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Toyota’s expansion of Toyota Racing Development trims across its truck line opens the door for a sporty subbrand that could find its way onto higher-volume products such as the RAV4 and Camry as the automaker chases younger and more affluent buyers.

Europe has been a drain on General Motors for a long time, but Opel did have its glory days and at least once helped keep GM afloat. Automotive News Print Editor RIck Johnson was there when it happened.

Nissan’s bold move into electric vehicles with the Leaf earlier this decade looks like a sales flop to many. But there are pockets of the U.S. market where EVs are in demand.

Britain has offered PSA assurances on post-Brexit trade and supply chains in a bid to protect Vauxhall plants after a possible takeover, the Financial Times reported.

PSA CEO Carlos Tavares has asked for a meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May on the planned acquisition of GM’s Opel and Vauxhall operations.

PSA Group CEO Carlos Tavares will meet British Prime Minister Theresa May to discuss the automaker’s planned acquisition of Opel and Vauxhall.

Despite falling demand for diesels, Nissan decided to offer the powertrain in its new Micra in Europe. Nissan’s head of planning, Philippe Klein, explained why in an interview with Automotive News Europe.

GM must restore hundreds of jobs being cut at a southern Ontario assembly plant or risk failing to reach a new contract with the factory’s workers this fall, the president of Canada’s largest auto workers union said on Friday.

General Motors plans to deploy thousands of self-driving electric cars in test fleets in partnership with ride-sharing affiliate Lyft Inc, beginning in 2018, two sources familiar with the automaker’s plans told Reuters.

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