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Toledo, Ohio, Mayor Michael Collins -- a leading champion to keep Jeep Wrangler production in the city -- died Friday.

U.S. exports of automotive parts and vehicles soared 4.5 percent to $159.5 billion in 2014, breaking a record for the fourth straight year.

Technology companies such as Google are unlikely to become mass car manufacturers, even if they have the potential to disrupt an industry increasingly focused on software and automated driving, Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche says.

A court case consolidating dozens of potential class-action lawsuits against Takata and some automakers for defective airbags will go forward in Florida, not elsewhere, as the embattled supplier and some automakers had hoped.

The UAW agreed to pay $354.5 million to create an independent retiree health care trust that will be similar to those established for retired auto workers at the Detroit 3.

News 6 Feb, 2015

SEAT's fastest ever production car which set Nurburgring hot hatch record launched, starting at £31,410

Articles 7 Feb, 2015

We got first-hand experience of dealers’ efforts to personalise the car buying process. Things are changing, but for better or worse?

GM and its Chinese joint ventures sold 339,781 vehicles in China in January, down 2.4 percent from a year earlier. Ford and its Chinese joint ventures sold 112,599 vehicles in China in January, up 19 percent from a year earlier.

Detroit's freshly refurbished Cobo Center played host to the North American International Auto Show. Concept and production car debuts included a new Ford GT, Buick Avenir and Toyota Tacoma.

News 6 Feb, 2015

Lotus to bring heavily updated Evora to the 2015 Geneva Motor Show next month with new look and more power

General Motors has declined to comment on reports it will start begin building its new US$30,000 Chevrolet Bolt electric car in October 2016.

Hyundai Motor chairman Chung Mong-Koo and his son have sold stakes in the group's logistics arm for US$1.1bn, seen as the latest step by owners of South Korea's family run conglomerates to cope with new antitrust laws.

France has unveiled plans to provide diesel car drivers with up to a EUR10,000 (US$11,300) grant to convert to "green vehicles."

After dumping Renault as a possible partner for small- and midsize sedans, Mitsubishi has entered talks with Nissan as an alternative source for a badly needed midsize vehicle.

'Car sales in Europe off to a strong start' is not a headline we've been accustomed to writing much in the last few years but we did, finally, manage it today.

Bollore will invest 150 million euros ($172 million) to roll out a charging network across France after winning government approval for the plan. The company said it will install 16,000 new semi-fast chargers in the next four years.

Volkswagen has launched a new Caddy light commercial vehicle. This fourth generation model will be offered with up to three petrol and four diesel engines, depending on market.

Mercedes brand increased vehicle sales 14 percent in January to a record 125,865, powered by double-digit gains in Europe and China.

Lectra, a soft fabrics manufacturing specialist, has said that Johnson Controls has extended its "global partnership agreement" with Lectra for an additional three years.