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Volkswagen of America, riding a streak of six straight quarterly sales increases in the U.S., is seeing modest but steady contributions from the ID Buzz electric minivan.

Mary Barra received compensation worth $29.5 million last year as CEO of General Motors, a 5.9 percent increase as the automaker achieved strong earnings and executed on key business goals.

General Motors plans to idle its CAMI Assembly Plant in Ingersoll, Ont., for about five months, leaving 1,200 workers on layoff through the summer, according to Unifor, which represents hourly staff at the plant.

Electric vehicle brand Polestar is scaling back its presence in China, running down its store network and exiting a sales and marketing joint venture with a local company.

Not long after Roy Sjoberg, the engineering executive who built the team that created the Dodge Viper 10-cylinder sports car, died March 30 at age 86, tributes filled social media.

Fitzgerald Auto Malls founder Jack Fitzgerald Jr. died April 8, leaving behind a nearly 70-year career in the auto retail business and a reputation for political involvement and putting consumers and safety first. He was 89.

When your social agency throws you into a trend. Thanks team Publicis Collective and Razorfish for always keeping things fun… and for helping to maintain my inner Aussie! 😉

Mitsubishi spokesman: “We are holding vehicles at the port until we have additional visibility on tariffs and decisions made on next steps. We have sufficient stock on the ground at dealers for the moment to not impact customer choice.”

The Nautilus, redesigned for the 2024 model year, became Lincoln’s first China-built import to the U.S., and last year it was the brand’s top-seller in its home market.