Land Rover has transformed the Defender off-roader into a far more luxurious, roomier and high-tech vehicle. JLR's head of vehicle dynamics calls the retooled Defender still "fun" but without the flaws of the model retired in 2016.

Land Rover will offer three variants of the new Defender and four personalization options to widen the appeal of the venerable off-roader, and squeeze more profit when the SUV nameplate returns to showrooms next year.

BMW's strategy of making its vehicle architecture more flexible is paying off — even more than it expected.

Despite being at the forefront of electrification, BMW will continue to invest heavily in internal combustion engines for the foreseeable future, the company's head of development said.

Starting next year, all BMW plug-in hybrid models will come standard with a function that automatically switches to full-electric mode when the vehicles enter geofenced areas designated for emissions-free driving only.

Design legend Giorgetto Giugiaro kept a secret for more than half a century: He penned a number of sports car drawings under the name Paul Sybille in 1963.

FCA and Renault aligned in blaming the French government for the breakup of talks, while the French government blamed FCA for the abrupt withdrawal of its offer.

Nissan's long resistance to the proposed merger of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Renault may come at a big price.

With access to Renault's Common Module Family, Fiat Chrysler could more quickly develop a global range of passenger cars and crossovers than it could have done alone. Renault, with Japanese partner Nissan, is also a leader in electric-vehicle engineering, where FCA lags.

Nissan’s long resistance to its French partner’s request to make the Renault-Nissan alliance “irreversible” came at a high price for the Japanese automaker, which appears to be the real loser in the proposed merger of Fiat Chrysler and Renault.
 

Italian brake system specialist Brembo said former Nissan executive Daniele Schillaci will become its new CEO. His priority will be to double the size of the supplier.
 

After the global financial crisis Italian supplier Brembo focused on its core brakes business. It sees its small size compared with giants such as Bosch and Continental as an advantage but is now looking to grow, Executive Deputy Chairman Matteo Tiraboschi said in an interview.