Main challenge: Making Mercedes a leader in the premium electric and compact car segments. Daimler r&d chief Thomas Weber believes that the forthcoming Mercedes-Benz B-class Electric Drive will ...

RENNES, France -- Citroen has launched a website where customers can rate their experiences at dealerships. Citroen buyers can post their views on the service provided by a dealership or workshop on ...

French car parts supplier Valeo will buy German clutch manufacturer FTE Automotive for 819.3 million euros ($914 million). In a statement, Valeo said it had signed an agreement to buy 100 percent of ...

BERLIN -- Volkswagen Group's Spanish division, Seat, said it would hire 250 more workers at its plant near Barcelona to boost production. The new recruits will strengthen the workforce especially for ...

European buyers appear to be losing their love of diesels in the wake of the Volkswagen Group emissions scandal. Sales of diesel cars have accounted for more than 50 percent of the region's new-car ...

FRANKFURT -- Chinese automaker Chery Automobile will launch an electrified SUV in Europe no sooner than 2020, its CEO was quoted as saying by a German newspaper. Chery debuted the Exeed TX compact SUV ...

MILAN (Reuters) -- Italian car design company Pininfarina had an operating loss of 4.5 million euros in the first six months, 1.8 million euros less than in the same period last year. The improvement ...

WASHINGTON/MILAN -- Alphabet's Google unit has agreed to buy 100 plug-in hybrid minivans from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to expand its self-driving vehicle testing program in the most advanced ...

(Bloomberg) -- Renault SA wants to repay French state aid of 3 billion euros (about $3.97 billion) as soon as possible, French newspaper Les Echos reported, citing CEO Carlos Ghosn. The company wants ...

TOKYO (Thomson Financial) -- Japanese automaker Toyota today said parent global output in April rose 8.8 percent to 727,040 from a year earlier, helped by brisk demand across the globe. The increased ...

Spain's vehicle production declined by 53 percent in January, the biggest auto manufacturing drop in the country's history. Production fell to 123,762 units compared with the same month in 2008, ...

RENNES, France -- Renault has joined French rival PSA/Peugeot-Citroen in tapping a Hollywood star appeal to boost sales of its new Espace minivan. Actor Kevin Spacey appears in Renault’s Europewide ...