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The automotive industry this week used the Consumer Electroncs Show to strike back at the would-be disruptors of its century-old business model.

The hedge fund pushing for changes at Ally Financial said today it wants to work closely with the U.S. auto loan company’s management team but is disappointed with its initial response.

General Motors’ sales in China rose 5.2 percent to a record 3.61 million vehicles in 2015, the U.S. carmaker said today.

AutoNation said today its December sales rose 9 percent from a year earlier to 35,962 new vehicles, a rise it attributed to ‘significant retail discounts.’

Volkswagen is facing a time-consuming overhaul as the carmaker adopts a new company structure and adjusts the strategy of its brands in the wake of an emissions scandal, CEO Matthias Mueller told German magazine Wirtschaftswoche.

Auto industry veteran CEO Phil Murtaugh will resign from Qoros Automotive for personal reasons after less than a year at the helm of the fledgling Chinese automaker, which is backed by Kenon Holdings and Chery Automobile Co.

GM and Mercedes-Benz say the next generation of cars will be self-driving and super-connected. A French entrepreneur is betting they’ll also come in kits.

The family of a Virginia woman who was killed by shrapnel from a Takata airbag is seeking to reopen a lawsuit it previously settled over her death based on allegations the company knew the device was defective.

Volkswagen is turning its attention to the future with an electric people-mover concept designed to show what connected, electric transportation could look like in 2019.

Kia Motors is eyeing a return to the large SUV market with plans to introduce a new concept vehicle at the 2016 Detroit auto show.