VW's suspended top engineer Hackenberg quits after 30 yearsAuto News

Ulrich Hackenberg, Volkswagen's suspended top engineer, has left the German group after 30 years, Audi said, as VW pushes ahead with the search for employees behind diesel emissions violations.

from Automotive News Breaking News Feed http://ift.tt/1ToaQty
Source Auto News

Clarity Services to pay $8 million in consent order with CFPBAuto News

Clarity Services, a subprime credit reporting agency based in Florida, agreed to pay $8 million in a consent order with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which said the company illegally obtained consumer reports.

from Automotive News Breaking News Feed http://ift.tt/1NK9v22
Source Auto News

VW's suspended top engineer Hackenberg quits after 30 years, Audi saysAuto News

Volkswagen's suspended top engineer, Ulrich Hackenberg, has left the German group after 30 years, luxury-car division Audi said on Thursday, as VW pushes ahead with the search for culprits in its diesel emissions scandal.

from Automotive News Breaking News Feed http://ift.tt/1OAR3ro
Source Auto News

Toyota brass sees more strong U.S. sales, but must adapt product mixAuto News

Automakers can count on robust vehicle sales in 2016, but will be challenged to produce the right mix of cars and trucks as consumers gravitate to larger and roomier vehicles, Toyota executives said today.

from Automotive News Breaking News Feed http://ift.tt/1NK3diI
Source Auto News

Honda may be prepping CR-V with 3-row seating for overseas marketsAuto News

Honda has been spotted testing a CR-V mule that looked like it's flirting with a third row of seats for the next-generation model. But don't bet on that coming to the U.S.

from Automotive News Breaking News Feed http://ift.tt/1MZe1WW
Source Auto News

What Lexus Really Wants (12/3/15)

What Lexus really wants, and who’s buying Scions; ‘De-merger’ of Ferrari; Musk on...
from TumblrCynthia Lin

Toyota executives see two more years of strong U.S. salesAuto News

Toyota expects two more years of strong U.S. auto sales as low gasoline prices and stable economic growth help the automaker generate record profits, two of the automaker's executives said.

from Automotive News Breaking News Feed http://ift.tt/1O62nai
Source Auto News

McLaren plans limited-production run of 675LT SpidersAuto News

McLaren said it will build a limited-production run of 675LT Spiders, the fastest open-top model the British marque has ever built.

from Automotive News Breaking News Feed http://ift.tt/1XCMvqb
Source Auto News

GM global media director Jonathan Halvorson has leftAuto News

Jonathan Halvorson, director of global media strategy and branded entertainment at General Motors, has left the company after only eight months in the role, a spokeswoman confirmed.

from Automotive News Breaking News Feed http://ift.tt/1SA77Jg
Source Auto News

Fiat Chrysler to focus on growth plan as GM merger hopes fadeAuto News

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles does not plan a hostile bid for rival General Motors at the moment and will focus on executing its growth plan to 2018 until the right and willing partner is found, CEO Sergio Marchionne said.

from Automotive News Breaking News Feed http://ift.tt/1MYGooc
Source Auto News

Tesla, Mini to skip Detroit auto showAuto News

Tesla and Mini have joined Jaguar Land Rover in skipping the January's 2016 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

from Automotive News Breaking News Feed http://ift.tt/1QWypfc
Source Auto News

50 dealers nominated for Time magazine awardAuto News

Fifty U.S. auto dealers have been nominated by automotive trade associations for the 2016 Time Dealer of the Year award. The nominees were announced by Time and Ally Financial, the sponsor.

from Automotive News Breaking News Feed http://ift.tt/1QWnhik
Source Auto News

Car production halt in flood-hit Indian state may hit sales, exportsAuto News

Global carmakers and suppliers in India's flood-hit southern city of Chennai, an area known as India's Detroit, are being forced to keep factory gates closed until Saturday at least, which is likely to hit local sales and exports in coming months.

from Automotive News Breaking News Feed http://ift.tt/1TA5Rqi
Source Auto News

Marchionne says FCA does not plan hostile bid on GM, will focus on growth planAuto News

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles does not plan a hostile bid for rival General Motors at the moment and will focus on executing its growth plan to 2018 until the right and willing partner is found, CEO Sergio Marchionne said.

from Automotive News Breaking News Feed http://ift.tt/1QWlo5d
Source Auto News

Why the Volkswagen litigation is differentAuto News

While recent automotive lawsuits have featured gruesome photos showing the dangers of faulty airbags or ignition switches, the Volkswagen litigation will largely turn on how much customers should get for being duped into buying high-polluting...

from Automotive News Breaking News Feed http://ift.tt/1N5j4Tx
Source Auto News

Flood losses in India's Detroit expected to top $2.2 billionAuto News

As the flood-ravaged Indian city of Chennai, an automaker hub known as India's Detroit, prayed for respite from torrential rains, a trade body said losses to businesses from the record downpour could reach more than 150 billion rupees ($2.2 billion).

from Automotive News Breaking News Feed http://ift.tt/1TyWLtZ
Source Auto News