Review: Buick Regal GS gets a V-6 for more silky power

(USA TODAY) - MILFORD, Mich. -- The new Buick Regal GS sport sedan will offer its first V-6 engine in a generation and a more accommodating interior when it goes on sale early in 2018. More

Why Mazda is betting on a gas engine breakthrough

(Detroit Free Press) - Days after striking a partnership to collaborate on electric vehicles with bigger and wealthier competitor Toyota, the scrappy engineers at Mazda announced proprietary engine technology that they say is 20% to 30% more efficient than the automaker's conventional systems.  More

Honda’s solo act risky in alliance-happy car industry

(The Detroit News) - Honda Motor Co.’s solo strategy looks increasingly risky as an alliance-happy auto industry scales up to cope with the soaring investment needed for self-driving vehicles, electrified power trains, connected-car technologies and artificial intelligence.  More

Audi May Forfeit Profit in German Diesel Probe

(Bloomberg) - Volkswagen AG’s Audi unit was made a party to the diesel-emission probe by Munich prosecutors, a step that may allow the seizure of profits the company made from selling vehicles with rigged engines.  More