French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire called for the dismissal of jailed Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn, all but assuring the celebrated auto executive will lose his last bit of power.

Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer said the sports-car maker has defied the notion that it's impossible to become profitable without being a division of a large automaker.

The budding alliance between Ford and VW eventually could include a vehicle program in the U.S., said Jim Farley, Ford's president of global markets.

The widening Carlos Ghosn crisis has reached the U.S. as one of the ousted Nissan chairman's closest allies, Jose Munoz, quit his job as chief performance and Nissan focuses on how some U.S. dealer franchises were awarded.

VW may build Transit vans in Poland, while Ford could start output of the Transporter van in Turkey as both automakers establish a commercial vehicle partnership aimed at boosting profits in the lucrative segment.

Renault appears to be ready to follow Nissan’s lead and remove Carlos Ghosn from his leadership posts. But while it may be tempting for the French automaker to move quickly, one industry expert is urging caution.

European car registrations fell 8.7 percent in December, with sales at all major automakers except Daimler and Jaguar Land Rover contracting as the introduction of tougher new emissions tests continued to weigh on demand.

Automakers including Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Aston Martin are bracing themselves for a no-deal scenario and disruption to their supply chains after the UK parliament rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal.

Carlos Ghosn appears to be on the way out at Renault as accusations mount against the ousted Nissan chairman, including an alleged $8 million payment from an entity named NMBV that is part of the manufacturing partnership he assembled between Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi.

VW has signed an agreement with the U.S. Soccer Federation to be its presenting automotive partner through 2022.