next week.

Apple is investing $1 billion in Didi, giving the Chinese ride-hailing startup a powerful ally and dealing a blow to Uber as it tries to build its business in the country.

News 16 May, 2016

BMW M140i and M240i replace M135i and M235i, with more power and better efficiency

VW Group sales were flat last month as growth at Audi and Skoda failed to offset a decline in deliveries at the scandal-hit VW brand.

Led by strong growth in Spain and Italy, new car registrations in Europe's 'big five' markets grew by 8.6% to 958,400 units in April 2016, according to JATO Dynamics. After the UK's traditional volume peak in March, which saw registrations rise to 1.36m, April produced further gains across the top five European markets with SUVs driving higher volume and counting for 24.4% and 24.9% of April's and YTD's totals respectively. The Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR) came in at 11.35m, up from March registrations of 11.04m and significantly higher than the 10.48m in April 2015.

Apple is investing $1 billion in Chinese ride-sharing service Didi Chuxing, which dominates Uber Technologies in the world's biggest market. Here are five things to know about Didi:

Schaeffler has posted first quarter revue of EUR3.3bn (US$3.7bn), slightly above the prior year level, with growth of 2.4% at constant currency.

Schaeffler Group is increasing its capacity at two US locations by building new manufacturing halls and administration buildings.