Author: Automotive News Feed

Griffith Motors is one of hundreds of Honda and Acura dealers that American Honda is asking to add service bays, hours or both by 2018 to accommodate the automaker’s forecast of rising sales.

Nissan Motor Corp. CEO Carlos Ghosn, who last year pledged to have self-driving cars ready by 2020, readily admits that the technology is a “long way from commercial reality” and a “regulatory minefield.”

Because of the ubiquitous smart phone, car shoppers are flooding dealerships with phone calls instead of e-mail inquiries. The sudden change in consumer behavior has dealers pushing employees to brush up on an ancient skill: answering the telephone.

The Ford Expedition, the last full-sized, truck-based, body-on-frame SUV in Ford’s lineup, is getting a new look, a new engine and a load of new technology for the 2015 model year.

If Volkswagen does buy Fiat Chrysler — despite the companies’ denials of a report that they are in talks — it would be because the fixations of VW Chairman Ferdinand Piech may line up perfectly with the needs of the family that controls Fiat…

Daimler’s first series-production hydrogen vehicle could have been ready about now, but the company is putting off the vehicle’s debut until 2017.

Nick Scheele, a globe-trotting, troubleshooting executive who held several key positions at Ford Motor Co., including president, died on Friday at age 70.

The self-driving car is moving from research lab to product plan, with a wave of advanced features due to hit the market by 2020, automakers and suppliers say.