Nissan can meet U.S. sales goal with capacity in S.Korea, Japan

Nissan will be able to meet its goal of taking 10 percent of the U.S. market in two years without any major new investments and by making use of capacity available at factories in Japan and South Korea, a top executive said.

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Mini designers dream up a racy Clubman for 'Gran Turismo 6' video game

Mini has joined a growing list of automakers that have released high-performance concepts for 'Gran Turismo 6' on the PlayStation 3 game system.

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Strike ends at Brazil GM plant after union flexes muscle

Workers at a General Motors factory in Brazil ended a six-day strike today after the company dropped plans to lay off 800 employees, the union said, ending the latest labor standoff in the troubled Brazilian auto industry.

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U.S. Senate panel OKs auto industry whistleblower incentive

A measure that would offer financial incentives for auto industry employees to expose safety defects won unanimous backing from a US Senate panel today.

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Fiat Chrysler to review its digital agency business, report says

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has begun a digital agency review, people familiar with the matter told Advertising Age, an affiliate of Automotive News.

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Automakers choose aerospace firm to run Takata airbag tests

A consortium of 10 automakers formed to investigate the root cause behind Takata airbag inflator ruptures said today they have selected Orbital ATK to test the supplier's troubled inflators on their behalf.

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Federal-Mogul delays split into two public companies

Federal-Mogul, the powertrain and aftermarket parts supplier controlled by Wall Street investment mogul Carl Icahn, said this week it will delay a prior plan to split into two separate public companies during the first half of this year.

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