Fan Zhong, 61, who had served as labor union chairman and deputy Party chief of Dongfeng Motor Corp, is facing an internal probe.
Chinese carmaker BYD started recuiting participants for the 2015 China Rally Championship and announced hundreds of thousands of yuan in prize money for the team.
Since drunk driving was made a crime in 2011, the number of traffic accidents caused by intoxicated drivers has fallen by 25 percent.
Porsche's global sales grew 14.9 percent year-on-year to 169,205 vehicles in the first 11 months of this year, surpassing the total for 2013.
The number of light vehicles assembled in China is expected to reach 23.5 million in 2015, a 10.6 percent increase compared to 2014.
Chinese carmaker Chery Automobile reshuffled its top management to improve development amid a market slowdown last week.
Ferrari has a new ultimate model nicknamed FXX K. It is a new beast product of the new research and development program.
Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co Ltd released its new flagship model, the GC9, with the Chinese name Borui last week in Beijing.
Qoros launched its third series production model and first SUV, the Qoros 3 City SUV 1.6T, in Shanghai last week.
US electric carmaker Tesla launched its second-largest experience center in the world in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province.
Chinese electric carmaker BYD, whose shares tumbled 29 percent on Thursday, said shareholder Berkshire Hathaway had no present intention to reduce its stake in the company.
Chinese automaker GAC has opened a showroom in Lagos, Nigeria's business hub in a bid to explore the market in Africa's most populous nation.
BMW China and BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd will recall 846 cars in China due to manufacturing defects, according to China's top quality authorities on Wednesday.
Volkswagen Group China founded a lab to study powertrains and donated three of its most advanced engines and gearboxes to a vocational school in Jiangxi province on Dec 9.
Chinese auto company Geely expects its net profit in 2014 to roughly halve due to foreign exchange losses from its operations in Russia.
The 2014 Beijing Imported Auto Expo opened in Beijing on Dec 16. More than 300 imported cars representing about 30 automobile brands – including Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Jaguar, Land Rover and Cadillac – were on show.
Honda Motor Co and its two joint ventures in China will recall 569,769 cars due to potentially defective air bags which the carmaker said were made by Japan's Takata Corp.
Land Rover is a worldwide partner of the 2015 Rugby World Cup and a driving force behind the increase in popularity of rugby among young people in China.
There will be more not–so-typical Land Rover SUVs strolling in lower clearance, and wider, tougher, sportier look. Instead of a massively produced British model.
Greeted in the spacious and stylish lobby by paintings, statues and installation works, visitors to BMW's Tiexi plant in Shenyang might think they found a modern European museum by mistake.