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VW brand is copying a strategy from tech companies such as Apple by introducing its own "Volkswagen User-ID."

News 16 Jan, 2017

The German tuner has worked its magic on all areas of the Mercedes E-Class, starting with the engine...

News 16 Jan, 2017

Airbus group CEO Tom Enders reveals prototype 'flying car' with autonomous technology could be tested by year's end

Features 16 Jan, 2017

It’s not just sat-navs and phones that distract us; smells and tastes can also affect our driving. We sit a DET test to see by how much...

News 16 Jan, 2017

Race prepared Model S saloon gets uprated electric motor for 778bhp and claimed two-second 0-60mph dash

The UK said it will carry out tests on the Jeep Grand Cherokee model following U.S. accusations that carmaker Fiat Chrysler Automobiles mislead regulators on diesel emissions.

News 16 Jan, 2017

Final send-off for current generation G-Wagen looks set to be a pick-up variant of huge 4x4² G-Class.

President-elect Donald Trump has warned BMW that the United States will impose a border tax of 35 percent on 3-series cars that the automaker plans to build at a new plant in Mexico and export to the U.S. market, a report said.

BMW plans to finish construction of a new $1 billion plant in Mexico undeterred by threats from President-elect Donald Trump that he will impose a 35 percent tariff on cars imported into the U.S. from its southern neighbor.

Even as VW pleaded guilty to felony charges and agreed to a record settlement of its emissions scandal, the noose of law enforcement has tightened around the automaker's highest executives.

President-elect Donald Trump's threatened border tax on autos and auto parts coming into the U.S. would depress the entire industry, said Jim Lentz, CEO of Toyota Motor North America.

Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn would like Nissan and its alliance partner Renault to pick up the pace on commonizing their platforms and technologies. But not too fast.

After Fiat Chrysler dealers sell down their current stocks of remaining Dodge Darts and Chrysler 200 sedans, those segments may stay vacant for a while on their lots.

Their volumes may be declining, but sedans -- along with their coupe and hatchback cousins -- still sell by the millions each year and will continue to do so for years.

Our Los Angeles reporter, David Undercoffler, braved Detroit's winter elements and numerous potholes to take a look at what went well at the auto show -- and what didn't.