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The tiny black Fiat 500L that ferried Pope Francis to the White House and Congress during his historic first visit to the United States will be auctioned in Philadelphia next week, officials said today.

McLaren Automotive has added four dealerships in the U.S. The newest retail locations for the sports-car maker are McLaren Bergen County in Ramsey, N.J.; McLaren Boston, McLaren Houston and McLaren Palm Beach.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could be sending payments from Ally Financial's $80 million settlement fund to non-Hispanic white borrowers because of a potentially unreliable race identification method, the House Financial Services...

The Audi A1 will be built at the Seat plant in Martorell following the success of the Q3 there but the plant is losing the larger vehicle. Production of the A1, currently built in Brussels, is set to begin in 2018. The A1 will bring investments and employment to the plant in addition to contributing to achieving the factory's full production capacity.

Through the end of February, Ford is letting employees and retirees share their discount on a new car or truck with anyone who has a competitive vehicle, according to a memo distributed to dealers.

Volkswagen has reorganized vehicle development at its core VW brand as the automaker strives to boost profitability and adapt more quickly to market trends.

Volkswagen has reorganized vehicle development at its core VW brand as the automaker strives to boost profitability and adapt more quickly to market trends.

News 20 Jan, 2016

DS plans full Performance model range, alongside new coupe, SUV and luxury car by 2020

News 20 Jan, 2016

New Automated Driving Insurer Group formed to tackle issues on liability and road traffic laws for autonomous vehicles

News 20 Jan, 2016

Breakdown service will mix tech with its diagnostics data to predict when cars will develop faults

President Obama's lofty goal of getting 1m plug-in electric cars on US roads by 2015, set back in 2008, with petrol prices averaging nearly US$4 a gallon, has been missed by about 600,000 units, a media report said.

Renault's Maubeuge plant has produced its millionth second-generation Kangoo.

Audi will build its new electric SUV at its plant in Belgium in a production reshuffle that will see A1 output go to Spain and Q3 production shift to Hungary.

News 20 Jan, 2016

Fiat's facelifted city car gets new road tax exempt Eco 1.2 petrol, plus diesel variant now on sale

Back in 2008, with gas prices averaging nearly $4 a gallon, President Barack Obama set a goal of getting one million plug-in electric vehicles on the roads by 2015.

General Motors has followed up its US$500million spend on Lyft with another move to fortify itself against the rise of Uber Technologies, a media report said.

Opinion 20 Jan, 2016

Auto Express invited to talk car emissions with Transport Select Comittee

The Jeep brand enjoyed record sales in the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East, Africa) with 117,620 units shifted, up 55.7% in comparison with 2014. There was 26 months of uninterrupted year-over-year growth to the end of December.

BMW's Mini brand has added 'All4' four wheel drive to its recently launched Clubman and claimed a couple of firsts - the brand's first all-wheel drive model in the C-segment and the first all-paw model to be built at Oxford - the Countryman 4x4s are done under contract by Magna Steyr in Graz, Austria.