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What was supposed to be a typical test drive for a Houston car salesman turned into a violent kidnapping that ended with him escaping and two suspects fleeing.

Automakers, not technology companies, are in the driver’s seat in developing self-driving, “autonomous” cars, and Toyota is best positioned to lead the way, according to a new report on patents for the fast-evolving technology.

Another major auto supplier is preparing to jump into the autonomous car race: Autoliv, the world’s biggest maker of airbags and seat belts.

Harman said today it agreed to buy automotive cybersecurity company TowerSec, as part of efforts to boost security of its offerings designed for connected vehicles.

Spy shots of Honda testing its fifth-generation Odyssey minivan show there’s just no disguising a minivan for anything else.

Like it or not, there is going to be more than one flavor of automatic transmission in some of America’s favorite cars.

Infiniti plans to not use the Q30 name in North America after all, and just sell the QX30.

Through 2021, global revenue from center console displays, instrument clusters and head-up displays is expected to grow more than 11 percent annually, IHS Automotive predicts.

Ford said it plans to triple to 30 the size of its fleet of self-driving test cars as part of an effort to accelerate autonomous vehicle development.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles said today its Canadian sales rose 2 percent to 21,961 vehicles in December from the same month a year earlier, as forecasters expect automakers to report record-breaking Canadian sales in 2015.