• | GMC next year will add to its record marketing spend from 2015, part of its broader plan to raise the profile of its under-the-radar truck brand.

  • | Eager to boost below-average customer satisfaction at its dealerships, Fiat Chrysler will begin certifying top performing stores next year and drawing attention to them in online search results.

  • | Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will have three specially wrapped Dodge vehicles on the streets of greater Los Angeles this weekend as part of its partnership with Lucasfilm to promote the new Star Wars movie.

  • | Bridgestone raised its offer for auto parts retailer Pep Boys -- Manny, Moe & Jack by 50 cents a share to $15.50 per share.

  • | Heavy rain in the southern Indian city of Chennai -- often known as "India's Detroit" -- will disrupt auto manufacturing because the ensuing flooding disrupted the production of components needed by carmakers,...

  • | The impact of the mega-merger between Dow Chemical and DuPont, which provide components and systems for every major global automaker, will be felt throughout the automotive supply chain.

  • | A Cleveland-area auto worker has been indicted for allegedly stealing thousands of tire sensors at a Ford plant and selling them on eBay, causing a brief interruption in vehicle production.

  • | Dow Chemical and DuPont, two historic manufacturing giants with major roles supplying the auto industry, plan to merge in a deal that's the first step in a plan to create three new highly-focused businesses.

  • | Renault has reached agreements with Nissan and the French government to end an eight-month dispute over increased state influence on the carmaking alliance.

  • | Jaguar Land Rover said today it will start production in 2018 at a new $1.5 billion factory in Slovakia. The plant will produce a range of aluminum Jaguar Land Rover vehicles, the automaker said.

  • | Audi sold just 1 percent more vehicles last month than a year ago as the brand's Chinese sales fell sharply and growth slowed in the U.S.

  • | Ford plans to invest $4.

  • | If financier Carl Icahn acquires Pep Boys for $863 million, it will give a big boost to his aftermarket retail chain Auto Plus, but not so much for another Icahn asset, Federal-Mogul Holdings.

  • | The EPA and California Air Resources Board approved the sale of the new 2016 BMW diesel X5 after government testing found no evidence of software to evade emissions standards.

  • | Volkswagen Chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch pledged that the company will be "relentless" in seeking to establish which people were responsible for the automaker's emissions scandal even as he admitted that there was...

  • | Automotive electronics supplier Visteon today announced a $1.75 billion special cash distribution to shareholders and a stock buyback program of up to $500 million.

  • | VW said today that engineers installed illegal emissions software in 2.0-liter diesels sold in the U.S. after finding it initially “impossible” to meet tough U.S.

  • | Two popular Porsche sports cars, the six-cylinder Boxster and Cayman, will be getting downsized four-cylinder turbo engines. And, starting next year, they'll be marketed as the 718 Boxster and 718 Cayman.

  • | Fiat Chrysler said today it will pay a $70 million fine for failing to report claims of death and injury to U.S. safety regulators.

  • | General Motors said it is buying wind energy to power production of some its biggest SUVs at a factory in Texas.