PARIS -- Renault SA will unveil a redesigned Twingo minicar in September, marking the start of an effort to freshen the brand's styling to revive flagging sales.
The updated Twingo, which will go on ... July 6, 2011 06:01 European CT

European automakers are hustling to market a slew of electric and hybrid vehicles, mainly for low-carbon urban driving. An exception is the V-8-equipped Lotus Esprit, which produces 620 hp. Here's a sampling of electrics and hybrids at the Paris ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | Oct.11

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been corrected. The original version displayed the wrong photo of the Audi quattro concept coupe.Sporty profiles are in vogue at the Paris auto show this month -- from Hyundai's ix20 small minivan to the ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | Oct.11

If you've ever been to a European auto show, you know that sexy female models are as much a part of the scene as shiny sports cars and roaring engines. But as women buy more cars and green credentials dominate, carmakers are slowly changing their ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | Oct.11

PARIS -- Alliances were the talk of the biennial Paris auto show last week, as the industry rebuilds from its toughest year in decades. Consider what happened within a span of a few days last week: -- Nissan-Renault boss Carlos Ghosn said ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | Oct.4

Last week in Paris just before the opening of the auto show, Automotive News and Automotive News Europe honored 13 European executives who were at the top of their game during the past year. At a dinner celebrating the work of those ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | Oct.4

New Porsche chief Matthias Mueller says the automaker will have alternative-propulsion technologies that fit the brand.Porsche is testing a plug-in electric concept version of the Panamera sedan, though it has no plans to show the car publicly. ... Oct. 4, 2010 12:47 European CT

PARIS -- Recession? What recession? Given the dismal economic climate pervading the European Union and its looming decision about how to rescue the so-called PIIGS countries -- Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain -- the Paris auto show ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | Oct.4

PARIS -- Daimler AG CEO Dieter Zetsche expects "moderate and continued growth and then a kind of stabilizing" for the world economy. He is "a little disappointed" with the U.S. market, which originally was forecast to generate sales of 11.5 ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | Oct.4

PARIS -- The redesigned BMW X3, which goes on sale late this year in the United States, is larger and roomier than the current model -- and nearly as big as the first generation of BMW's larger crossover, the X5. The new X3 is a half-inch taller ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | Oct.4

PARIS -- Audi is considering selling its next-generation A1 compact car in the United States to capitalize on consumer interest in small cars and hedge against fluctuations in fuel prices. "Consumers are asking for small cars, and there is the ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | Oct.4

PARIS -- Both BMW and Mercedes-Benz will bring to the United States several vehicles based on platforms smaller than what they currently sell there. BMW will bring a new front-wheel-drive family of cars in a class known as UKL, a German ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | Oct.4

PARIS -- The 2011 Ford Fiesta subcompact has been on sale in the United States for just four months, but higher-than-expected demand for luxury options is stressing some suppliers and reducing the car's profit margins, Ford's top sales executive ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | Oct.4

PARIS -- Ford Motor Co. last week unveiled a five-door hatchback performance version of the Ford Focus compact, which will go on sale in the United States in 2012. Also at the auto show here, Ford showed the production version of the redesigned 2012 ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | Oct.4

The future of Maserati is looking brighter after the company posted impressive sales gains in key markets this year.Maserati CEO Harald Wester says deliveries are up 20 percent around the world through August compared with 2009. Deliveries are ... Oct. 4, 2010 12:52 European CT

BMW AG will exceed its Chinese 2010 sales target, Ian Robertson, the automaker’s board member for marketing and sales, said at the Paris auto show.“We announced back in April that we would sell 120.000 BMW Group vehicles in China ... Oct. 2, 2010 14:11 European CT

Volvo Car Corp. will launch its full-electric C30 in early 2011 and plans to have a European test fleet of about 1,000 cars.Volvo CEO Stefan Jacoby told Automotive News Europe that Volvo's home market, Sweden, and its neighboring Nordic ... Oct. 1, 2010 08:00 European CT

PARIS -- Peugeot plans additional derivatives of the 508 sedan and wagon to boost the car's profitability.Peugeot will broaden its product lineup with niche-market variants of mainstream models, said Jean-Marc Gales, PSA/Peugeot-Citroen head of ... Oct. 1, 2010 06:01 European CT

PARIS (Bloomberg) -- Porsche AG said the new limited-production 911 Speedster may sell out by the end of October as orders for the sports car grow “by the hour.”Porsche, which is unveiling the fourth version of the 911 Speedster at ... 5:46 pm U.S. ET | Sept.30

The three-door Range Rover Evoque won't stand alone in showrooms. Land Rover on Thursday confirmed that there is a five-door Evoque for those who need a little more utility from their SUV. The five-door Evoque is expected to debut at the Los Angeles ... 3:47 pm U.S. ET | Sept.30

(BLOOMBERG) -- Ford Motor Co.'s new Fiesta, the first subcompact it has made in North America since the Pinto in 1980, is selling at higher prices than its Focus compact and competing offerings from Japanese automakers.The Fiesta is fetching an ... 3:19 pm U.S. ET | Sept.30

The new management team at Lotus Cars laid out an aggressive plan for the future on Thursday at the Paris auto show -- a future that calls for four new cars, including a sedan.And Lotus is dusting off two of its memorable nameplates for these ... 2:01 pm U.S. ET | Sept.30

PARIS – BMW AG's new front-wheel-drive family of cars will be sold in the United States, as the German automaker is convinced luxury buyers are ready to accept vehicles smaller than the 1-series coupe.The new class is being called UKL -- ... 9:51 am U.S. ET | Sept.30 | UPDATED: 9/30/10 4:31 p.m. ET

PARIS – With chatter swirling about potential expansion of the Renault-Nissan alliance, CEO Carlos Ghosn today put his support directly into expanding the automakers' relationship with Daimler AG.“We know we have a powerhouse,” ... 9:02 am U.S. ET | Sept.30

PARIS -- Ford Motor Co. plans a major marketing initiative for the 2012 Focus compact car that plays on the lessons the automaker learned in launching the Fiesta Movement.Ford will select 100 people from around the world to test-drive the Focus ... 7:58 am U.S. ET | Sept.30

Editor's note: Earlier versions of this story overstated Saab's U.S. sales figures through August, including its 2010 sales under former owner GM.PARIS -- Saab Automobile CEO Jan Ake Jonsson says it will take longer than anticipated to ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | Sept.30 | UPDATED: 10/1/10 7:25 p.m. ET

Ford Motor Co. fears cash-strapped European governments may go back on promises to offer consumers incentives to buy electric cars, making EVs unaffordable to most buyers.Governments in countries such as the UK and France have said they will ... Sept. 30, 2010 13:18 European CT

PARIS - Despite the naysayers and its launch in a recessionary market, Porsche's first four-door sedan has beat company sales targets 11 months after its launch. Porsche sold 22,500 Panamera models during the first 11 months the sedan has been ... 8:41 am U.S. ET | Sept.30

PARIS -- Audi's e-tron electric sports car caught a lot of attention at the Detroit auto show in January. Now the e-tron is back, at the Paris show, without a roof, but with the addition of a twin-turbo V6 diesel behind the seats.Electricity ... 9:21 am U.S. ET | Sept.30

PARIS (Bloomberg) -- Nissan Motor Co. is in advanced talks for its Infiniti luxury brand to use an existing Daimler AG car platform, Colin Dodge, a Nissan executive vice president, told reporters on the eve of the Paris auto show.The companies ... Sept. 30, 2010 08:08 European CT

The redesigned Ford Focus will offer features found in larger, more expensive vehicles because an increasing number of buyers are coming from those segments.Traffic information, WiFi, active park assist and a rear-mounted camera are some of the ... 1:00 pm U.S. ET | Sept.29

What's hotter at an auto show than a Jaguar sports car? Jaguar says that its C-X75 concept, shown at the Paris auto show, is both a celebration of 75 years of Jaguar design -- XK120, C-type, D-type, XJ13 come to mind -- and a look into the future. ... 4:48 pm U.S. ET | Sept.29

PARIS – Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally said he wasn't signaling the demise or sale of any more brands when he told a group of analysts this week that Ford needs to further reduce the number of nameplates it offers.Mulally said he merely ... 9:37 pm U.S. ET | Sept.29

PARIS (Reuters) -- Renault and alliance partner Nissan Motor Co. are interested in closer ties with General Motors Co., Carlos Ghosn, chief executive of Renault and Nissan, told Le Monde newspaper. Speaking ahead of the Paris auto show, which ... 11:13 am U.S. ET | Sept.29

(Bloomberg) -- When U.S. actress Lindsay Lohan stepped out of a black Rolls-Royce Phantom last year, her car wasn't bearing the traditional hand-buffed shine.Lohan's choice of a matte-finished vehicle from Bayerische Motoren Werke AG's ultra- ... 10:34 am U.S. ET | Sept.29

Normally, automakers unveil their new models at auto shows to lure potential buyers.With the limited-edition SA Aperta, Ferrari is doing exactly the opposite: showing potential buyers what they have just missed.Ferrari says its planned ... Sept. 29, 2010 11:00 European CT

Reaction to the IPL G Cabrio Concept at the Paris auto show will determine whether Infiniti will challenge Audi's S, BMW's M and Mercedes-Benz's AMG models in Europe. Infiniti unveiled the first production model in its IPL (short for Infiniti ... Sept. 28, 2010 06:01 European CT

PARIS (Bloomberg) -- PSA/Peugeot-Citroen SA will unveil the world's first diesel-electric car this week to take on Renault SA's all-electric strategy as both French carmakers play catch-up to Toyota Motor Corp.PSA, Europe's second-largest ... Sept. 28, 2010 08:31 European CT

STUTTGART (Bloomberg) -- Daimler AG predicts the revamped Mercedes CLS luxury sedan and cleaner engines will boost sales next year, putting it on track to reach its target of 1.5 million cars by 2015.The Mercedes-Benz Cars unit will introduce a ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | Sept.27

TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp. is adding Lotus to its growing list of hybrid powertrain customers as the Japanese carmaker pushes to proselytize the technology and drive down costs.A Toyota-supplied gasoline-electric drivetrain will be offered as ... 10:55 am U.S. ET | Sept.24

Ferrari has unveiled the 599 roadster -- called the SA Aperta -- that it will present at the Paris auto show next week.Eighty SA Apertas will be built -- and are all sold already. Ferrari decided to do 80 cars to celebrate Pininfarina's 80th ... 9:31 am U.S. ET | Sept.24

BMW's Mini brand is bringing its electric-powered Scooter E concept to this year's Paris auto show. It gives Mini a response to the electric-powered scooter concept being shown by the Smart brand of German rival Daimler.The Mini Scooter E is the ... Sept. 24, 2010 11:16 European CT

As the Paris auto show approaches next week, Land Rover is revealing a little more information about its Evoque, the smallest and lightest SUV the automaker will offer.The compact Evoque will debut at the show Sept. 30. U.S. sales begin in fall ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | Sept.23

Land Rover will price its Range Rover Evoque starting at 30,000 pounds (about $40,000) in the UK.Land Rover issued more information about the two-door Evoque, which was first unveiled in July, ahead of the model's public debut at the Paris auto ... Sept. 23, 2010 06:01 European CT

Porsche is bringing back the 911 Speedster some 16 years and three model generations after it last was featured in the German sports-car maker's lineup.The car, pictured here ahead of a planned unveiling alongside the 911 Carrera GTS at the ... 9:48 am U.S. ET | Sept.21

This year's Paris auto show will mark the start of the electric-vehicle era as global automakers unveil EVs aimed at the mass market. Renault will use the event to roll out EVs that will go on sale in mid-2011 as part of the French company's ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | Sept.20

BMW AG will give its new 6-series coupe a more classically elegant form than the bullish appearance of the existing car.The new-generation 6 series will debut later this month at the Paris auto show as a concept that will be very close to the ... Sept. 20, 2010 06:01 European CT

Saab's first-ever electric car will debut on the Swedish automaker's stand at the Paris motor show Sept. 30.The ePower, a converted Saab 9-3 SportsCombi wagon, is equipped with a 184-hp electric motor. Saab says the ePower will accelerate from 0 ... 3:07 pm U.S. ET | Sept.17

Ford Motor Co. will unveil a range-topping version of the new Focus at the Paris auto show later this month.The 250-hp sporty hatchback will launch in all markets where the Focus is sold, including Europe and the United States. It has a 2.0- ... Sept. 15, 2010 11:19 European CT

DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. plans to sell a high-performance version of the redesigned Focus compact car in the United States, the company said today. The automaker will reveal the three production-ready body styles of the 2012 Ford Focus compact ... 12:01 am U.S. ET | Sept.15