NEWS

BMW Connects with “Smart Home” Apps

9/4/2015

BMW AG is showing a variety of new apps and telematics features at the consumer electronics show in Berlin that starts today.

Jaguar Cuts Prices, Adds Free Maintenance

9/4/2015

Jaguar Land Rover Ltd. is launching its 2016 model year in the U.S. with new models, price cuts and five years of free routine maintenance and roadside assistance.

Historic Sinkhole ’Vette Rises to Former Glory

9/4/2015

General Motors Co. has fully restored a historic 1992 Corvette the one-millionth 'Vette produced by the company and will return it to permanent display at the Corvette museum in Bowling Green, Ky.

Breneiser Tapped to Head Product Planning for FCA North America

9/4/2015

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV has named Todd Breneiser as the head of product planning for its North American operations and to be part of its U.S. leadership team, effective immediately.

JLR Abandons Plan for Assembly Plant in Saudi Arabia

9/4/2015

Jaguar Land Rover Ltd. has cancelled plans to establish vehicle production in Saudi Arabia, sources tell the Financial Times.

U.S. Carmakers Signal Interest in Pooling Healthcare Coverage

9/4/2015

Detroit's Big Three carmakers are increasingly interested in a United Auto Workers union suggestion that they scrap their company-run worker healthcare programs and adopt a single co-op plan, Reuters reports.

U.S. Trade Deficit Dips to 4-Month Low

9/4/2015

America's trade deficit with the rest of the world shrank 7% from June to July to $41.9 billion, its lowest total since February, according to the U.S.

Ford Sollers Opens $275 Million Engine Plant

9/4/2015

Ford Motor Co.'s 50:50 venture with Moscow-based assembler OSJC Sollers has begun building engines at a new factory in Tatarstan.

NGK Insulators to Plead Guilty to Price Fixing

9/3/2015

Japan's NGK Insulators Ltd. has agreed to plead guilty to rigging bids and fixing prices on ceramic substrates for catalytic converters sold to General Motors, Nissan and Toyota.

NHTSA Cuts Takata Recall Estimate by 36%

9/3/2015

About 19.2 million vehicles in the U.S. are equipped with Takata Corp. airbag inflators that could explode when triggered by a crash, not the 30 million estimated a few months ago, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.