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The 2017 Mini Countryman’s move to a new front-wheel-drive architecture makes for a pretty big jump.

Porsche plans to offer variants of its Mission E, a fully electric vehicle expected to go on sale in late 2019.

Intel Corp. is a new player at the auto industry’s poker table, but the company’s $14.7 billion acquisition of Mobileye gives it a hand with a pair of aces.

Dealerships must figure out how to present the benefits of FandI products to prospects who prefer to purchase online.

When Chinese electric vehicle startup Nio, formerly known as NextEV, revealed its self-driving concept this month, another Chinese-backed firm took umbrage.

At the dawn of auto safety, one inventor wanted to do his small part to save lives. His invention sparked widespread public backlash and went down in history as a quintessential case of why technology fails.

PSA Group’s acquisition of Opel gives the French automaker greater scale to pursue global expansion plans, family shareholder Jean-Philippe Peugeot told a German newspaper.

Former Volkswagen Group Chairman Ferdinand Piech may sell his stake in the holding company that is VW’s majority shareholder to other members of the Porsche and Piech clans before May 30, Bild am Sonntag said.

Renault says its Alpine A110 sports car is more than an exercise in nostalgia. The company expects the mid-engine coupe to be profitable and it could be the first in a new line of vehicles for the revived Alpine brand.

Renault has overtaken Ford and Opel to become the second-largest brand in Europe by unit sales, but analysts say that success will be harder to maintain in 2017 as growth in the overall European market slows and the product pipeline empties out.