Maserati tapped former Mitsubishi executive Bernard Loire as its new chief commercial officer, while Paolo Tubito, an ex-Nike executive, becomes its chief marketing officer.

Thomas Schmid, who is credited with increasing the automaker's sales and market share in the region, will leave the company by year end. His successor was not announced.

Hyundai aims to implement styling touches that can give the brand a distinctive image, as Audi did 10 years ago with its light design, said SangYup Lee, head of the brand's global design center.

After more than a decade of overpromising and underdelivering under FCA, he might be the only automotive executive around capable of achieving sustainable success for the Italian brand.

If Fiat Chrysler merges with PSA, the struggling Alfa Romeo brand could be revived under "car guy" Carlos Tavares, who races in his spare time and resurrected the Alpine performance brand when he was the No. 2 at Renault.

Aggressive expansion plans have been scaled back and the company will focus on updates to its current models, the Giulia and Stelvio, while looking forward to two new SUVs.

Alfa Romeo's future product plans have been scaled back to help make the brand profitable, Fiat Chrysler CEO Mike Manley said.

Fiat, Europe's leading seller of minicars with the Panda and 500, is set to join VW, Ford, Opel and other automakers rethinking their entry lineups as tougher emissions rules increase development costs.

The 2 series Gran Coupe is aimed at younger, design-focused buyers. It will rival the Mercedes CLA. Built in Germany, the car will be sold globally and will be the cheapest BMW in the U.S. market.

VW Group's Spanish brand, Seat, restarted production on Monday after the automaker was forced to halt output last week amid violent street protests in Barcelona following the jailing of Catalan separatist leaders.

The display on the M-Byte crossover, to be introduced by EV startup Byton in China next year, and later in Europe and the U.S., is integrated into the dashboard and can be used in split-screen mode with three areas of content.

Maserati's investment in electrification is part of a plan announced by parent Fiat Chrysler Automobiles last year to spend $5.5 billion in Italy between 2019-2021.

Organizers hope a low-cost exhibition based around the famous Monza racetrack near Milan will attract automakers that are abandoning auto shows in increasing numbers.

The 45 concept's aircraft-inspired design gives a glimpse of the styling direction Hyundai will take with its electric and autonomous vehicles.