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Audi’s Hungarian unit has reached an agreement with its workers’ union on wage rises for the next two years.

VW Group’s talks with unions over the implementation of its turnaround plan were broken off on Monday, leaving in limbo a deal on cost-cutting following the automaker’s damaging diesel emissions scandal.

VW Group’s cost-cutting deal with unions was left in limbo after talks between labor leaders and top executives over the implementation of the turnaround plan were broken off without an agreement.

Volkswagen Group said it will not keep a large number of temporary workers on its books in Germany following a media report which said the automaker’s VW brand would retain about 2,000 of them.

Automakers and dealers started February with bulging lots after inventories grew faster than January U.S. auto sales.

Last year, the unthinkable happened in Russia: For the first time ever, a non-Russian brand topped the model charts. The humble Hyundai Solaris subcompact sedan was No. 1, knocking the Lada Granta sedan to No. 2.

BMW could conceivably shift some car production from Germany to its crossover plant in Spartanburg, S.C., if President Donald Trump follows through on threats to erect high barriers to trade.

Automotive News has made two additions to its newsroom staff. Tim Good has joined as a graphics/copy editor, and Jack Walsworth is a Subaru reporter and website producer.

General Motors projects ‘another strong year’ ahead for itself, despite challenges posed by growing inventories and flattening U.S. sales.