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What is a front-end module? It depends on who makes it and for whom. Front-end modules (FEMs) typically encompass the bumper, headlights, radiator and various others parts. The benefits to the automaker from sourcing complete FEMs are clear: they can help cut the number of operations on the assembly line, reduce vehicle weight, cut tooling costs and improve working capital. Continuing just-auto/QUBE's series of interviews with component suppliers, we caught up with Rob Selle, Global Product Line Director, FEM, Fascia & Trim, Magna Exteriors, a front-runner serving the FEMs market.

BMW stands to become the first foreign automaker to own a majority stake in a Chinese joint venture, showing Beijing is following through on a pledge to increasingly open up the economy to global corporations.

BMW will become the first foreign automaker to own a majority stake in a Chinese joint venture when the automaker increases its share of a JV with Brilliance, Bloomberg reported.

PSA's global vehicle deliveries increased 38 percent in the first half largely because of last year's acquisition of Opel/Vauxhall. Excluding the former GM brands, PSA's sales rose a more modest 1.9 percent.

Automakers rushing to embrace car-sharing, in which sedans and crossovers are more of a service than a product, are getting feedback of all types: buggy apps that crash or time out, dirty cars that smell like smoke, and vehicles that don't unlock...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk pledged to pay to secure clean water for homes in Flint, Mich., the city that fell into economic depression amid the decades-long decline of Detroit's auto industry and is still recovering from a major public health emergency.

Renault's Alpine brand is raising production of its A110 coupe to 20 cars a day from 15 to try to reduce waiting times that stretch more than a year.

Gestamp expects the expanding trend of automakers' outsourcing to suppliers will continue to help the Spanish metal parts supplier.

Audi has learned that consumer expectations in America differ widely from those in the rest of the world. Here's what the brand does before launching a new vehicle.

VW design boss Klaus Bischoff has done sketches for four-door, Beetle-style electric vehicle.

DS Automobiles will halt sales of the DS 4 and DS 5 by year-end as PSA Group's upscale brand continues efforts to shed its former identity as a Citroen subbrand.

Audi, for the first time, landed atop an annual U.S. dealership study that evaluates brands based on how effective salespeople are at handling consumers and closing deals.

In an 88-11 vote Wednesday, the Senate approved a symbolic motion backing a role for Congress in requiring tariffs based on national security, such as those President Trump has imposed on steel and aluminum imports and is contemplating on light...

Is a large, heavy Jaguar estate powered by a diesel engine which produces 700Nm of torque and 300PS far less planet-harming than any Tesla?

OEMs are increasingly tasking their light commercial divisions with responsibility for certain passenger models too. Mercedes-Benz Vans is no exception, with the V-Class and X-Class being two of the better known model lines. The Vito though, is a bigger seller than either, with the premium pricing of multi-occupant luxury variants and new electric LCV versions greatly assisting the rising profits of the Vans division.

Lotus is something of a curiosity. Like Chrysler, many companies have owned it, only to eventually sell it on to another firm, usually having sustained substantial losses during the period of control. Will things be different under Geely? This analysis of the where the company is at and the cars it is said to be planning, is the penultimate feature in the Geely Automotive Holding series.

A former Tesla employee portrayed by CEO Elon Musk as a saboteur has filed a whistle-blower tip to the Securities and Exchange Commission alleging the company made misstatements and omissions to investors.

Stuttgart, home to Mercedes and Porsche, will bar diesel vehicles meeting the Euro 4 or older emissions standards starting next year and may be forced to ban Euro 5 vehicles by 2020 if measures to improve air quality fail, a state ministry said.

Stuttgart, home to Mercedes and Porsche, will bar diesel vehicles meeting the Euro 4 or older emissions standards starting next year and may be forced to ban Euro 5 vehicles by 2020 if measures to improve air quality fail, a state ministry said.