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Byline: Vince Bond Jr. Mini's marketing in recent years has been off-key, says Jason Willis, chairman of the Mini National Dealer Council. But he said the small car brand has [...]

Byline: Michael Martinez The 2020 Lincoln Aviator and Cadillac XT6, large crossovers that launched this summer within a month of each other, are the latest expressions of what their reinvented [...]

Byline: Diana T. Kurylko The Land Rover Discovery will replace the LR4 late this year or early in 2017, and new spy photos show its design will be more modern [...]

Byline: Jesse Snyder After make meetings in 2014 and 2015 overshadowed by sales management shake-ups at Kia Motors America, Benny Yount, the dealer council chairman, expects smoother sailing this year. [...]

Byline: Mike Colias On paper, the hulking Escalade SUV represents everything that Cadillac wants to leave behind about its brand image. It shares underpinnings with Chevys and GMCs. It's not [...]

Byline: Kevin Maney The joke going around is that Apple is moving into the auto industry: Its engineers are working on a car without Windows. A lot of today's great [...]

Byline: Larry P. Vellequette MASERATI Growth spurt > Detroit debuts: None > Pipeline: Levante luxury SUV > New faces: Christian Gobber, head of Maserati North America > 2014 share: 0.1 [...]

* BMW's CES concept car does look a bit like an i8 Concept Spyder, but the news is mostly inside. The i Vision Future Interaction concept welcomes the era of [...]

Byline: Amy Wilson Acura will try to build early demand for its new flagship sedan by sending demonstration cars to its dealerships prior to the launch. The 2014 Acura RLX [...]

Byline: Richard Johnson The production version of the Subaru BRZ sports coupe, unveiled here last week, will go on sale in the United States in the spring priced in the [...]

Byline: Lindsay Chappell Last winter, when Nissan Motor Co.'s executive committee for the Americas gathered to discuss the future position of the Nissan brand, one marketing mission became clear: It [...]

Byline: Hans Greimel Toyota President Akio Toyoda has promised to launch a global quality task force to rein in the explosion of recalls that are hammering the company's reputation and [...]

Byline: Rick Kranz General Motors Co. is speeding up development of vehicles, such as the next-generation Chevrolet Malibu, that had been delayed by the company's financial troubles. GM Vice Chairman [...]

Byline: Rick Kranz Nissan wants the 2010 Cube to become an accessory magnet like Toyota's Scion line. Nissan has high hopes, creating more than 40 accessories, from a chrome grille [...]

Byline: Alysha Webb Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. wants to break out of its roots in China and become a global automaker. But so far, its ambition has exceeded its abilities. [...]

Only GM can fix its mess. And General Motors shows tentative signs of doing just that. In recent weeks, the embattled automaker laid out a reasonable brand strategy, took ownership […]