French car maker Renault posted a decline of almost 7% in first-half vehicle sales amid a global car slowdown but said a forthcoming product offensive would begin to help soften the blow in key markets.

Nissan pledged to put more focus on mending its troubled two-decade alliance with Renault as the Japanese carmaker’s boisterous shareholders voted to give the French partner more say over its future.

Italy would be open to taking a stake in the proposed merger between Renault and Fiat-Chrysler, as long as the deal triggers economic benefits for the country, a government undersecretary said.

Global shares and the price of oil slumped, as President Donald Trump shocked markets by opening a new front in his world trade wars by setting a tariff demand on Mexico.

US-Italian car maker Fiat Chrysler has made an all-share merger proposal to French rival Renault as part of a new wave of consolidation in the car industry.

Fiat Chrysler is a “house of brands” and that ensures it will be one of the few traditional carmakers to survive the disruption the auto industry is facing from the rise of electric and self-driving cars, according to chief executive officer Mike Manley.

It would not be wrong to say that a great many Italians tend to go along with Bill Shankly’s typically understated description of what might or might not still be the Beautiful Game: “Some people think football is a matter of life and death.

Renault and Nissan are in talks to merge, seeking to solidify their two-decade-old alliance as an unprecedented shift toward electric and shared cars transforms the industry.

The number of profit warnings issued by British companies jumped to 75 in the third quarter, the biggest quarterly rise in almost six years as economic pressures weighed on retailers and support service companies, business services group EY has said writes Paul Sandle, Andy Bruce and Elizabeth Piper.

Ferrari is introducing a new “entry-level” supercar, while Mercedes-Benz is testing the segment’s upper price limit as the rivals vie for the world’s most lucrative customers.

Fiat Chrysler, lacking a potential deal to combine with another carmaker anytime soon, will push ahead with separating from its components business, chief executive Sergio Marchionne said.

China’s Great Wall Motors has confirmed its interest in bidding for all or part of Jeep maker Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles.

Fiat Chrysler will join an alliance led by BMW to develop self-driving cars, intensifying a race by carmakers and technology companies to develop ‘robotaxis’ which can be called up via smartphone and paid for by the minute.

US stocks rose today as banks continued to climb along with interest rates, and energy companies rallied again with oil prices.

The US government is suing Fiat Chrysler, alleging that some diesel pick-up trucks and Jeep SUVs cheat on emissions tests.

Ford plans to cut about 10% of its global salaried workforce while retaining the technology talent it’s recruited to develop driverless and electric cars, according to a person familiar with the strategy.

German luxury car manufacturer Daimler has raised its forecasts, predicting a significant rise in operating profit this year after a surge in sales of Mercedes-Benz luxury cars and sports utility vehicles, boosted by the launch of new models.

European car sales in March rose briskly as Fiat Chrysler and Renault took advantage of a solid economy to lure more buyers.

An EU probe into McDonald’s is entering its final stages after officials gathered information on whether the Big Mac maker unfairly benefited from a hefty tax break in Luxembourg, according to sources.

European car sales rose to a nine-year high in 2016, with French company Renault taking advantage of recovering demand and Volkswagen’s tarnished reputation to leap to second place from third in th e region.

Fiat Chrysler said in a statement on Thursday that it is “disappointed” with the Environmental Protection Agency assertions.

It was a bold moonshot from the tech giant but have they been defeated by trying to get autonomous cars on the road? Well not really.

An appeal of the Apple tax deal ruling would see Ireland facing down the commission on behalf of a US corporate giant, writes Eamon Quinn, Business Editor

The US government has launched an unprecedented assault on the EU, saying that tax probes by Brussels involving the affairs of American companies threaten to undermine the global tax system.

The parents of Star Trek actor Anton Yelchin have sued the makers of the Jeep Grand Cherokee, an SUV that was under recall when it crushed and killed the 27-year-old.

Shares in Fiat Chrysler slumped to a three-month low as its fight with Germany over vehicle emissions escalated after the country’s most-read newspaper reported that the authorities found that the company had cheated.

As Germany tries to exert more authority over the widening car industry emissions’ scandal that began in the country, it is finding not all car makers are so keen to co-operate.

EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager tempered expectations of a speedy ruling on Apple’s tax affairs with the Government here.

European car sales rose 13.7% in November, according to industry data published yesterday, with US brands gaining strongly as Volkswagen continued to pay for its diesel emissions test-rigging scandal.

Ongoing worries about the health of the Chinese economy and another big sell-off in drug manufacturers pushed the US stock market back towards its lowest level of the year.

Fiat Chrysler is having to recall 1.7 million trucks because of problems with airbags and welds on the steering system.

Thousands of cars, including high-priced models, have been susceptible to car hacking due to a vulnerability in their immobiliser which was discovered in 2012 — but not publicised due to court action taken by Volkswagen.

Renault, Japanese partner Nissan, and rival manufacturer Fiat Chrysler led European car sales higher in May, according to industry data published yesterday, but the overall pace of the market recovery slowed.

A Ferrari for the rich playboy, rather than the filthy rich playboy. That was the raison d’etre of the Dino badge, when Ferrari rolled it out in 1967.

In any business, recreating a favourite product is a fraught undertaking. Ask any Hollywood producer or software developer.

Europe’s car-market recovery continued in March, with solid gains in the five biggest markets: Germany, Britain, France, Italy and Spain, as consumer confidence improved on the back of greater job security, lower energy prices and the EU’s money-printing stimulus programme.

The main talking point at this week’s Geneva Car Show is likely to be a vehicle that may never be built: the Apple car.

In 2014, European car sales rose for the first time in seven years as buyers replaced aging vehicles with low-cost ones. The market’s revival from a two-decade low is set to continue in 2015.

Ferrari’s customers will this week be able to test-drive a 1,050-horsepower hybrid prototype car being unveiled at its annual celebration of the end of the global auto-racing season.

Fiat Chrysler has announced plans to spin-off sports car maker Ferrari into a separate company.