The midsize sedan is the first Hyundai model to feature the automaker's new Active Shift Control transmission technology, which will be applied in future Hyundai and Kia hybrids.

Hyundai-Genesis advanced 5.1 percent while Kia jumped 8 percent. Hyundai pointed to sales growth as well as sales strength, as retail demand soared and fleet volume plunged.

Deliveries fell 4.3 percent, as two core Honda car models declined by double digits. On the bright side: A January record for light trucks.

The program covers scheduled oil and filter changes and tire rotations for three years/36,000 miles.

Mazda's MX-5 Miata has carved a niche — 1 million sales and counting.

Hyundai advanced 0.6 percent in December and Kia jumped 8 percent as the Hyundai Palisade and Kia Telluride continued to deliver strong incremental volume.

Despite the December declines, American Honda managed a slight gain for the year.

Gillam will lead a team of product line managers with responsibility for identifying sales performance improvement areas in marketing, incentives, pricing and distribution.

Hyundai Motor America and Kia Motors America reported sales increases for November as new large crossovers continue to boost the two Korean brands' performance.

Mitsubishi wants the move to suburban Nashville to help reinvent its corporate culture.

HAAH Automotive Holdings is touting what it calls the industry's first all-cloud digital ecosystem, which integrates a broad range of functions from sales to dealer management systems to call centers.

The automaker said the project will add 1,200 new and indirect jobs at the Montgomery factory, which builds the Elantra and Sonata sedans and the Santa Fe crossover.

The midsize sedan — which features new standard safety technology, a new engine option, a new optional smartphone key and remote parking assist — will start at $24,330, including shipping.

Among the six sedans and seven crossovers will be a freshened Ioniq and the Sonata hybrid that debuts next year.

The former "Tonight Show" host showed off his restored 1968 Bronco, outfitted with a Mustang Shelby GT500 engine and a manual transmission.