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"It's not about who's first to market," says Bill Ford. "It's about who's most thoughtful to market.

Carlos Ghosn heard years of skepticism from competitors about his bullishness on electric vehicles. Now, the herd is following him.

The plan to shift more pickup production to Mexico depends on the survival of a trade pact that President Donald Trump has called the worst U.S. trade deal ever.

VW has re-registered six company jets in Germany that were previously registered in the Cayman Islands. The automaker has denied that the planes were registered in the Cayman Islands for tax-avoidance reasons.

Kia Europe plans to adjust its hybrid and plug-in offerings to compensate for falling sales of diesel cars in the region.

The electric hatchback kicked off a new journey for the 110-year-old automaker, which plans to launch at least 20 new all-electric and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles globally by 2023.

Phil Brook started leading the brands' marketing in April amid a product blitz, including Buick's Avenir subbrand, and a restructuring of its agency business.

Today's Honda, a middling player on the global stage, concedes it finally needs outside help to meet the challenges of the future.

For the latest Star Wars tie-in, dealers had a challenge for Nissan's marketing brass: How could they spread the fervor across the Nissan lineup?

French startup Navya Technologies hopes to beat automotive and tech giants such as GM and Alphabet with a robotaxi that will be part of a lineup of autonomous vehicles.

Honda plans to inspect and replace or properly install replacement airbag inflators that have been improperly installed under an earlier recall.

Toyota's Lexus brand is acquiring the naming rights to a new $4 million indoor sports complex in Detroit with a 545-foot cycling velodrome.

Can a luxury brand which after 31 years is only a moderate success in North America, is absent from Europe and Japan and builds only two models in China be considered a successful one? Acura has always promised much but not always delivered, at least not compared to Lexus and Infiniti, each of which it blazed the trail for. In this first of three features, just-auto looks at what is ahead for Honda Motor's brands.

General Motors plans to share its "vision for an autonomous future" during an investor event on Nov. 30 in San Francisco.

Nine automakers are among the record-breaking number of 609 companies that garnered a perfect score for LGBTQ equality in an annual study.

Germany's financial watchdog is investigating whether Volkswagen illegally disclosed information about emissions violations to third parties, adding to the company's legal headaches more than two years after the scandal broke

Federal transportation safety officials headed to Las Vegas on Friday to investigate a collision this week between a self-driving shuttle bus on its first day of service and a truck, which was blamed on human error.

Among the revelations in OPEC's just published World Oil Outlook is a notable change in assumptions about cars and light trucks. The cartel expects 137 million fewer of them on the road in 2040 than it did just two years ago.

The rental-car business isn't dead and working with ride-hailing companies will actually offset any market share lost to them, the CEO of Hertz says.

Mercedes-Benz intends to expand its existing Russian supplier network following a forum held in Moscow.