OEM Coverage

Automakers tap smartphone technology in battle over city cars

March 8, 2014 06:15 CET
Carmakers are tapping smartphone technology to spruce up low-cost minicars and try to get an edge in a market that has grown to account for almost 10 percent of new-car sales in Europe.... Read More »

 

If everyone loves the Juke, Nissan's designers blew it

12:01 am U.S. ET | March 8, 2014
Nissan designers have retained one of the brand's most polarizing designs -- and want to keep it looking different in the future.... Read More »

 

Mini Paceman, Coupe/Roadster may not be replaced

March 8, 2014 06:01 CET
Mini may not replace the Coupe/Roadster and Paceman as the brand moves to focus on core models.... Read More »

 

Mazda’s O’Sullivan on new Mexico plant

12:01 am U.S. ET | March 7, 2014
Mazda’s Jim O’Sullivan says the automaker’s new small-car assembly plant in Salamanca, Mexico, ‘makes good business sense’ as Mazda expands its global manufacturing footprint. The factory, which currently builds the Mazda3, will export vehicles to regions as far away as Europe. O’Sullivan spoke to Automotive News reporter Ryan Beene during the plant’s official opening on Feb. 27, 2014.... Read More »

 

Marchionne awarded $307,989 as Chrysler CEO in 2013

5:47 pm U.S. ET | March 7, 2014
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne was awarded salary and stock awards worth $307,989 last year for heading Chrysler Group, according to a filing with U.S. regulators by the automaker on Friday.... Read More »

 

Ford to move medium-duty truck line from Mexico to Ohio

7:34 am U.S. ET | March 7, 2014
Ford, which plans to cease making the Econoline van later this year, will revive the Ohio factory where the vehicle is made by investing $168 million to move truck production there from Mexico early in 2015.... Read More »

 

Superior's Q4 profit rises to $6.4 million despite lower sales

12:52 pm U.S. ET | March 7, 2014
Aluminum wheel supplier Superior Industries International said net income rose to $6.4 million in the fourth quarter, up from $2.7 million in the year-earlier period.... Read More »

 

Mazda snaps up engineers in latest sign of rebound

1:44 pm U.S. ET | March 7, 2014
Mazda is embarking on a hiring binge in Japan, the latest sign that the former money-losing carmaker is bouncing back. The surge in new recruits will come in engineering as Mazda doubles down on future product.... Read More »

 

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Audi tech boss has high expectations for brand's first plug-in hybrid

March 7, 2014 06:15 CET
Ulrich Hackenberg, Audi's technology boss, sees alternative powertrains such as plug-in hybrids as the future for his unit.... Read More »

 

Toyota reconfirms commitment to PSA minicar alliance

March 7, 2014 08:43 CET
Toyota reconfirmed its commitment to its minicar alliance with PSA even though the French automaker has agreed a capital tie-up with China's Dongfeng.... Read More »

 

Tavares hustles to make humbled PSA an auto champion

March 7, 2014 09:23 CET
PSA's incoming CEO, Carlos Tavares, hustled around the Geneva auto show this week in a way that didn't suggest he was taking one of the toughest jobs in the auto industry. “I'm a lucky guy,” Tavares said.... Read More »

 

BMW details specifications for X4 ahead of New York debut

March 7, 2014 06:01 CET
BMW has unveiled details and photos of its new X4 crossover with coupe styling. The vehicle is scheduled to make its world debut next month at the New York auto show.... Read More »

 

Citroen adds DS5 sedan for China

March 7, 2014 06:01 CET
Citroen has added a sedan to its DS line, the DS5 LS. The model has been designed for the Chinese market and will initially only be sold there.... Read More »

 

Fiat-Chrysler expects new plant to boost Brazil profitability

March 7, 2014 10:18 CET
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles expects a new plant in Brazil to boost its profitability in that market by 2017 after a cut to subsidies and currency effects hit profits there last year.... Read More »

 

JENNIFER CLARK

Apple's CarPlay is smart but simple

12:01 am U.S. ET | March 6, 2014
Apple's new CarPlay system is as simple to use as you would expect from a company that has perfected the art of easy-to-use technology.... Read More »

 

Italy-built Jeep will still appeal to U.S. buyers, brand boss says

March 6, 2014 13:06 CET
Jeep's new Italy-built Renegade will be the brand's first model built exclusively outside of the United States, but this will not deter fans of the iconic U.S. marque from buying the small SUV, Jeep boss Mike Manley said.... Read More »

 

Ford awards Mulally $13.8 million in stock for 2013 performance

5:08 pm U.S. ET | March 6, 2014
Ford awarded CEO Alan Mulally $13.8 million in stock for the automaker's performance last year when its profits grew in North America and sales picked up speed in China.... Read More »

 

Fisker cleared to borrow $4.98 million from Wanxiang

2:49 pm U.S. ET | March 6, 2014
Fisker Automotive received court approval to borrow $4.98 million from Wanxiang Group, the Chinese auto-parts maker that won an auction for the bankrupt maker of luxury plug-in cars.... Read More »

 

BMW details specifications for X4 ahead of New York debut

3:13 pm U.S. ET | March 6, 2014
BMW has unveiled details and photos of its new X4 crossover with coupe styling. The vehicle is scheduled to make its world debut next month at the New York auto show, with production beginning this spring in South Carolina.... Read More »

 

General Motors to build Lansing stamping plant, add 65 jobs, paper reports

3:38 pm U.S. ET | March 6, 2014
General Motors plans to invest $162 million at its Lansing Grand River site in Michigan to build a stamping plant and create 65 jobs, the Lansing State Journal reported today.... Read More »

 

JENNIFER CLARK

Apple's CarPlay is smart but simple

12:01 am U.S. ET | March 6, 2014
Apple's new CarPlay system is as simple to use as you would expect from a company that has perfected the art of easy-to-use technology.... Read More »

 

GM weighs increasing South Korean car exports to Australia

12:45 pm U.S. ET | March 6, 2014
General Motors may increase exports of cars built in South Korea to Australia to offset production declines after the automaker decided to pull its Chevrolet brand from the European market.... Read More »

 

Toyota's new subcompact will use Mazda's Skyactiv engine

11:08 am U.S. ET | March 6, 2014
Toyota will add Mazda’s fuel-efficient Skyactiv engine to its tiny stable of borrowed powerplants when it sources a new Mazda2-based subcompact from Mazda’s just-opened assembly plant here. The car will get Toyota-designed sheet metal on the outside but Mazda’s high-compression, fuel-injected Skyactiv gasoline engine under the hood.... Read More »

 

Renault-Dongfeng China JV to rely heavily on Nissan

March 6, 2014 06:01 CET
Renault will rely heavily on alliance partner Nissan for manufacturing staff in China when it starts producing locally built crossovers with Dongfeng in 2016.... Read More »

 

China's Qoros challenges Europeans on home turf

March 6, 2014 10:54 CET
Chinese automaker Qoros is out to challenge VW, PSA and other Europeans on their home turf, signaling a broader push by the country's car manufacturers to target Western customers.... Read More »

 


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