The Korean automaker is calling the revisions a "redesign," although the fourth-generation midsize crossover debuted for the 2019 model year with new styling and an updated drivetrain.

Facing delicate economic conditions and steadily rising COVID-19 deaths, Mexico's auto industry is ramping up production to meet U.S. demand for parts and popular vehicles.

Plans to bring the Zotye brand to the U.S. have been iced, leaving money-losing Chery as the only Chinese automaker with any near-term prospects.

The 2021 TLX is longer, wider, lower and has a more expansive hood to give it the classic proportions of a sports sedan. Acura is banking on the redesign to add cred that a strategic shift to performance is taking hold — even as Americans abandon the traditional sedan.

The automakers are eager to replenish inventory after their factories were idled for several weeks in accordance with government coronavirus rules.

Zotye's financial struggles have been compounded by the coronavirus pandemic. Would-be distributor HAAH Automotive Holdings will now focus on efforts to bring another Chinese automaker, Chery, to the U.S.

Acura, hoping to enhance performance and distinguish its lineup from rivals, as well as the Honda sibling brand, is adopting a double-wishbone suspension once again on its midsize sport sedan.

Delays resulting from the government's shifting restart date mean U.S. automakers will see parts shortages affecting their production, and dealers will see falling inventories for popular Mexican-made pickups and crossovers.

The maker of the low-volume Revero plug-in sedan has been using the coronavirus downtime to focus on a shift in its business plan to selling its electrified platform technology to companies interested in building vans and other utility vehicles as plug-in hybrids or full EVs.

The electric vehicle startup hasn't given up on building its FF 91 vehicle. The company, which has gone through years of financial setbacks and management shuffles, is trying to raise $850 million.

The postponement of the New York auto show meant California-based EV startup Lucid Motors didn't hold the global debut of its first production car, the Lucid Air, in April as planned.

Vehicle output at a factory in Silao, which makes the Chevrolet Silverado pickup, and Ramos Arizpe, which produces crossovers, is tentatively scheduled to resume Friday, the company said late Thursday. The restart, GM added, will depend on the status of parts suppliers.

Nissani Bros. Hyundai in Culver City and the automaker were already having problems with their business relationship before the March incidents in which customers who had dropped off cars for service complained that their vehicles were towed away and they were hit with large fees.

The sedan's reveal, delayed by the postponement of the New York auto show, is back on schedule. Acura released a teaser image of the rear of the redesigned TLX in the revived Type S performance trim.

The midsize sedan undercuts German rivals with lower pricing, extensive standard equipment, two engine options and a fresh look.