An electric car developed by French financier Vincent Bollore and Italian car designer Pininfarina SpA may be available by autumn, Bollore told Reuters at the Geneva auto show.
Ford Motor Co, aiming to take back the top spot in U.S. sports car sales, will tout the improved fuel economy of the Mustang in a marketing blitz to correspond with the release of 2011 model this spring.
U.S. regulators on Wednesday reviewed 10 complaints that fixes made to recalled Toyota Motor Corp vehicles did not resolve unintended acceleration.
General Motors Co Vice Chairman Bob Lutz will retire from the automaker effective May 1, people briefed on the plans said on Wednesday.
Hybrid and electric cars are the stars of motor shows, but the expensive technologies could take a decade to really hit European roads as automakers improve petrol and diesel cars to meet short-term emissions targets.
Luxury carmakers say 2010 will not be the year of full recovery for their sector, which was hit by the crisis and did not benefit from government incentives.
Toyota Motor Corp let profits trump decision-making on safety and U.S. regulators failed to aggressively oversee the automaker in the years leading up to recent big recalls, a leading U.S. senator said on Tuesday.
Nissan Motor unveiled its much-awaited low-cost compact car aimed at becoming a major force in the fast-growing segment, targeting global sales of 1 million units with the roll-out of a family of compact cars by 2013.
Carmakers will be keen to show off new green technologies at the Geneva Auto Show, opening this week, as economic uncertainties and waning scrapping schemes make forecasting this year's sales trends difficult.
Italy's Fiat unveils the Alfa Romeo Giulietta at this week's Geneva auto show, and while analysts do not believe the brand is under threat, they say the new hatchback is a test of its revival.
Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda sought to ease quality concerns during a low-key visit to China on Monday, fresh from a grueling hearing in the U.S. Congress over his company's biggest safety crisis.
General Motors has approached previous bidders for its Hummer unit after a deal to sell the brand to an obscure Chinese firm collapsed.
Tata Motors, India's top vehicle maker, reported a rise in sales and margins at its Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) unit as luxury buyers returned after the global crisis, helping send its shares up more than 6 percent.
Anxious Toyota workers in the automaker's hometown rallied behind their president after he faced a grilling from U.S. lawmakers over the company's safety problems, but many fear the crisis is far from over.
The parent company of Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd said on Thursday it plans to buy Chinese special vehicle maker Zhejiang Zhongyu Automobile Co as it moves to expand its product portfolio.
Honda Motor Co on Thursday launched the sporty CR-Z model, its second in a line of low-cost hybrid cars aimed at meeting stricter environmental regulations and expanding sales in the tough global car market.
ral Motors Co will wind down its Hummer SUV line after failing to complete a deal to sell the brand to China's Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery, the automaker said on Wednesday.
World number two truck maker Volvo said on Wednesday deliveries of its trucks fell 8 percent year-on-year in January as weak demand continued to plague its main European market.
Toyota Motor Corp's president braced for tough questions from a U.S. congressional panel on Wednesday.
AutoNation Inc Chief Executive Mike Jackson said that Toyota Motor Corp's U.S. sales will recover by April, but only if the automaker offers customer incentives.
Toyota Motor Corp promised a quality shake-up and apologized for safety mistakes that it blamed on rapid growth.
Consumers Union issued a call on Tuesday for urgent changes to strengthen U.S. auto safety regulation in the wake of a massive recall by Toyota Motor Corp.
South African police are investigating the disappearance of a German auto executive who went missing three weeks ago while on a business trip to the country.
Documents reviewed by Congress appear to show that Toyota Motor Corp consistently dismissed the possibility that electronic failures could be responsible for incidents of unintended acceleration.
German car maker BMW has offloaded 3 billion pounds ($4.6 billion) of longevity risk from its UK pension scheme to Deutsche Bank.
General Motors should raise its share of the reorganization costs for its European arm Opel in order to get state aid from Germany, Handelsblatt newspaper reported on Monday, citing German government sources.
Volkswagen's Czech unit Skoda Auto has plans for a new model, its union's weekly newsletter reported, although details of its pricing and production schedule are still not certain.
Chrysler Group LLC reached a deal on Thursday with the shell company holding its old assets to acquire a Sterling Heights, Michigan, assembly plant for $20 million, according to U.S. Bankruptcy Court documents.
Honda Motor Co has taken a big step toward developing a new hybrid system for larger cars, its head of automobile research and development said on Friday, indicating a finished product could be about three years away.
Spyker will have to raise more cash in order to make its $400-million acquisition of Sweden's Saab sustainably profitable amid gut-wrenching changes in the global automobile industry.
