Category: Motor Age Articles

Subaru’s sole vehicle factory in Japan, accounting for roughly 60 percent of global production, could be out of action for almost two weeks after the company discovered a suspected defect in a power-steering component.

GMC is expanding its new AT4 subbrand and many key features of the Sierra 1500 to its heavy-duty brethren.

Lincoln will begin taking orders for the Aviator in February. The gasoline version goes on sale this summer, while the plug-in hybrid hits showrooms in late summer, Lincoln said Tuesday.

Fiat Chrysler’s parts unit Magneti Marelli plans to create 106 jobs and invest $12.6 million at its regional headquarters north of Detroit in Auburn Hills, according to a state memo.

GM’s Brazil unit is in advanced talks with Sao Paulo state to receive tax incentives, the company told public officials and union representatives, a few days after telling workers in a memo that it was losing money in the country.

Former Infiniti chief Roland Krueger is taking the top job at Dyson’s automotive unit, which plans to put an electric vehicle on the road by 2021.

Ford is planning a less expensive pickup that would slot below the Ranger, and the automaker eventually will offer battery-electric versions of the F series, Jim Farley, head of the automaker’s global markets, told investors.

Lexus has dropped a new four-minute online video featuring quarterback that adapts the advanced safety systems from the brand’s new UX crossover.

Waymo is partnering with global supplier Magna to integrate self-driving systems on vehicles produced by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Jaguar.

Former Magna CEO Belinda Stronach is rejecting claims of mismanagement made by her father Frank, saying she was instead trying to prevent him from pursuing “idiosyncratic and often unprofitable projects.”