Automakers from Detroit to Tokyo are paying a price for Volkswagen AG's emissions cheating scandal as environmental regulators intensify their scrutiny to root out violations.
Dealers are finding that turnover - especially on the service side of their store - is one of the single biggest issues they're combating today.
Toyota may be one of the world's leanest carmakers. But in a new era of record volume and disruptive technologies, President Akio Toyoda has appointed the company's first-ever chief competitive officer, to sharpen its edge even more.
The Automotive News PACE Awards celebrate the innovations and achievements of automotive suppliers in moving the industry forward. This year, the 22nd edition of the PACE Awards highlights 28 innovations that have been named as finalists.
Volvo will add a compact crossover as its 40 series returns to the U.S. on a new architecture within three years.
As BMW marks its 100-year anniversary, it finds itself entering a new disruptive digital age commonly called the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
As Nissan prepares to bolster its U.S. supply of the fast-selling Rogue compact crossover with 100,000 annual imports from Japan, a top executive suggests that the number could go higher.
Seemingly minor tweaks can be critical to a brand's prospects in China, the world's largest vehicle market.
In 2013, Don Hinds Ford in Fishers, Ind., converted its showroom, service department and lot lighting from incandescent to LED, reducing maintenance and saving $4,000 a month on electric bills.
Aston Martin is cooperating with Chinese technology developer LeEco and could expand their work together. LeEco's founder is also the backer of Faraday Future, the start-up maker of electric cars that intends to build a plant in Nevada.
The parts department at Brighton Ford includes a 150-square-foot convenience store for employees and customers, similar to that found on any city corner. The foot and beverages are a profit center for the parts department, and keep employees on site.
Houston's Mac Haik group wants the industry to copy its successful technician apprenticeship program, and end the poaching that plagues dealerships and drives up costs.
Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne's holdings in the companies he runs are worth $232 million at recent share prices, making him more invested in his employers than fellow auto bosses, according to Bloomberg.
BMW's factory in Spartanburg, S.C., is the brand's biggest plant in the world, and it will become even larger when a $1 billion expansion is completed this year.
Lear CEO Matt Simoncini wants the supplier to be the bellwether of manufacturing success in the city of Detroit.
Volkswagen Group's current chairman, Hans Dieter Poetsch, and CEO, Matthias Mueller, were alerted by the company's former CEO to the use of illicit emissions-control software in the U.S.
Automotive legend Bob Lutz, a BMW board member in the early 1970s, played a significant role in raising BMW's profile. In particular, he is credited with helping create company-owned sales arms in Europe.
Glance over Erwin Raphael's resume and you might wonder why Hyundai chose him to run its fledgling Genesis luxury-car brand in the U.S. When you have a problem, however, it becomes clear.
Daimler boss Dieter Zetsche says electric vehicles probably need to be able to go at least 310 miles without a recharge in order to become a mainstream alternative to gas-powered cars.
As BMW celebrates its 100-year anniversary today, it finds itself entering a new disruptive digital age commonly called the Fourth Industrial Revolution.