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General Electric Co. burned more cash than analysts expected in the first quarter, crimping Chief Executive Officer Larry Culp's turnaround push after recent signs of financial improvement. Cash use by [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene The EPA's crack-down on emissions malfeasance has thrown the U.S. diesel vehicle market into disarray. With the 2017 model year well underway, Jaguar is the only brand [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene Printed in Automotive News April 25, 2016 SHEEHY AUTO STORES, FAIRFAX, VA. It's not uncommon to see a couple of wheels sitting along the side of the [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene Even in the heart of the world's largest diesel market, the future of the fuel looks clouded. At the Paris auto show, senior auto executives expect the [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene Audi aims to retain its leadership position in luxury crossovers with a second-generation Q5 that adds size, technology and power to the outgoing model. The redesigned Q5 [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene During an otherwise routine congressional hearing last week, Texas Republican Joe Barton let slip how he really felt about the Obama administration's signature fuel economy program. 'I [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene For the first time, the auto industry has a clear path ahead of it for the development and deployment of self-driving cars. But federal regulators will be [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene These days, Volkswagen executives talk more about winning back trust than market share. It has been that way ever since the diesel emissions scandal cast the brand [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene The federal indictment of a Volkswagen engineer -- and his agreement to cooperate with prosecutors under a plea deal -- could finally unravel the mystery of how [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene For most of its 24 months in the U.S., the Audi Q3 has been an odd duck. Despite being a new entry from a hot brand in [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene Automakers would be required to notify owners of vehicle recalls electronically through emails, text messages or other digital tools under a rule change proposed by U.S. auto [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene At first glance, it mostly looks like business as usual for product launches at Volkswagen Group through the end of the decade. But look a little deeper [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene Despite the seemingly all-consuming scope of the diesel emissions scandal, the Volkswagen Group's wheels are still turning in Wolfsburg, Ingolstadt and Stuttgart. A major electrification push calls [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene A duo of key crossovers arriving in 2017 will headline one of Volks-wagen's busiest years in some time. After that, things get murkier, with questions clouding the [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene Fast, sporty small cars and fresh new sedans will define the next several years of Audi's product plan, along with a push toward electrified powertrains that will [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene It has officially begun: The process that will shape the powertrains and fuel efficiency of U.S. autos through 2025 kicked off last week with the release of [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene Automakers worried about the cost of meeting fuel economy targets are waking up to a startling new reality: The cost of not meeting them is about to [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene Samantha Jacobson -- AGE: 32 -- POSITION: Director of marketing, Warren Henry Automotive Group -- ACHIEVEMENT: Launched Via Luxury Rentals, an affiliate that handles service loaners and [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene Tesla Motors, the trailblazing electric-car company, is leading the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration into uncharted territory as well. The agency's investigation into the fatal crash of [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene Volkswagen of America posted its lowest June sales since 2011 while luxury sibling Audi notched another monthly record on surging crossover sales. VW-brand deliveries fell 22 percent [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene The hundreds of frustrated Volkswagen dealers who turned up at the National Automobile Dealers Association convention in March in Las Vegas faced a difficult decision. Charge ahead [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene Within 100 miles of Sacramento, Calif., more than 1,400 new electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles are available for sale. It's a different story in Boston, where fewer [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene Volkswagen of America is dropping the Jetta Hybrid for 2017, ending a run of four model years for the lone hybrid in its U.S. lineup. The hybrid [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene The National Automobile Dealers Association cheered a U.S. Supreme Court decision challenging a Labor Department ruling that sought to make dealership service advisers eligible for overtime pay. [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is using its powerful megaphone to send a message to automakers: Don't slack off on passenger-side safety. A fresh round of [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene What qualifies as a safety-related communication? Well, here's what doesn't qualify: traffic alerts, parking-spot beacons, advertising and social-media messages. That much was made clear in a blog [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene Last year, in its first year in business, Audi Devon sold 1,032 new vehicles from its gleaming, 55,000-square-foot store in this tony Philadelphia suburb. That volume was [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene Audi's next-generation A8 sedan, spotted by spy photographers in Europe, shows how design elements from the brand's Prologue series of concept cars will appear on production models. [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene The 35 million-plus Takata airbag inflators added last week to the recall rolls haven't been linked to any injuries or deaths. They haven't ruptured in the field [...]

Byline: Christiaan Hetzner and Ryan Beene Audi nearly lost Stefan Knirsch to the competition. Volkswagen Group's premium brand confirmed the powertrain development chief's departure last June. But then, Audi lured [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene It's not uncommon to see a couple of wheels sitting along the side of the service drive. But at Sheehy Subaru in Springfield, Va., that pair of [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene Volkswagen's recovery can now begin. But the brand's 652 U.S. dealers will have to wait a couple of months for their turn. Last week's preliminary agreement between [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene Spy photographers happened upon what appears to be Volkswagen's much-anticipated midsize crossover being put through its paces ahead of a U.S. launch in the first quarter of [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene > Thiemo Rusch -- Age: 37 -- Title: General manager, vehicle sales and operations, Audi of America -- Big break: Being promoted to his current role As [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene It was supposed to be the week's best show in Vegas. A fireworks display. The long-awaited confrontation between beleaguered U.S. Volks- wagen dealers and besieged factory representatives [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene Audi of America aims to boost sales and dealer profits and plans a major marketing boost to support key model launches in 2016. President Scott Keogh told [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene Filmmaker Steve Kalafer, a three-time Oscar nominee, is at work on a documentary about Volkswagen's diesel emissions crisis, a project that's close to home. That's because the [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene Audi's record U.S. sales streak continued last year despite parent company Volkswagen's diesel scandal, no major product launches and one of the oldest lineups in the luxury [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene Audi of America will spend more on marketing this year to support key model launches and maintain its record sales momentum. Scott Keogh, president of Audi of [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene Volkswagen dealers have had enough. Promises of 800,000 sales never came true. Eurocentric product planning created a car-heavy lineup in the U.S. market, where crossovers are king. [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene The next chapter in Volkswagen's American story may have a lot to do with what transpires this weekend in a Las Vegas hotel ballroom. It's where senior [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene Jeff Carlson, the National Automobile Dealers Association's incoming chairman, is on a quest to preserve vehicle affordability. He says regulatory overreach, recalls, pressure from automakers and other [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene Volkswagen's dealer council chief says reversing the brand's three-year sales slide and setting a new, higher annual sales baseline are essential for the health of its 652 [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene Audi's U.S. dealers are seeking a rebound in store profits that were dented last year as the brand surpassed 200,000 U.S. sales for the first time. Ralph [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene Audi's four-door, coupe-styled A5 Sportback will arrive in the U.S. next year when the A5 is redesigned. The smaller counterpart to the A7 will give Audi a [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene The industrywide pact to make automatic emergency braking standard on nearly all new cars and trucks by 2022 was a victory for Mark Rosekind, the National Highway [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene Long the soul of Audi's sedan lineup, the A4 sedan took a back seat to the newer and smaller A3 compact, which attracted enough new buyers to [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene Audi of America has scrapped plans to launch the redesigned 2017 A4 sedan with an optional 2.0-liter diesel engine. The decision reflects lower demand for diesel-engine variants [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene After enduring months of punishing blows, Volkswagen dealers in the U.S. are getting ready to strike back. It's not just the diesel emissions scandal that has them [...]

Byline: Ryan Beene Automakers from Detroit to Tokyo are paying a price for Volkswagen AG's emissions cheating scandal as environmental regulators intensify their efforts to root out violations. Regulators are [...]