Opel will recall the Adam and Corsa to fix steering components that could break, making it more difficult to control the vehicles.
Opel/Vauxhall said its GT Concept that will be unveiled at the Geneva auto show is unlikely to go into production. Opel released images of the concept for a small sports coupe.
Renault group LCV sales in 2015 rose 12.4% year on year to 387,000 units, despite a 6.3% dip in the total market, North America excluded. Its share of the global LCV market was 3.76%, an improvement of 0.63 points over 2014.
Toyota and Daihatsu will decide at board meetings on Friday if Toyota will make the minivehicle maker a wholly owned subsidiary, Reuters reported. Toyota already owns a 51.2 percent stake in the smaller automaker.
Takata is preparing the ground for the exit of its CEO, Shigehisa Takada, Reuters reported, as pressure builds on the airbag maker following a huge global recall over faulty inflators that can explode with excessive force.
VW Group won approval for the first stage of its recall of 8.
PSA Peugeot Citroen and IKCO have announced a 50:50 joint venture, which will see a Tehran facility established to produce vehicles, whose platform the Iranian company will share to develop its own models.
PSA/Peugeot-Citroen and its long-time Iranian partner will invest $435 million upgrading their auto plant near Tehran to produce 100,000 vehicles a year. The revamped factory will make the Peugeot 208 hatchback, 301 sedan and 2008 crossover.
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Automatic braking systems were shown in a new study to reduce rear-end crashes by about 40 percent on average, handing added momentum to a push by safety groups, regulators and some automakers to equip all new cars with the technology.
Hyundai expects the Tucson to change perceptions of the brand in Europe, thanks to its bolder design and upscale features and equipment. The SUV has become the brand's fastest-selling model in Europe since its launch in September.
PSA named former Yahoo executive Brigitte Cantaloube as the automaker's first chief digital officer to help spearhead the company's "digital transformation."
Automatic braking systems were shown in a new study to reduce rear-end crashes by about 40 percent on average, adding momentum to a push by safety groups, regulators and some automakers to equip all new cars with the technology.
A settlement fund for the benefit of more than 1,000 GM customers who sued over faulty ignition switches should be re-examined by a judge because the lawyer who negotiated it had a conflict of interest, another plaintiff attorney involved in the...
Toyota is recalling 6,000 new Lexus RX350 and RX450h crossovers from the 2016 model year to fix issues related to airbags.
ZF TRW plans to open its global electronics headquarters in suburban Detroit by the end of the second quarter following a lease of a 171,000-square-foot office building.
Last weekend's big snowstorm took a big bite out of January's U.S. new-vehicle sales, but analysts and dealers said they expect demand to rebound in February and March, keeping the industry on track for a second consecutive record year.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles said it will idle its plant in Sterling Heights, Mich., which makes the midsize Chrysler 200 sedan, for six weeks starting on Monday.
UAW-represented Fiat Chrysler workers will receive profit-sharing checks of as much as $4,000 this year, 45 percent more than in 2015, the company said today.