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Audi ranks as Europe's sixth-largest brand, outselling volume automakers such as Citroen and Fiat. Sales boss Luca De Meo explained to Automotive News Europe how the automaker is maintaining its premium-ness despite its rising volume.

The executives chosen as 2015 Automotive News Europe Eurostars outworked and outmaneuvered their rivals. Renault Chief Performance Officer Jerome Stoll is this year's Eurostar winner for Sales and Marketing Executive.

Porsche has added turbocharged engines to its iconic 911 sports car range to help meet increasingly tougher fuel economy and CO2 emissions rules.

The executives chosen as 2015 Automotive News Europe Eurostars achieved success by exceeding expectations. Fiat Chrysler CFO Richard Palmer is this year's Eurostar winner for Chief Financial Officer.

Nissan takes its UEFA Champions League sponsorship to a whole new level in its latest spot.

The UAW plans to pick a target for contract negotiations by Sept. 14, the day its current four-year accord with the major automakers ends.

GM posted its biggest drop in China sales in five months for August as global automakers struggle with a deepening economic slowdown and slumping equities in the world's largest auto market.

Car sales in Western Europe grew by 9.6% in August, according to data released by LMC Automotive. The recovery to the region's car market continued where it left off the previous month, registering a 13m units a year annualised selling rate in the month.

The next Nissan Juke will be the first car to be built on Renault-Nissan's CMF-B small-car modular architecture. The subcompact SUV also will continue to be built at Nissan's plant in England, securing the factory's future.

Features 7 Sep, 2015

We go back in time to explore the world of DS – from its 1955 show debut to brushes with French presidents

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) chief Sergio Marchionne reportedly said at the weekend seeking a merger with General Motors was a "high priority" and such a deal would also be the best strategic option for the Detroit rival. GM's board rejected a merger proposal from FCA earlier this year but that has not stopped Marchionne from wooing his bigger competitor.

Tata Motors' luxury car unit Jaguar continued its drip-feed of F-Pace crossover information with the release, at last, of an image showing the complete car which makes its world debut at the Frankfurt show next week. 'Film' of the production version of the C-X17 concept vehicle has also been released via You Tube as the marketing activity for the brand's first crossover ramps up.

News 7 Sep, 2015

Nissan releases teaser image of sharp new crossover heading to Frankfurt Motor Show 2015

The two main Brazilian public financial institutions, government-controlled Banco do Brasil and wholly government-controlled Caixa Econômica Federal, have announced a programme for the automotive supply chain that may top BRL12bn/$3.15bn in new disbursements. A protocol signed recently envisages automakers' lobby group Anfavea and Sindipeças (the suppliers' union) acting as intermediaries in financial cooperation between the two banks, automakers and strategically important auto parts suppliers.

Volkswagen's intention to extend CEO Martin Winterkorn's contract by two years and appoint Hans Dieter Poetsch, the current finance chief, as chairman, may fail to generate the momentum the group needs to tackle stubborn structural problems,...

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Audi, BMW and Mercedes have succeeded in 'democratizing' luxury in Europe while increasing their combined share of the European market to 17 percent from 10 percent two decades ago.