An Arizona dealership group claims that a raid by the state attorney general’s office that focused on vehicles imported from Mexico shut its stores and caused “substantial damages,” including lost sales and profits. A federal judge in Phoenix is allowing the dealership group, Mark Enterprises Car Co., to pursue its lawsuit against agents of the

Donnie Wetsel believes that aggressively selling tire and wheel services boosts profits and prevents customers from drifting away to independent shops, not only for new tires and alignments, but also for the oil changes and other maintenance and repair services that his technicians should be doing. When Wetsel, 36, took over as service director at

WASHINGTON — Former NHTSA chief Steven Cliff said his decision to leave the nation’s top auto safety regulator in September and return to the California Air Resources Board was not taken lightly. “It was a very tough decision, I’ll be honest,” Cliff, now CARB’s executive officer, told Automotive News this month. “When I was recruited

GREER, S.C. — BMW U.S. manufacturing boss Robert Engelhorn is staring down a hairy challenge with global ramifications. Engelhorn is orchestrating a $1.7 billion upgrade to bring the automaker’s largest factory, near Spartanburg, S.C., into the electric era. At the same time, he must ensure the plant’s global output of high-demand crossovers doesn’t get gummed

DETROIT — The exclusive club of pickup trucks sporting six-figure price tags is getting a new member. The $107,000 GMC Sierra EV Denali Edition 1 arrives just over a year from now. The first of three planned trim levels, the Sierra EV Edition 1 is powered by a pair of electric motors, for a rating