Volkswagen bets big on electric. Will consumers buy in?

Volkswagen AG is unwrapping not just new models at the Frankfurt car show, but also a tweaked logo for the electric era

Nissan board says chief has resigned, successor to be named

Nissan Chief Executive Hiroto Saikawa tendered his resignation Monday after acknowledging that he had received dubious income

Volkswagen’s road to riches or ruin starts in this factory

German factory represents Ground Zero for one of the most audacious bets in corporate history

Daimler faces off with green groups at heated forum

Environmentalists vow to bring Frankfurt auto show to a standstill

BMW labor chief says he expects global demand to recover

BMW AG’s top labor representative is batting away gloomy predictions for the industry, saying he expects global demand to recover

Payne: Mercedes-AMG G63 is like a Wrangler on steroids

The 557-horsepower Mercedes-AMG G63 is the most insane vehicle on the road today: It can climb trees and assault Woodward

Lexus raises the bar on redesigned ES 350 ‘Ultra Luxury’

The Lexus ES currently is the best selling midsize-luxury sedan in the nation

2019 Mercedes-AMG G63

Lexus laps BMW and Mercedes for second straight U.S. sales win

Toyota Motor Corp.’s Lexus outsold both BMW and Mercedes-Benz for a second straight month in August

Mitsubishi invests in an app that wants to replace cars

Mitsubishi joined Toyota Financial Services as an investor in a Finnish firm that seeks to offer a viable alternative to car ownership

The Porsche Taycan electric car

Taycan unveiled: Porsche goes electric with a Tesla-fighter

Porsche introduced its first electric vehicle, the Taycan sports sedan, on Wednesday.

Subaru squeezed by EV mandates

California's mandate that automakers sell 8% EVs in just five years has Subaru in a bind. Unlike bigger carmakers, it can't subsize money-losing EVs.

Porsche’s $3,100-a-month subscriptions spreading to more cities

Porsche is expanding its app-based subscription service to four new cities in the U.S. and Canada

If you buy Huracan EVO, Lamborghini will ship bags

The Huracan EVO Spyder feels more extreme than ever — and that’s as it should be

EPA forces VW to correct gas mileage on 98,000 vehicles

The EPA is making Volkswagen as well as Audi, Porsche and Bentley correct fuel economy labels for about 98K gasoline-powered vehicles

Buffett-backed BYD close to battery supply deal with VW’s Audi

Volkswagen AG’s Audi luxury-car brand is in talks to add China’s BYD Co. as a supplier of batteries used in its premium electric vehicles

Payne: It’s the most powerful VW GLI ever — and it has a stick

The VW Jetta GLI gets the Golf GTI's powerful 228-horse turbo-4

Looking for a cheap date? The 2020 Nissan Versa may be your ride

There’s still a very real need for affordable basic transportation, and the Nissa Versa fills that need

Toyota, Suzuki partnering in self-driving car technology

Under a new deal, announced Wednesday, Toyota will take a 4.9% stake in Suzuki Motor Corp to develope self-driving car technology

China loosens car-purchase restrictions to boost consumption

China rolled out a series of guidelines to encourage consumption, led by support for the flagging auto market

Ferdinand Piech, longtime Volkswagen patriarch, dies at 82

German auto industry power broker Ferdinand Piech, the longtime patriarch of Volkswagen AG and the key engineer of its takeover of Porsche, has died

Trump rejects new tariffs on Japan auto imports ‘at this moment’

“It’s something I could do at a later date if I wanted to but we’re not looking at that," the president said

How Toyota will use robots at the Tokyo Olympics

Toyota is doing everything it can to market its transition into an eventual provider of on-demand transportation

VW recalls 679K cars in U.S. to fix potential rollaway problem

Volkswagen is recalling about 679K cars in the U. S. with automatic transmissions, manual hand brakes and keyless entry to fix a rollaway problem

VW fired 204 staff for breaching rules in compliance crackdown

Volkswagen AG told employees that it fired 204 staff for breaching company rules in the first quarter

Future Dream Cruise classics: BMW i8, F-150 Raptor, any Tesla

The Woodward Dream Cruise has a bright future if the instant classics of 2019 are any indication

Volkswagen, Nissan to get 10-year tax breaks for Ghana plants

Volkswagen and Nissan both agreed last year to set up auto-assembly plants if Ghana signed off on an official incentive plan

Mercedes-Benz to lease new ilitch development

The new building in Farmington Hills will serve as the headquarters for Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA

Honda’s new tactic for attracting first-time car buyers: esports

It’s the official automaker of Riot Games’ League of Legends Championship Series

Payne review: Subaru’s Outback spiffs up

A makeover inside and out beautifies the rugged pioneer of the crossover boom

Howes: Mahindra eyes plant, 2,000 jobs at Flint’s Buick City

Twenty years after General Motors ended vehicle assembly, an Indian automaker plans to build commercial vehicles on a storied factory site in Flint

Porsche Cayenne S is a good SUV with no soul

The latest big SUV from the German brand does the impossible: make a Porsche look boring

Opinion: Toyota is not a U.S. security threat

"We remain hopeful that the upcoming negotiations on trade can be resolved quickly and yield what is best for consumers, workers and the auto industry."

2020 Subaru Outback

Nissan pays $1.5M in crash of car without side air bags

Nissan Motor Co. has agreed to pay $1.5 million to the estate of an 18-year-old who died in the crash of a car that lacked side-curtain air bags

30 senators pressure carmakers to join Ford in California mpg deal

U.S. senators are urging GM, FCA and other automakers to join a fuel-economy agreement between California and Ford, VW, Honda and BMW

Minivan sales keep falling, but experts say they’ll live on

For the automakers that still make them – Fiat Chrysler, Honda, Toyota and Kia – the minivan business is still good because the competition has bailed

Trump announces German car tariffs, but adds: ‘I’m only kidding’

President Donald Trump ribbed a European Union trade delegation at the White House after announcing a deal Friday to increase American beef exports

Betting like SoftBank drives Toyota’s value up by $19 billion

The world’s second-biggest automaker is on an investment spree, pouring more than $3 billion into deals and partnerships in recent years