With one month to go in 2017, Mercedes-Benz appears to have back-to-back U.S. luxury sales crowns all but wrapped up with a 30,611-vehicle lead over second-place BMW.
Hyundai and Kia, behind weak fleet and sedan volume, continued to post sales declines in November that have dominated their 2017 performance virtually every month this year.
Sales at Honda Motor Co. rose 8.3 percent in November to 133,156 vehicles thanks to production shifts this year that allow for more crossover output at the Honda and Acura divisions.
Six residents near GM's Milford Proving Ground in Michigan filed a lawsuit blaming the automaker for decades of sodium chloride contamination of groundwater.
Toyota sales fell 3 percent in November after five straight months of gains, with both the Toyota and Lexus brands struggling to move cars and seeing some cooling off in the light-truck market.
Cowboy Toyota, of Dallas, settled charges by the FTC that its ads in Spanish-language papers violated the law, in part because the disclaimers were only in English.
Subaru of America is officially riding a six year-old sales streak.
A federal judge in Texas has thrown out a bias lawsuit against General Motors brought by an African American employee.
Ford's U.S. sales rose 7 percent in November, driven by strong fleet sales as well as gains for its trucks and utility vehicles.
Volkswagen brand sales were down 1.6 percent to 29,207 while Audi extended its industry-best sales streak to 97 months, rising 12 percent.
Ford is laying the legal smack down on WWE star John Cena. The automaker filed a lawsuit against the pro wrestler after Cena resold his 2017 Liquid Blue Ford GT less than a month after owning it.
The automaker, behind weaker car demand and lower fleet shipments, reported sales last month declined 2.9 percent compared with November 2016.
Subaru said it will invest $140 million and add 200 jobs to produce the 2019 Ascent at its plant in Lafayette, Ind.
FCA US extended its losing streak to a 15th consecutive month in November, as sales fell 3.7 percent to 154,919 vehicles.
Standard Motor Products, the automotive replacement parts manufacturer and distributor, announced it had formed a joint venture with Foshan Guangdong Automotive Air Conditioning, a China-based manufacturer of air conditioning compressors for the automotive aftermarket and the Chinese original equipment market.
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2 Dec, 2017
VW will follow up the I.D. hatchback with the production I.D. Crozz and coupe-SUV electric cars, set to arrive before the end of the decade
PSA has shuffled its digital leadership by appointing veteran executive Christophe Rauturier as chief digital officer
Opinion
3 Dec, 2017
Mike Rutherford argues that the Government’s plans for autonomous cars are out of touch with reality
Ford and Honda posted U.S. sales increases in November while Toyota, FCA, GM and Hyundai-Kia slipped in a month that produced a small gain for the industry, driven by light-truck demand and fatter deals.
Auto sales, behind strong results at Nissan, Ford and Honda, rose to 1,399,640 in November -- a record for the month -- exceeding most forecasts and driven by light-truck demand and fatter deals.
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