Audi has reported a fall in sales in China for the month of May, a development it described as part of the "current reticence to buy in the Chinese luxury segment".
Cox Automotive is buying Dealertrack Technologies, adding the software and online services company to a stable of automotive entities that includes Kelley Blue Book, Autotrader and auction company Manheim, the two companies said today.
Cox Automotive's $4 billion blockbuster acquisition of Dealertrack Technologies brings together software giants with complementary strengths and little product overlap, the CEOs of the two companies said today.
China's Shandong Yongtai Chemical Group plans to acquire UYT, a UK manufacturer of automotive body parts - including sunroof systems, welded subframes and other body in white parts, for GBP30m.
China's Commerce Ministry today blasted the U.S. for imposing duties on certain automobile and light truck tires imported from China, calling the move "unreasonable" and damaging to world trade.
GM will re-enter the U.S. medium-duty truck market next year with Chevrolet-branded vehicles supplied by Isuzu, people familiar with the matter said today.
General Motors is returning to the medium-duty commercial truck business in the U.S. next year after a seven-year hiatus, a move that GM believes will lead to more sales of pickups, vans and other trucks to fleet buyers.
Honda is turning to an insider who's spent his entire career at the company to navigate out of a global auto safety crisis, after seven people died in its cars.
Porsche won the Le Mans 24-hour endurance race for the first time since 1998, defeating Audi, which triumphed in 10 of the 11 prior contests. Porsche's 919 Hybrid car took first and second places, while Audi's R18 e-tron came in third.
Daimler Vans USA (DVUSA) is recalling 40,061 2007-2008 Freightliner Sprinter 2500 and 3500 and 2006-2008 Dodge Sprinter 2500 and 3500 vehicles manufactured from 1 July 2005 to 31 July 2008.
Audi's global vehicle sales rose by 1.2 percent in May as gains in Europe and the U.S. offset lower volume in China. Audi sales in China fell 1.6 percent, the first drop in the carmaker's biggest market since February 2013.
New Honda president Takahiro Hachigo, taking the reins from Takanobu Ito, is an insider who has spent his entire career at the company, a report said.
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SsangYong Motor and parent Mahindra have joined the OAA (Open Automotive Alliance) formed to harmonise global connected car development using the Android platform.
General Motors plans to manufacture fewer Buick Veranos and Chevrolet Sonics at its Orion Township assembly plant.
Volkswagen's steering committee met ahead of the weekend to discuss development of a new structure for the company which would gather 12 brands under four holding companies.
General Motors is reviving a partnership with Isuzu to re-enter the US medium duty truck market.
Volkswagen's corporate structure will be reorganized into a decentralized system with four holding companies for the group's brands, a report said.
Volkswagen's corporate structure will be reorganized into a decentralized system with four holding companies for the group's brands, reports said.
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