The 6.2-liter V-8 engine in the redesigned 2021 Cadillac Escalade will come standard with the industry's most advanced cylinder-deactivation system, the digital Dynamic Fuel Management system GM developed with Silicon Valley supplier Tula Technology.

Technical innovations on vehicles that improve performance and efficiency share one common theme that is part of a growing trend: technology partnerships.

A longtime sales executive with Old Hollywood looks, Grettenberger inherited broad oversight of GM's troubled luxury brand in 1984, introduced modern engines, sleek convertibles and sport sedans, and helped plant the seed that became the Escalade — one of the automaker's most profitable and prized nameplates. He was 82.

After helping automakers and suppliers build prototypes faster and cheaper, the emerging technology is beginning to reach the production line.

Tumbling oil prices erode the economic case for a battery car. So automakers and retailers need to highlight how fun they are to drive.

Bollinger says the E-Chassis can be ordered with two-wheel drive or four-wheel drive and can be configured into several different wheelbases.

The Gemera will be limited to 300 cars. The price? No word yet, but it's likely to run well over $1 million.

The standard Golf — a staple in VW's U.S. lineup for decades — isn't scheduled to be offered in the United States when the eighth-generation hatchback is launched and may not come here at all.

As JLR CEO Ralf Speth prepares to hand over the reins after a decade, the company can count many successes — but it's still dogged by quality concerns.

The population of 6- to 10-year-old vehicles is swelling to historic proportions. It could be a potential gold mine in service department profits in the years ahead.

Both Ford and General Motors dealers are well positioned to go after drivers of 6- to 10-year-old, out-of-warranty vehicles by offering a line of value-priced parts designed to close the pricing gap with independent garages.

Knowing the job is going to be done properly by a technician who knows my car inside and out is worth paying a premium. But of the three repairs I needed recently, the dealer won just one.

The long wait for Land Rover's halo vehicle, the Defender, is nearly over. This spring, the reborn off-road vehicle will arrive and ignite — officials hope — record sales of vehicles and accessories.

The new entry-level Supra, on sale this summer, will be powered by a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine rated at 255 hp, the model's first turbo four. The car's chassis is also getting significant upgrades to improve handling and braking.

The all-new Defender will come with more than 180 accessories for dealers to sell when it lands in showrooms this spring.