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Chief engineer Yoshikazu Saeki said he wanted to bring the latest RAV4 back to the essence of a utility vehicle: a multipurpose option that can handle adverse road conditions and still make its passengers feel safe.

While Detroit increasingly struggles to draw the big names, this week’s Los Angeles show has a busy slate of global debuts from several major brands — domestic, European and Asian — plus a few minor ones.

Without Carlos Ghosn, it might look like the global alliance he built could fall apart. But with platforms, purchasing and plants shared, unwinding Ghosn’s creation could do more damage than keeping it together.

U.S. highway safety investigators are probing an alleged defect in 2.7 million vehicles built by General Motors that are getting into collisions because drivers are having trouble braking.

Nissan executive Greg Kelly, who was arrested along with ex-chairman Carlos Ghosn, has defended Ghosn’s compensation, saying it was discussed with other officials and paid out appropriately.

The sudden downfall of Carlos Ghosn looks set to unleash a power struggle between Renault and Nissan over the alliance he oversaw for two decades.

Japanese prosecutors are likely to build a new criminal case against former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn for understating his remuneration by 3 billion yen ($27 million) over three years, a newspaper report said.

Nissan will seek a review of the shareholding structure of its alliance with Renault to create a more equitable partnership between the two automakers following the dismissal of the Japanese company’s former Chairman Carlos Ghosn, Bloomberg reported.

Nissan expects to convene a special shareholders’ meeting to appoint a new chairman to replace Carlos Ghosn.

Land Rover is adding fuel-saving plug-in and mild hybrid powertrains to the new-generation Range Rover Evoque that was unveiled Thursday.