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Westlake Financial Services and American Credit Acceptance will pay $7.4 million to Massachusetts car buyers after the state's attorney general said the lenders charged consumers excessive interest rates on subprime loans.

Google, Apple and other super-rich tech companies should not be feared as auto industry disrupters, Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn says. They should be embraced.

Honda's UK-built, US-bound Civic hatchback, first revealed at the Geneva show earlier this month, has made its North American debut, still in prototype form, with the automaker finally, if subtly, confirming US supplies will be built at its Swindon plant here in England.

VW Group's Seat brand confirmed it will launch an entry into the booming subcompact SUV sector next year.

Opinion 27 Mar, 2016

After noticing that pick-ups are becoming easier to live with, it's not hard to see why they are growing in popularity, says Graham Hope

Nissan is giving the GT-R supercar the biggest design and engineering overhaul since its U.S. debut in 2008, making it simultaneously more threatening and more refined.

'Wisdom' -- the irreverent production starring brash-talking centenarians -- was named 2015's Automotive Ad of the Year during the 10th Nielsen Global Automotive Advertising Awards.

Oil prices need to hit US$48 a barrel in order for the Russian economy to achieve the stimulus it needs and consumer confidence to return, says one analyst as numbers this week indicate a genuine strengthening of the commodity.

Kia added a dose of light-weighting and efficiency improvements to the Cadenza full-size sedan for its 2017 model year redesign.

Daimler said it will invest 250 million euros to improve the flexibility and efficiency of its Mercedes plant in Kecskemet, Hungary. The factory builds three Mercedes compact cars.

Daimler said it will invest 250 million euros to improve the flexibility and efficiency of its Mercedes plant in Kecskemet, Hungary. The factory builds three Mercedes compact cars.

Zoox, a relatively unknown startup with the goal of building fully autonomous vehicles, was granted permission by California to test self-driving cars on public roads in the state.

UK sports car company TVR has joined Aston Martin in choosing Wales for a new factory. TVR is expected to build up to four models at the plant, which will have an annual capacity of 2,000 units.

Ford has announced it will spend up to EUR200m to build the EcoSport B-segment SUV at its Craiova assembly plant in Romania starting autumn 2017.

News 23 Mar, 2016

Jaguar announces plans to sell nine 'continuation' examples of classic Jaguar XKSS sports car in 2017

Senior Russian politicians say they are not going to start "bossing" the domestic automotive sector around as debate swirls as to whether or not Moscow should do more to boost the industry.

On a freeway close to Magna's North American headquarters in Troy, Michigan, we got the opportunity to observe the supplier's advanced driver assistance technologies in action. When the moment was right - and lanes clearly marked - our driver, Chris Van Dan Elzen, Global Product Director, Far Field Driver Assistance Systems, Magna Electronics took his hands off the steering wheel and let the Cadillac ATS steer itself.  With the demo car safely parked up, Matthew Beecham learned more about such novelties and what else is in the pipeline.

Nissan Europe on Wednesday said it would increase Qashqai capacity at its Sunderland, north-east England factory and "further enhance its position as the best-selling crossover in Europe" following "a decade of unprecedented customer demand".