Mercedes-Benz opened 2015 with a record January to take an early lead in the US luxury race, but a surging Lexus is nipping at its heels. 2014's luxury champ, BMW, finds itself in third place after the first month.
Qoros Automotive, the Shanghai-based joint venture between China's Chery Automobile and Israel Corporation, appointed former GM executive Phil Murtaugh to run the company after struggling to boost its sales.
Skip the headlines. Ignore the gaudy 14 percent gain. January was a solid auto sales month, not a great one.
The top auto companies sold more vehicles in Canada last month than a year ago, according to industry data released on Tuesday, with Chrysler Canada leading the pack as the top-selling carmaker for January.
Mazda wants to "shatter the idea that small cars have less value than larger ones" with the latest version of its smallest global model, the 2 (Demio in Japan) which is just being introduced to Europe after scooping up the Japanese Car of the Year award in 2014.
U.S. fans of the Ford Focus RS -- a pocket rocket long sold overseas -- soon will be able to get their hands on one. The all-wheel-drive hatchback, the first RS model to be sold in North America, will arrive next year, possibly as a 2017 model.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) US full-year 2014 net profit fell from 2013's US$2.8bn to $1.2bn after "unfavourable effects from infrequent items".
Ford's Dearborn, Mich., truck plant, which assembles the redesigned 2015 F-150 with an aluminum body, is running at full line speed, giving a boost to Ford pickup sales and pricing.
Nissan's redesigned 2016 Maxima sport sedan will reach U.S. showrooms this year looking remarkably like a concept car the company unveiled at the 2014 Detroit auto show. The redesigned model goes on sale this spring.
Ferrari's latest supercar, the 488 GTB, continues the brand's quest to improve fuel economy in its vehicles with turbocharging. The 488 GTB will replace the the 458 Italia, the brand's best-selling model.
Ferrari's latest supercar, the 488 GTB, continues the brand's quest to improve fuel economy in its vehicles with turbocharging. The 488 GTB will replace the the 458 Italia, the brand's best-selling model.
Features
3 Feb, 2015
With a general election looming, and the roads and transport set to be key issues, Mike Rutherford spells out changes that need implementing
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles' US subsidiary reported its fourth-quarter earnings excluding special items rose 1.5 percent to $669 million. For the year, FCA US reported a 31 percent gain on the same basis to $2.
An activist investor is urging Lear to split in two for better shareholder value.
Big demand for trucks and a spike in deliveries to fleet customers sent General Motors' January sales up 18 percent from a year ago, the company's best start to a year since 2008.
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3 Feb, 2015
Images of Vauxhall's latest hot hatch have appeared online ahead of official unveiling and Geneva 2015 debut
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3 Feb, 2015
A record number of drivers are sending impostors to take their driving and theory test exams for them
Ford will take its RS performance brand global for the first time when it launches its new hot Focus model early next year.
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3 Feb, 2015
Lexus rules out an LFA successor at Geneva show, mystery car could be near-production version of LF-LC concept
New-car sales in Germany rose 3 percent in January, adding to signs that the European rebound is continuing. The rise follows sales growth last month in the French, Italian and Spanish markets.
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