JCI Rebuffs Call to Sell Seating Business
1/13/2014Johnson Controls Inc. is urging patience for critics who complain about shrinking margins for the company's huge auto seating operations, The Wall Street Journal reports.
GM Makes Midsize 2015 GMC Pickup Look Big
1/13/2014The new GMC Canyon isn't just a lookalike to its sibling, the Chevrolet Colorado midsize pickup General Motors Co. introduced in November.
VW Confirms New SUV for American Market
1/13/2014Volkswagen AG CEO Martin Winterkorn says the company will introduce a new seven-passenger midsize SUV in the U.S. in 2016.
JLR Sales Jump 19% to All-Time High
1/13/2014Tata Motors Ltd.'s Jaguar Land Rover unit retailed 425,000 vehicles last year compared with 357,800 units in 2012 and 275,200 in 2011.
Ford’s Farley Backpedals After Customer Tracking Comment
1/13/2014Last week Ford Motor Co. marketing chief Jim Farley implied to a panel at the Consumer Electronics Show that Ford is using GPS to track the movement of its customers.
Volkswagen Sales Set Record in 2013
1/13/2014Sales of Volkswagen AG cars and commercial vehicles including estimates for its MAN and Scania heavy truck affiliates rose 5% to a record 9.7 million units in 2013.
Judge Blocks Quick Fisker Sale, Plans Auction
1/10/2014Fisker Automotive Inc. assets will be sold at auction after a U.S. bankruptcy judge rejected a planned fast-track sale to a company affiliated with billionaire Hong Kong Richard Li, Bloomberg New reports.
Mercedes-Benz Sets Global Sales Record
1/10/2014Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz unit sold a record 1.46 million vehicles worldwide in 2013, up 11%. Results include a record 139,200 cars sold in December.
Wanxiang Group Cleared to Bid on Fisker Assets
1/10/2014A U.S. bankruptcy judge has rejected a plan for a fast-track sale of Fisker Automotive Inc. assets to a Hong Kong group led by billionaire Richard Li.
Fire Risk Prompts GM to Recall 370,000 Fullsize Pickups
1/10/2014Next week General Motors Co. will begin recalling 370,000 of its 2014 model Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra large pickup trucks to reprogram software that could cause a fire.