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Jul
11th

A lunch date, then a breakup

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A dispute over demands for access to data on all AutoNation sales, not just TrueCar-related ones, led the two companies to part ways. A close-up look at how their relationship went south.
Jul
11th

Local Motors prepares 3-D car production

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The world's first fleet of 3-D printed cars is on its way, startup Local Motors said, but you won't see a mass-produced 3-D car anytime soon.
Jul
11th

Chrysler sees midsize car incentive war

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Shrinking sales in the 16-vehicle midsize car segment - which includes the Toyota Camry, Honda Accord and Ford Fusion - are forcing automakers into a profit-eroding incentive war.
Jul
11th

BMW will shift some 5-series output to Magna Steyr, report says

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BMW will outsource some production of its 5-series range to Magna Steyr after the contract manufacturer stops building the Paceman and Countryman for sister brand Mini, a German report said.
Jul
11th

Inside the AutoNation-TrueCar divorce

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A dispute over demands for access to data on all AutoNation sales, not just TrueCar-related ones, led the two companies to part ways. A close-up look at how their relationship went south.
Jul
10th

TrueCar: AutoNation underreports sales generated from shopping site

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The dispute between TrueCar and AutoNation took a bitter turn Friday after the car-shopping website alleged the giant auto retailer has been underreporting sales generated by TrueCar leads.
Jul
10th

Ferrari IPO filing to come in days, Marchionne says

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Ferrari SpA, the supercar maker being spun off by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, is close to filing for an initial public offering, Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne said.
Jul
10th

PSA first-half sales held back by Citroen, Latin America

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PSA's first-half sales rose a modest 0.4 percent, the French carmaker said on Friday, as slumping Latin American demand and a weak performance by the Citroen brand diluted the effect of a European market rebound.
Jul
10th

Hyundai-Kia, tech firm get $6M U.S. grant to develop wireless EV charging

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Hyundai-Kia's U.S. technical center is teaming up with a wireless power technology company to research and develop a high-speed wireless charging system for electric vehicles.
Jul
10th

ANALYSIS: Foreign brands attack declining Japanese market

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Passenger car sales ended the first half of CY2015 down 11%, due mostly to a tax rise for mini vehicles. Yet not every OEM is suffering. Mazda was up 47% in June, while multiple European brands are also enjoying high percentage gains.
Jul
10th

Senate introduces bill clamping down on vehicle defects

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New vehicles would be required to have a dashboard warning light to tell drivers that their vehicles have been recalled under a sweeping auto safety reform bill backed a trio of Democrat U.S. senators.
Jul
10th

Toyota Financial CEO, CFO take on added duties

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Toyota Financial Services added expanded global roles for Mike Groff, president and CEO, and Chris Ballinger, senior vice president and CFO.
Jul
10th

GERMANY: BMW continues to post records

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BMW Group sales have continued their upward path with 208,813 vehicles delivered to customers in June, up 8% compared with the same month last year and setting a new record. First half-year sales, are running 7.8% ahead at 1,099,748.
Jul
10th

JAPAN: Honda plans 40,000 North American Fit exports

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Honda's chief executive said this week the automaker plans to export around 40,000 Fit [Jazz] units to North America this fiscal year (ending 31 March, 2016).
Jul
10th

GM recalls 779,023 SUVs for lift gate defect; 56 injuries reported

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General Motors is recalling 779,023 SUVs globally, including 686,287 in North America, for gas struts on power lift gates that can prematurely wear, causing the gate to fall on people.
Jul
10th

Rolls-Royce: back from the dead

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Best of British Rolls-Royce
Features 10 Jul, 2015

Best of British: we meet the new blood helping Rolls-Royce achieve record sales – 17 years after it was sold with no factory and no cars

Jul
10th

Rolls-Royce: back from the dead – pictures

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Jul
10th

The MINI revolution: reinventing the most famous small car in the world

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Features 10 Jul, 2015

Our Best of British series continues as we meet some of 
the staff who’ve helped create a MINI boom under BMW

Jul
10th

Carmakers tell tech partners to keep hands off our data

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Carmakers are limiting the data they share with technology partners Apple and Google through new systems that link smartphones to vehicle infotainment systems, defending access to information about what drivers do in their cars.
Jul
10th

THE WEEK THAT WAS: JLR returning to global manufacturing?

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Tata Motors' Jaguar Land Rover looks like it is slowly building up to a global manufacturing footprint that, at least a little, mirrors the spread achieved by its brands' one-time owner, British Leyland.
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