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In the latest viral video to make our chart, Nissan attempts to persuade Olympic athletes to ‘naturally’ incorporate its brand into their competitions.

For the first time in seven years, U.S. dealership new-vehicle throughput — the average number of units sold per store — is expected to decline, according to most light-vehicle sales forecasts and data from Urban Science, a retail consulting firm.

Cox Automotive named Brian Geitner to replace Jared Rowe as president of its Media Solutions Group, where Geitner will lead Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book and Dealer.com.

Brian Geitner has been named president of the Media Solutions Group at Cox Automotive. Geitner, previously president of the company’s Financial Solutions Group, will lead the Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book and Dealer.com business divisions and brands.

Tesla said on Wednesday that one of its cars had crashed in Beijing while in Autopilot mode, with the driver contending sales staff sold the function as “self-driving,” overplaying its actual capabilities.

Cobo Center, the primary venue for the Detroit auto show in January, is planning $9.5 million worth of parking structure projects that will give it another 570 parking spaces.

Toyota Research Institute CEO Gill Pratt said today the institute will funnel $22 million into a partnership with the University of Michigan the next four years to boost randd in artificial intelligence, autonomous driving and robotics.

U.S. auto sales still have room to grow, some auto industry leaders believe, casting aside worries that the six-year expansion is about to lose steam.

Unifor President Jerry Dias said he is confident the union will reach a deal with General Motors on a new labor contract by the mid-September deadline while acknowledging today that the two sides are ‘miles apart.’

General Motors and Unifor today exchanged proposals for a new labor contract, kicking off formal negotiations between the Detroit 3 and Canada’s largest private-sector union.