The UK new van market achieved a steady performance in February, with registrations at the same level as this time last year, when the sector recorded a seven-year high.
Domestic sales among South Korea's five main automakers rebounded by 7.2% year-on-year to 110,616 units in February after declining by 4.8% in the previous month, according to data released individually by the vehicle manufacturers.
Western European car sales rose 14 percent in February as key regional markets reported double-digit growth. A 27 percent increase in Italy was the main driver of the gain.
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Mercedes-Benz sold 133,752 vehicles to customers in February, up 11.2% year on year and a record for the month.
Volkswagen Group set new dates for its annual earnings press conference and shareholders meeting, indicating the scandal-hit company has made progress in sorting through the financial issues that caused the company to postpone the events.
Alfa Romeo delayed launching its new Giulia sedan to make sure it would be a true rival to competitors such as the BMW 3 series, said Sergio Marchionne, CEO of the brand's parent, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.
Mazda Motor Europe (MME) said Jorgen Olesen, vice president of customer service and logistics, will retire on 31 March, 2016 after almost 18 years of service with Mazda.
The volume of heated front seats fitted to light vehicles annually in North America is forecast to rise from around 14.5m units in 2015, to 16.2m units by 2020, according to just-auto's research unit, QUBE.
BMW development chief Klaus Froehlich described plans for a completely overhauled company, where half the randd staff will be computer programmers, competing with the likes of Google parent Alphabet to build the brains for self-driving cars.
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UK new car registrations continued the positive start to 2016 in February, growing 8.4% year on year to 83,395 units, according to Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) data.
Delphi Automotive said striking employees who protested the company's plan to move a factory to another site in southern China have returned to work.
Sales of Volkswagen-branded cars in the UK will fall in the first quarter, hit by the diesel-emissions scandal, but strong orders mean there are signs the automaker is bouncing back, its UK chief said.
Cox Automotive taps Mark O'Neil for a newly created COO position. The former president of DealerTrack will be in charge of Cox Automotive's software, media, inventory and financial services groups.
Conway MacKenzie, a Michigan turnaround specialists, filed a countersuit against co-founder and former Chairman and CEO Van Conway.
The average fuel economy of new light vehicles sold in the U.S. in February held steady from the month earlier at 25.2 mpg, a University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute report said.
Volkswagen will pay employees a bonus for 2015, despite the scandal over defeat devices used to rig emissions tests in the United States, the company's works council head said.
Google's self-driving car team is expanding and hiring more people with automotive industry expertise, underscoring the company's determination to move the division past the experimental stage.
U.S. regulators are reopening a proposal to boost fuel efficiency of medium and heavy duty trucks through 2027, asking for additional public comments on the planned move.
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