U.S. automakers push for fuel efficiency deal

VW may build Transit vans in Poland, while Ford could start output of the Transporter van in Turkey as the automakers plan a partnership to boost profits in that segment.

The budding alliance between Ford and Volkswagen eventually could include a vehicle program in the U.S., said Jim Farley, Ford's president of global markets.

The French government is moving to dismiss Renault's scandal-hit CEO Carlos Ghosn and has requested a board meeting to consider candidates to replace him, sources told Reuters.

GM extended its streak as the top manufacturer in IHS Markit's Loyalty Awards program to a fourth year, with Ford customers displaying the most loyalty to a specific make.

Speaking Tuesday at the Wolfe Research Global Auto Industry Conference in Detroit, Hau Thai-Tang said Ford's battery-electric offerings will be "contribution margin positive."

The problems associated with electrification are small, said CEO Adrian Hallmark, but they're new for the brand.

Falling car sales are likely to stabilize at their current level of about 30 percent of the overall market, the Toyota executive said.

Vehicle prices and monthly payments are hitting all-time highs, making the NADA chief wonder whether it's time for a new Henry Ford.

Palmer said Aston Martin Lagonda has defied the notion that it's impossible to become profitable without being a division of a large automaker.

Canada's largest supplier says if the numbers work out, it would consider a North American plant for contract manufacturing.