Nissan Division's U.S. sales fall 13% in October on sharp decline in car sales
It was a record October for Toyota division light-truck sales. Surging deliveries of the Tacoma pickup and Highlander crossover led Toyota Motor Sales to a slight gain for the month.
Ford's U.S. light-vehicle sales fell 3.9 percent in October as a continued drop in car demand and a second-straight decline for F-series pickups outweighed gains for crossovers and SUVs.
Amid softening in U.S. vehicle sales, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles said it will extend production shutdowns at two Indiana transmission plants.
New-vehicle sales fell for the seventh consecutive month in Canada in October, a trend the Global Automakers of Canada called 'disconcerting.' The organization says rising interest rates are partially to blame.
While many European automakers have bailed out of the Detroit auto show, there will be at least one major global debut from a foreign automaker.
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Special edition of Aston's 211mph DBS Superleggera celebrates the DBR1's 1959 Le Mans victory, and just 24 will be built
American Honda saw strong U.S. sales in October from its Acura brand, but a 14 percent drop in overall car sales pulled sales down for the company by 4.1 percent.
Chinese welding system supplier HTI Cybernetics is investing $20.6 million to expand its suburban Detroit headquarters at a site under development.
Jeep's U.S. sales rose for the 10th consecutive month, and the Ram, Chrysler, Dodge and Alfa Romeo brands all posted double-digit increases.
Mazda says it has beat the previous year's record for global vehicle sales in the first half of fiscal 2018-19, selling a total of 796,000 units globally, 1.7% ahead of the same period last year (which set a record). However, floods in Japan and lost production have hit the full-year outlook.
Effective Thursday, the automaker will allow new fathers eight weeks of paid time off, up from two weeks. It will allow new mothers between 14-16 weeks of paid time off, up from 8-10 weeks.
A German consumer group filed a lawsuit against Volkswagen Group on behalf of VW owners. The action over diesel-emissions cheating uses new class-action rules that potentially makie it easier to win damages from companies.
U.S. light-vehicle sales, behind strong light-truck demand and elevated incentives, edged up 0.4 percent in October, signaling the second-half slowdown that began in July is moderating. The SAAR came in at 17.59 million, the highest of the year.
Geely-owned Volvo Cars is the latest OEM to announce an agreement with Baidu to jointly develop shared autonomous vehicles. Volvo says it will work with Baidu on electric and fully autonomous drive-compatible cars with the aim of mass producing them for the Chinese market.
New-car sales in France fell by 1.5 percent in October to 173,802 following several months' disruption caused by the introduction of the WLTP testing regime.
An upgrade to Tesla's auto-parking feature will be ready within six weeks, CEO Elon Musk tweeted.
An upgrade to Tesla's auto-parking feature will be ready within six weeks, CEO Elon Musk tweeted on Thursday.
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The new BMW 8 Series Convertible has arrived with a fabric roof, and joins the Coupe in the brand’s flagship range