The latest updates to Audi's two high-performance twin- seaters — the 2020 R8 V-10-powered supercar and the more diminutive four-cylinder-powered 2019 TT RS — are not only aimed at different buyers, they appear to be aimed in different directions.

Toyota says its voluntary move to avoid laying off superfluous plant workers during the recession saved money on training and made them more loyal.

The Highlander, the second-best-selling large crossover in the U.S., is gaining new interior refinements, more standard safety gear and a better ride as part of a major 2020 redesign.

For the second straight year, VW will display a unibody lifestyle pickup concept at the New York auto show aimed at measuring consumer reaction.

EV designers are using skateboard manufacturing methods to build flexibility into their vehicle designs. Building the top and bottom of EV bodies separately gives designers more freedom to experiment and helps automakers save money.

The UAW said in a petition the union would cover "all full-time and regular part-time production and maintenance employees" at Volkswagen's Chattanooga assembly plant.

Toyota's next-generation full-size Tundra and midsize Tacoma pickups will share a common platform that the Japanese automaker plans to spread to all of its pickups globally.

Audi is using vehicle-to-infrastructure communications to tell drivers how fast to drive to avoid hitting red lights.

Rear-end cross-traffic systems have become common. Lexus extended the technology to front-end activity.

The A8 raises one side by 3 inches to brace for impact when sensors detect an imminent collision.

When Toyota moved out of California five years ago, it's biggest concern wasn't the amount of tax incentives anyone had to offer.

Big advances for the Jetta, Atlas and Tiguan led the way for the namesake brand.

Overall U.S. sales fell 3.5 percent, despite a jump at Lexus following the debut of the UX compact crossover. Toyota's sedan-heavy lineup declined.