Author: Automotive News Feed

Hella’s PACE Award-winning LED Matrix Beam headlights could turn 25 LEDs on and off to shift high beams away from oncoming vehicles.

Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess is turning to an American, Scott Keogh, to make key regional decisions as the VW brand mounts a comeback in the U.S.

As new-vehicle sales slow and margins continue to tighten, the used-car department may be the center of the dealership’s “wheel of fortune.”

Dealers featured this week include Gary Jaffarian, CEO of Jaffarian Volvo in Haverhill, Mass.; John Youngblood, dealer principal of Youngblood Nissan in Springfield, Mo.; Frank DeLuca, dealer principal of DeLuca Toyota in Ocala, Fla.

In remote northern Nevada, an automotive supply chain hot spot emerges.

While cost controls might telegraph prudence #8212; especially to investors #8212; they also carry great risk, depending on the timing and scope.

Former Jaguar chief Bibiana Boerio knew the Pennsylvania congressional seat would be a tough job. It was. She lost 58 percent to 42 percent to Republican Guy Reschenthaler.

The case — involving a fictitious shell company, falsified documents and a rogue sales manager — serves as a cautionary tale for dealerships on the need to monitor their employees and fully run down suspicions about potentially problematic…

VW CEO Herbert Diess, in a recent interview with Automotive News, said the company was “not very agressive in listening” to the aggressive advances of FCA, which was interested in a possible consolidation.

The up-in-the-air status of a U.S. Department of Commerce 232 national security investigation remains a thorn in the side of suppliers, as they brace for potential price pressures throughout the supply chain.