Honda has tweaked its hybrid system for large vehicles to deliver better power and fuel economy. The improvements debuted in a hybrid Odyssey minivan and build on the two-motor system currently deployed in the Accord Hybrid.
Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche's pay jumped 16 percent to $10.75 million last year as the company reported a 36 percent rise in operating profit.
Moscow analysts maintain AvtoVAZ's involvement with the Renault-Nissan alliance will see it far less vulnerable to supply chain fluctuations as the Russian automaker looks to bounce back from disappointing recent results with a raft of new models and cost initiatives.
Toyota has come out on top as Japan's most valuable global brand for the eighth year in a row according to a list compiled by US consultancy Interbrand.
Takata, the troubled Japanese supplier at the center of a global airbag recall crisis, is considering trimming its global airbag operations, including consolidating production plants in Europe and shedding overseas jobs, Kyodo News reported.
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India-based automotive components maker Motherson Sumi Systems is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire investor Wilbur Ross' IAC automotive interiors business.
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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud owned by publisher and poet goes on sale for just shy of £400k
China-based tech company LeEco and Aston Martin have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the creation of a partnership that will develop a production version of the Aston Martin RapidE electric vehicle concept by 2018.
New vehicle sales in Thailand fell by 13.3% to a multi-year low of 51,715 units in January, from 59,669 in the same month of last year, according to data released by the Federation of Thai Industries.
BMW wielded an unlikely tool to hold onto its crown in the U.S. luxury-car market last year: the loaner, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg.
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CEO insists hybrid is the fuel of the future, but pushes back plug-in Bentayga
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