Ford and its joint ventures in China continue to report strong sales. Ford posted record October sales of 107,618 vehicles, up 14% compared to October 2015.
Ford today said it is investing $195 million and creating 3,000 jobs over the next five years for a new global technology and business center in Chennai, India.
Toyota reported a 43 percent fall in global operating profit in the latest quarter as foreign exchange losses and an overreliance on lower-margin passenger cars in North America offset gains from aggressive cost cutting and rising sales.
Illinois filed a lawsuit against Volkswagen for tampering with emissions controls in Volkswagen and Audi diesel vehicles, becoming the 19th U.S. state to take legal action against the German automaker.
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is expected to announce this month that automotive seating supplier Adient is moving about 500 jobs to downtown Detroit, sources told Crain's Detroit Business, an affiliate of Automotive News.
The European Commission has asked the UK government for details of assurances it gave to Nissan that new investment would not suffer when Britain leaves the bloc.
Tesla Motors no longer will provide free access to its Supercharger Network to vehicle owners, the company said in a blog post today.
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PSA and GEFCO groups have inked an EUR8bn (US$8.8bn) exclusivity agreement under which the logistics provider will manage the automaker's entire global manufacturing supply chain.
Ferrari raised its outlook for the year after reporting a 10 percent rise in third-quarter earnings to 234 million euros.
Jaguar Land Rover says its focus remains firmly at home in the UK despite expanded operations overseas.
Car sales in Western Europe fell by 1% year-on-year (YoY) in October, with one fewer selling day, according to data released by LMC Automotive.
Sales of Mercedes cars jumped 12 percent in October as strong demand in Europe and China helped offset a fall in the U.S.
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Renault has kept the Scenic's minivan design in a move that goes against the industry trend of giving SUV styling to people movers.
Nissan's co-CEO, Hiroto Saikawa, said the automaker was given assurances by the UK government that the auto industry would be kept competitive after Brexit prior to the automaker's announcement last month that it would make new investments in the...
Workers at Integram (Magna) Seating in Windsor, Ontario, ratified a new four-year labor agreement by an overwhelming margin late Monday, avoiding a strike that threatened output at two Ontario vehicle assembly plants it supplies.
Canada's autoworkers union Unifor said it had ended negotiations with the 'Detroit Three' automakers after members ratified a four-year contract with Ford securing C$713m in investment, new product, more than 500 jobs, and wage improvements.
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World record holder Han Yue takes three quarters of an hour to lap the 'Ring on two wheels in modified MINI Cooper S