Month: June 2013

Drawing on Stanford’s resources, the Automotive Innovation Facility in Palo Alto, Calif., has become an academic hothouse for all things automotive.

Asked last month whether General Motors cleared a psychological hurdle recently when its stock rose above the $33 price of its initial public offering, GM North America President Mark Reuss laughed and said, “Yes.”

The future of Acura’s TSX appears uncertain as Honda Motor prepares to abandon the platform used for the compact sedan.

After enduring Chrysler’s bankruptcy, the uncertainty of its acquisition by Fiat and the Great Recession, Chrysler Group dealers are finally receiving healthy offers to buy their stores.

Infiniti’s new boss is calling for new priorities. Less than a year into his job as president of Nissan Motor Co.’s premium marque, Johan de Nysschen is tempering expectations that Infiniti will nearly triple sales in four years.

Since 2008, the six publicly traded dealership groups combined have increased their ownership of land and buildings by nearly 25 percent, according to a Merrill Lynch report.

BMW has unveiled a concept for a large luxury coupe that hints of the possible revival of the departed 8 series and a rival for Mercedes-Benz’s CL.

Two auto brands that are targeting young customers through pioneering “crowd-funding” initiatives are seeing vastly different results in terms of sales. Yet both are claiming success.

Disappointing sales of electric vehicles have plunged the segment into an old-fashioned price war — one that some EV proponents fear could erode acceptance of the technology in the long term.

To learn just how different the Chinese Ford Kuga compact crossover is from its North American sibling, the Ford Escape, step into the back seat. Most American car owners rarely ride there.