Author: Automotive News Feed

Carmakers are tapping smartphone technology to spruce up low-cost minicars and try to get an edge in a market that has grown to account for almost 10 percent of new-car sales in Europe.

Mini may not replace the Coupe/Roadster and Paceman as the brand moves to focus on core models.

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Critics of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are enjoying a private moment of glee over accusations in a published report that the CFPB itself could be guilty of discrimination against its employees in personnel evaluations.

Mazda’s Jim O’Sullivan says the automaker’s new small-car assembly plant in Salamanca, Mexico, ‘makes good business sense’ as Mazda expands its global manufacturing footprint.