Chevrolet dealers will continue to face a steady flow of older vehicles coming in for recall repairs, but Motor Trend's Truck of the Year award for the new Colorado midsize truck and solid sales of the fullsize Silverado pickup deliver a shot of …
Chrysler name fades in FCA era. Chrysler has changed its company name to "FCA US LLC" to better align with its global parent company, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, which officially adopted its new name in October before listing on the New York Stock …
EDITOR WES RAYNAL: I like this 2015 Audi S3 a bunch. It's terrific to look at; I appreciate the MQB's stiffness, have always liked the VW Group 2.0-liter turbo four (that horsepower number just keeps going up and up, and if there's turbo lag here, I …
Powered by a 2.5-liter turbocharged inline 5-cylinder that harkens back to Audi's rallying days, the RS3 Sportback puts out 367-horsepower and 343 lb.-ft. of torque. That scoots it along to 62-mph in only 4.3-seconds on the way to a top speed of 174-mph.
The Chevrolet Trax is based on GM's global subcompact platform and is already sold in over 60 markets across the planet. The small SUV is built in Bupyeong, South Korea and shares much of its underpinnings with Chevrolet's other small car, the Sonic.
The Audi Q7, one of the biggest, most imposing SUVs on the highway, is being downsized. And the result will be substantially better fuel economy. For even more fuel economy, there will be a version with Audi's first plug-in diesel. The new one cuts 1.6 …
Mercedes-Benz, the world's third-largest maker of luxury cars, vowed to narrow the gap to Audi and BMW in China to meet a goal of overtaking the German peers in global sales by the end of the decade. “Our goal to be No. 1 in 2020 is valid, and we must …
MUNCIE – When Chevrolet closed its Muncie plant in 2006, Bill Grobey and Jary Dawson were there until the bitter end. And beyond. Grobey and Dawson, who worked at the Eighth Street plant for decades, have become the unofficial historians of the plant.
The New Audi RS3 Is 362bhp Of Warbly Hot Hatch Madness. The hottest version of Audi's latest A3 is here, with ballistic acceleration and a 174mph top speed. Your move, Mercedes A45 AMG! By Matt Robinson, 12 December 201427. Share Tweet Email
The report in question is Baron Funds most recent quarterly report, and this 10-year death-watch for the evergreen internal-combustion engine comes directly from their analysts, after a visit to BMW's facilities. Baron Funds is a leading international …
Washington — Under pressure from federal regulators, Chrysler Group LLC said late Thursday it will expand its recall of vehicles with Takata inflators by another 208,783, the second expansion in a week. Chrysler now has recalled about 617,000 vehicles …
So, yeah, Audi is launching an über A3 in the form of the new RS3 Sportback. Powered by a turbocharged 2.5-liter inline five-cylinder engine, it pays respect to Audi's proud history of five-cylinder Quattro rally cars. We loved the previous-generation …
Cadillac is moving to New York, and there's been some consternation about that. It's abandoning America's Motor City, it's turning its back on everything it does best, and, perhaps the most pernicious accusation of all, it doesn't need the gearhead …
FRANKFURT — BMW said on Tuesday that Norbert Reithofer would step down in May as chief executive of the German luxury carmaker a year earlier than expected, and that he would be replaced by Harald Krüger, the head of production. Mr. Reithofer, 58 …
DE) has racked up its highest-ever November sales, beating Audi and Mercedes-Benz, but the two German rivals remain on course to narrow BMW's lead in the global luxury car market. Deliveries by BMW's namesake brand rose 6.2 percent last month to …
We first drove the 2015 Chevrolet Trax in April, but as a Canadian-spec model. While the B-segment crossover is still very much the same, Chevrolet engineers managed to fine-tune the 2015 Trax for its United States debut. In doing so, it becomes the …
The investment, according to Chrysler, hinges on a final vote by the council to approve the abatement, which is actually an amendment to an existing abatement, later this month. The Kokomo Tribune reports the council is expected to approve a second and …
BMW shook up its top leadership Tuesday, saying that CEO Norbert Reithofer would leave his post to become chairman of the board as part of "generational change" at the head of the German luxury automaker. The end of Reithofer's tenure as CEO, …
Fiat Chrysler's continuing sales surge is remarkable partly because its 56 consecutive months of year-over-year gains don't depend in some ways on the overall dynamics of the U.S. auto market. And by continuing to hone and highlight the identities of …
Spotty electric-car infrastructure isn't just an issue in Berlin, but a critical part of the segment globally. BMW competitor Tesla Motors Inc. (TSLA) has tried to win over customers with its own series of fast-charging stations. Tesla has about 280 …
Tesla has been on a steady rise from the start, debuting strong in a world where all-electric vehicles were given little regard and supplanted its prominence with the manufacturer's award-winning Model S sedan. It only stands to reason that it expands …
Buick's smallest car, the Verano sedan, is a rich-looking, pleasant-riding and surprisingly quiet compact with upscale features. A new feature for 2015 — OnStar with 4G LTE that can create a Wi-Fi hotspot at the car so passengers can use their mobile …
BMW has named Turner Motorsport's drivers as two of the world's most successful privateer BMW race drivers of 2014. Besting more than 283 BMW racing drivers across the world, Turner Motorsport driver Markus Palttala was awarded the 2014 BMW Sports …
Automakers routinely try to create new segments, hoping an unusual vehicle will find a fresh set of customers. But with the 2015 Chevrolet Colorado, General Motors is aiming at an old segment that's been largely abandoned and forgotten: the midsize pickup.
The new Cadillac brain trust continues to prove that they're utterly serious about untethering Cadillac from traditional Detroit-bred thinking about the brand and that they're intent on recrafting Cadillac into what they call a true luxury marque that …
The Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV company recently featured one of its small-payload robots, called Racer, in a YouTube video with San Antonio Spurs shooting guard Marco Belinelli. In the video, the robot shows off its hoops skills by spinning a …
Cadillac has moved its advertising account to Publicis Worldwide, which replaces Detroit-based Lowe Campbell Ewald that had the account only since mid-2013. The switch is effective immediately, according to a Cadillac statement. "This appointment is …
Dealers have complained to the German luxury car maker in recent weeks that its sales targets are too high given China's slowing economic growth and an anticorruption crackdown on government officials, said executives at two BMW dealer operators.
Cadillac's fresh car line is considered high-class, high-quality, high-performance. But sales of the new-design sedans is definitely a low-performance matter. In fact, the November sales report shows that General Motors' Cadillac cars in the U.S. drove …
Washington — Chrysler Group LLC said late Wednesday it will recall 149,150 older-model pickups in seven U.S. states and five territories to address concerns about improper air-bag deployment in other high humidity states, but stopped far short of the …
Before opening the large driver's door of the Audi Prologue concept outside of the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, Audi requested that I don a super-attractive onesie so as to not let my flannel-covered human flesh touch the untreated leather surfaces of …
Led by its Ram Truck brand increasing 30.7 percent in November compared to a year ago, Chrysler Group LLC led all major automakers with sales up 20.1 percent — marking the automaker's 56th consecutive monthly year-over-year sales gain and its best …
While there's no shortage of public transport across London, the city is actually the most popular market for car-sharing services in Europe. Companies like ZipCar have enjoyed the burgeoning market for short-term vehicle rentals and now BMW wants in …