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The redesigned 2018 Audi A6 will be further differentiated from the smaller A4 and larger A8 sedans, spy photos taken in Germany show.

RFJ Auto Partners will begin to expand its Hassle Free Buying strategy, a form of one-price selling, to all of its stores starting this year. It currently uses the model at its high-volume Dave Smith dealerships.

It’s time to nominate someone for Automotive News’ 40 Under 40 program, the sixth annual search for people under 40 who are making a name for themselves at dealerships in the United States and Canada.

Now that General Motors is potentially selling off its European brand Opel to PSA, there is one way the automaker could stay in Europe and remain profitable: by finally taking up FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne’s offer to merge.

While PSA Group is talking to General Motors about acquiring Opel, it already has bought one stately brand this year – in India.

For years, Toyota Motor Corp. has shortchanged plug-in hybrids by offering just one nameplate in the category, and a slow selling one at that: the Prius PHV. But Japan’s top carmaker says that’s about to change.

General Motors hasn’t made money in Europe since Bill Clinton was president. If the world’s third-largest auto-maker fails to unload its Opel European division on PSA Group, it could look to its crosstown rival in Dearborn, Mich.

Since General Motors’ decision to keep the Opel division following its 2009 bankruptcy, the company has had a revolving door of executives and a tough time finding traction in the crowded European market.

PSA CEO Carlos Tavares will meet with UK and France government leaders this week to discuss the potential purchase of GM’s Opel and Vauxhall brands.

PSA CEO Carlos Tavares will meet with UK and France government leaders this week to discuss the potential purchase of GM’s Opel and Vauxhall brands.