March 2016 saw the BMW Group sell more vehicles than in any other single month in the company's 100 year history, the automaker announced on Tuesday (12 April).
Toyota used one of the world's biggest design events to showcase the Setsuna concept for a roadster made from wood.
Mercedes boosted sales twice as fast as BMW in the first quarter, moving the brand closer to clinching the lead in the world's luxury-car market for the first time in a decade.
Ontario State is providing automotive supplier, Formet Industries in St. Thomas with C$1m (US$0.8m) to develop new products and grow its business, creating 66 new jobs and retaining more than 1,300 positions.
Ford says it has tested a Fusion Hybrid autonomous research vehicle with no headlights at night.
With worldwide sales of almost 160,000 vehicles during its first full year of production, the Renegade has to be declared a major success. Not to mention a huge shot in the arm for what had been an ailing SATA-Melfi plant in Italy before FCA decided to manufacture it and the Fiat 500X there.
Assembly of the second-generation Ford S-Max began in May 2015 at Ford's factory in Valencia, Spain. Output is expected to peak at more than 40,000 units this year, according to IHS Automotive.
Nissan is in a celebratory mood after the speedy 2016 GT-R Nismo broke the Guinness World Record for the fastest drift, clocking in at 304.96 kph (189.49 mph).
The 2016 Ford F-150 SuperCab was the only full-size pickup to take home a 'good' rating among the nameplates tested in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's latest small-overlap crash test.
A $245 million investment slated for a Detroit-area General Motors plant will go to a Kansas facility instead, leaving one of GM's primary small-vehicle factories with a light workload.
New technologies in the race for lighter-weight vehicles dominated the 2016 Automotive News PACE Awards on Monday night. The annual awards for outstanding supplier innovations singled out seven new concepts that are helping automakers trim weight.
Hitachi Automotive Systems America announced today the promotion of Paul Carroll to president and CEO. He's the first non-Japanese to serve in the role.
Geek Squad is ditching its signature Volkswagen Beetle 'Geekmobiles' for the 2016 Toyota Prius C.
Ferrari CEO Amedeo Felisa plans to retire as the Agnelli family tightens its grip on the recently listed company, Bloomberg reported.
Honda said it is recalling more than 11,000 decade-old Accord sedans, some of them for the fifth time since 2014, after dealers found the Japanese automaker originally had installed the wrong Takata airbag inflators in some cars.
Tesla Motors said it will recall the Model X crossover to replace a third-row seat that failed an internal crash test.
Fiat Chrysler is giving the slumping Dodge Dart a midyear tuneup by dropping two models, shuffling content and adjusting prices.
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Hennessey Performance has broken the world record for the fastest production convertible car with a 265.6mph run
BMW is expanding its DriveNow car share service into the US, starting in Seattle under the brand name ReachNow.
Webasto is expanding its plant for roof systems in Hiroshima, Japan, with EUR5.6m (US$6.4m) ploughed into a new 5,000 square metre building.
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