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FRANKFURT — Continental’s supervisory board is moving ahead with plans for an initial public offering of its powertrain unit and a new corporate structure by early July, a sign the supplier’s biggest overhaul in decades […]

CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook revised the social media giant’s policy on third-party data, but automotive advertisers expect little impact on their practices. Photo credit: AUTOMOTIVE NEWS ILLUSTRATION Controversy sparked by political data firm Cambridge […]

Merkel with Trump at this month’s G-7 summit in Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada. Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum tariffs sparked tension at the meeting. Photo credit: Reuters German automakers are willing to abandon car tariffs […]

Over the past three decades, the global auto industry has gotten, well, more global. Manufacturers built scores of factories outside their home countries to reduce exposure to currency swings, take advantage of cheaper labor and […]

GM Powertrain Torino is where the automaker develops its new diesel powertrains. TURIN — This northern Italian industrial city is famous for being the home of Fiat, and therefore FCA, but it’s also home to […]

The last-generation Volvo S60 has been around since the 2011 model year and was refreshed for 2014. In today’s market, that is a long time. But the Swedish automaker has been hard at work redesigning […]

Adt has been head of Smart’s worldwide sales management during her career. FRANKFURT — Veteran Daimler executive Karen Adt will become head of the Smart brand, succeeding Annette Winkler, who will step down on Sept. […]

We saw a few pictures of the 2019 Jeep Renegade earlier this month, but now the automaker is releasing a full gallery of images, and more details, on the updated model. Although this is still […]

Ally Financial Inc. has agreed to pay $19.7 million to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing the lender of charging customers fees outside their lease-to-own agreements, according to court documents. Ally, one of the largest auto […]

Let’s get one thing out of the way: The 2018 Ford EcoSport is not a performance car and is not even interested in having fun. This subcompact crossover is made for A-to-B transport. Some folks […]