Toyota Motor Europe (TME) announced second quarter sales of 220,900 Toyota and Lexus vehicles, bringing the half year tally to 451,000 units and the group's market share to 4.6% for the six-month period.
Ford of Europe said its sales growth outpaced the overall industry in June and the first half of the year thanks to strong demand for new models such as the redesigned Mondeo sedan, Kuga and EcoSport SUVs, and Transit commercial vehicles.
Volkswagen Group brand Seat sales worldwide rose 8% year on year in the first half of 2015 to 216,500 units, the best H1 result since 2007.
Automotive technology supplier Mobileye's plans for bringing hands-free driving to market marks a contrast with the headline-grabbing effort by Google, whose moonshot, bottom-up approach aims to transform the auto industry in one dramatic sweep.
Jaguar Land Rover has reported June retail sales of 39,602 vehicles, in line with prior year volume.
General Motors (GM) is spending US$1.4bn on a range of improvements at its Arlington, Texas assembly plant "to produce high quality, full-size SUVs more competitively".
American Honda Finance will settle a complaint by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and pay US$24m to minority borrowers.
The Frankfurt motor show will be the launch pad for a very important Jaguar, the F-Pace SUV, vital for the brand in the US and Chinese markets, and a car chief designer Ian Callum "swore I'd never do".
Porsche will spend 1.1 billion euros ($1.21 billion) through 2020 to upgrade its main production and research sites in Germany.
Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne does not plan to make another offer to merge with General Motors after being rejected by its U.S. rival four months ago, the New York Times quoted him as saying.
Daimler estimates autonomous cars will be on specially selected highways within the decade as sensor technology progressively upgrades
FCA US and the UAW have officially opened negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement for 39,000 hourly employees with a ceremonial handshake at the UAW-Chrysler National Training Center in Detroit.
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