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On trade, an issue that has caused prior tensions between Japan and the U.S., Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hopes to distance the topic from his burgeoning friendship with President Trump — and assign it to Vice President Mike Pence.

Former VW Chairman Ferdinand Piech has refused to testify to German lawmakers investigating a possible government’s role in the VW emissions scandal.

Last week’s Chicago Auto Show was a reminder that the U.S. love affair with oversized light trucks never really went away and is now stirring with renewed interest.

Mitsubishi doesn’t have Super Bowl money to throw around. Neither can it afford to be an official sponsor of a big-time sports league the way Hyundai, Ford, Chevrolet, Honda and even Kia can, nor plaster its name on a halftime show, like Toyota.

Nissan’s edgy, urban Maxima “Midnight Edition” package last year proved so popular that it has expanded the black-trim accessory package across its line.

Nine Chevrolet vehicles will get the Redline treatment, featuring black wheels with red hash marks and blacked-out nameplates, Chevy logos and grilles.

Toyota unveiled Toyota Racing Development packages for the Tundra full-size pickup and Sequoia large SUV, expanding the models that get TRD treatment as it seeks to better market the trim options.

Hyundai is planning a fresh assault on the hot hatchback market early this summer with two models of the redesigned fourth-generation Elantra GT hatchback.

Japanese automakers are hoping the country’s prime minister can hit it off with President Trump and win him over on trade issues.

Toyota is a latecomer to Europe’s crossover segment with the new C-HR. To stand out in the crowded sector the automaker has done something out of character — it has given the C-HR a polarizing design.