Japan's new vehicle market declined by 3.5% to 667,275 units in March from strong year earlier sales of 691,374 units, according to registration data released by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association.
Europe's automakers are not looking to challenge fines if they fail to meet the EU's 2020 CO2 emissions goals, but want governments to do more to help them hit targets, said Erik Jonnaert, the head of the main industry lobby group.
VW Group's trucks chief, Andreas Renschler, wants to take his division to "the next level," with the manufacturer considering a stock listing that would catapult the $37-billion unit into the blue-chip ranks of Europe's largest economy.
Xavier Peugeot, director of product planning at Citroen, will be among the speakers June 6 at the Automotive News Europe Congress in Turin.
Elevated to the top job at VW Group, Herbert Diess has a reputation for delivering on his restructuring targets #8212; and high on his to-do list is ending the string of losses in the U.S.
When global automakers descend on the Beijing auto show next week, they will be focused on two hot vehicle segments: crossovers and EVs.
Strong sales in March dropped industrywide days-supply levels at the beginning of April, but total inventory levels remain high.
South Korean supplier Hyundai Mobis wants to leapfrog from fast follower to leader in autonomous driving technologies by 2025, and is preparing to infuse its division with more expertise and money.
After the carmaker waged a public war of words with federal safety regulators, CEO Elon Musk picked a Twitter fight with a newspaper and may have improperly revealed financial information
Wolfgang Ziebart has a pretty good idea of what a Jaguar needs to be
The new Focus compact that rolled out in London and China last week debuts Ford's global version of Volkswagen's much acclaimed MQB modular architecture, a central element of Ford's stated aim to achieve $4 billion in engineering efficiencies over...
With multiple electric vehicles coming, buyers need a strong charging network to alleviate range anxiety, the brand's U.S. boss says.
For all the hubbub about tariffs and trade wars, it's Washington's increasingly aggressive investment policy toward China that could pose the biggest challenge to the auto sector in both countries.
New tools are intended to boost dealer profits and cement a more transparent, trusting relationship between factory and retailer.
Elevated to the top job at Volkswagen Group last week, Herbert Diess has a reputation for delivering on his restructuring targets #8212; and high on his to-do list is ending the string of losses in the United States.
Trevor Mann foresees the automaker flirting with the 300,000 mark as it introduces new products such as the Eclipse Cross and begins to roll out vehicles on platforms shared with Renault-Nissan around 2021.
They're trying to avoid getting passed by competitors, without alienating the franchised dealers who have been the foundation of their retail operations for more than a century.
Lear the seat maker, anticipating connected vehicles, is out to become Lear the smart-seat maker.
When global automakers descend on Beijing next week for Auto China, they will be focused on two white-hot vehicle segments: crossovers and EVs.
A new CEO wants to leverage the supplier's strength in everything from semiconductors to communications.
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