David Jolley

The fifth-generation Sportage, Kia's top-selling light truck in the U.S. last year, will be unveiled in July in Korea.

Ford has confirmed that it will build a VW MEB-based electric car in Cologne but has not said what type of vehicle it will be.

VW released sketches of a possible design for the open top EV that brand CEO Ralf Brandstätter called "a very tempting idea."

Christian Vollmer, former production and logistics boss at Seat, will take the same role at the VW brand.

The automaker will reduce production at its factory in Cologne, Germany, to four days a week from five. The plant produces 1,150 Fiestas a day, with a third of that output going to the UK.

The production version of the VW ID Space Vizzion concept will launch in 2021, and will come in different versions for North America, Europe and China, VW said.

BMW said it is freshening its top management with younger talent with the appointments of Milan Nedeljkovic as production chief and Ilka Horstmeier as head of human resources.

Automakers are discussing a new format for the Frankfurt auto show that would place more emphasis on mobility concepts rather than new cars, the German business paper Handelsblatt reported.

Carl-Peter Forster, 65, is an industry veteran who began his career with BMW, where he rose to head of manufacturing, and has led Opel, GM Europe and Tata Motors.

The T-Roc Cabriolet will be the first convertible in Europe’s fast-growing small SUV segment.

The Chinese automaker's SUV is expected to complete its journey in time for the Frankfurt auto show in September. The 14,231-kilometer (8,843-mile) trip will take an Aiways convoy through the Gobi Desert, Kazakhstan, Russia and into Europe.

The daughter of Erwin Komenda, an Austrian who helped to create the original VW Beetle, sought compensation for the part her father's design played in the success of the venerable car over more than 70 years, particularly more recent models.

Former GM Europe chief Carl-Peter Forster joined the advisory board of Vayavision, an Israeli developer of AV technology that plans to expand in Europe.

German startup Sono is teaming up with National Electric Vehicle Sweden to build the first series production solar -powered electric car at Saab's former plant in Sweden.

BMW executive Bernd Koerber, 44, succeeds Sebastian Mackensen, who now has responsibility for BMW Group sales in Germany, the automaker said in a statement.