The auto industry's lean manufacturing system is vulnerable to any tightening of Europe's border controls in the wake of the region's refugee crisis, Ford, Opel and Daimler executives said at the Geneva auto show.
Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne said the automaker is not in tie-up talks with anyone including PSA/Peugeot-Citroen, after the French automaker said last week that it was open to strategic opportunities in the auto sector, sparking speculation...
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8 Jun, 2016
All-new Ford Ka+ is almost as practical as Fiesta hatchback and promises cheap running costs
Ford of Europe will apply its upscale Vignale trim line to its Edge and Kuga models. Ford expects to benefit further from the growing popularity of high-riding vehicles by selling higher margin Vignale versions of the two models.
Any lingering doubts about Toyota's decision to shut down the youthful Scion car brand may have been doused by the Japanese automaker's U.S. sales results in February.
Nissan Division's sales increased 13 percent in February on the strength of the Sentra, Murano and Maxima.
Lexus edged into the monthly lead in U.S. luxury-vehicle sales, boosted by SUVs. Deliveries rose 0.4 percent from a year earlier to 23,090 for Lexus while sliding 2.9 percent to 22,941 for Mercedes-Benz and declining 11 percent to 22,498 for BMW.
When they redesigned the Hyundai Tucson and Kia Sportage in 2015, corporate siblings Hyundai and Kia opted to send more of the Korean-built crossovers to the U.S. to seize on Americans' hankering for trucks. That decision paid off in February.
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1 Mar, 2016
Race-inspired Corvette Grand Sport edition is designed to handle circuit work
Volkswagen's U.S. sales fell for the fourth straight month in February as the brand reels from a diesel emissions scandal while sibling division Audi continues to climb.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and ad agency Wieden and Kennedy are parting ways after a six-year run that included some of the most notable work in the automotive category, such as the iconic "Imported From Detroit" ads.
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1 Mar, 2016
The McLaren Special Operations department creates bespoke P1 and 675LT for Geneva
A protest by workers over job cuts has disrupted production at a Turkish plant owned by the local unit of French automaker Renault.
American Honda rode strong car demand to a February U.S. sales record after a sluggish start to the year.
Ford followed a lackluster January with one of its strongest February results ever, posting a 20 percent increase in U.S. sales that included double-digit gains for two-thirds of its nameplates.
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