In 2009, as Chrysler was emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy and Sergio Marchionne moved in to take control, no-one expected that, five years later, Jeep would become the star of the combined Fiat and Chrysler ranges.
Data from LMC Automotive suggests that China's car market enjoyed a strong surge at the end of the year as government incentives caused a spike in demand.
Western European car sales rose 8.9 percent last year but the region will likely need a continued recovery in southern markets to drive growth this year, industry experts said.
Ford said today it expects its 2015 earnings to be about $1.5 billion higher than it previously estimated, due to a change in how it will report pension gains and losses.
Hyundai Motor unveiled its first purpose-built hybrid vehicle, the Ioniq, at a pre-launch viewing at its Namyang R&D Center just outside South Korea's capital city Seoul.
Kia says production at its Slovak plant rose 4 percent in 2015 to a record 338,000 cars. Engine production jumped by 18 percent to 582,000 units, the automaker added.
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7 Jan, 2016
British sports car brand sells 1,654 cars in 2015 and creates 250 new jobs to meet increasing demand
Sales of imported vehicles in South Korea jumped by over 42% to 24,366 units in December, from 17,120 units in the same month of last year, according to data released by Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Association.
Buick will air its first-ever Super Bowl commercial during next month's broadcast, a bid to raise the brand's profile ahead of a big product-launch year.
Rolls-Royce says it has started the testing phase of an aluminium space-frame architecture, with early activity seeing new engineering mules evaluated in public around the world.
Mitsubishi Motors said today it has given up trying to find an automotive buyer for its sole assembly plant in the U.S.
Chevrolet will add a hatchback Cruze to its lineup this fall, an effort to expand the appeal of the brand's top-selling car. Chevy confirmed today that it will unveil the 2017 Cruze hatch at the Detroit auto show next week.
Sales of Volkswagen brand cars in Germany last month trailed rivals Ford and Opel, as well as strong market growth, in the aftermath of the automaker's emissions-rigging scandal.
3M is showing its light optimisation display films at this week's continuing CES in Las Vegas, which it says advance the performance of consumer electronic devices and improve user interaction with automotive displays.
UK car sales rose 8 percent in December, propelling the car market to a full-year record volume of 2.63 million. Industry watchers said registrations are likely to be flat in 2016.
Allison Transmission says David Graziosi, currently chief financial officer, has been promoted to the additional role of president, effective immediately.
UK new car registrations for 2015 passed 2.6m units for the first time, sealing four years of consecutive growth, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said on Thursday (7 January). There were increases in all bar one of the past 46 months and a bumper December - the biggest ever, up 8.4% - saw 180,077 new cars registered.
Continental says at this week's ongoing Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, from vehicles being enhanced by online data to human-machine interface concepts, it is demonstrating how 'holistic connectivity' transforms evolutionary changes in vehicles to a "revolutionary" mobility experience.
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7 Jan, 2016
New central touchscreen tech shown at CES 2016 previews brand's future; upcoming DB11 sports car could benefit too
VW assumes it will have to buy back about 115,000 cars in the U.S. as a result of the emissions scandal, a German newspaper reported.
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