Author: Automotive News Breaking News Feed

The head of Audi’s Munich design studio, Achim Badstuebner, is leaving to join Mercedes-Benz. Badstuebner will lead exterior design at Mercedes starting Jan. 1, said Gorden Wagener, Daimler’s chief designer.

Ford, trying to satisfy customer demands for more in-car technology, said technology companies must work in more open and flexible ways for Internet ‘connected-car’ features to be as seamless as smartphone apps.