Bentley, BMW, Chery, Hyundai, Volvo and Volkswagen will see new faces in their design departments.

China’s move toward methanol has supplier Freudenberg-NOK in the midst of $50,000 study to determine the fuel’s effects on gaskets, seals and other rubber and plastic parts.

“Economic purists may call our industry archaic, past our use-by-date,” FCAI CEO says. “The term ‘rust bucket’ seems to flow easily from…poisonous pens. But this characterization could not be further from the...

“It is a Dodge, no doubt,” global brand chief Olivier Francois says. But it also has been “accepted by the Fiat customer as a Fiat.”

The new hybrid model offers towing capacity of 660 lbs., enough to provide owners with the flexibility to haul a small trailer, the auto maker says.