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While carmakers and audio teams must battle over environment, budget, weight and space, owners simply want their vehicle to sound as if Ariana Grande were riding shotgun.

With the exception of collectible vehicles, Vespa scooters hold their value better than anything else on the road.

Some residents have responded to Waymo’s autonomous vehicle project by slashing tires, pelting vans with rocks and even drawing a gun on a vehicle.

The automaker said production of the Model 3 sedan increased 15 percent over the previous quarter, but the price cut could signal softening demand.

Breaking a silence, Caroline and Maya Ghosn said they suspected that talk of “reimagining the alliance” with Renault had played a role in their father’s ouster on allegations of financial misconduct.

Mr. Ghosn, the ousted Nissan executive, wasn’t supposed to succeed in Japan, but he never expected to fail like this. He faces charges of financial wrongdoing at the company he helped save.

Greg Kelly, a Nissan board member who was arrested along with its chairman, Carlos Ghosn, was granted bail on Tuesday and prosecutors lost an appeal of the decision.

The appointment of two independent directors was required by a settlement the company reached with the Securities and Exchange Commission in September.

Authorities rearrested the once powerful auto executive for breach of trust, diminishing the chance that he will be freed on bail in coming days.

So many people give expensive cars as presents that gift sales can make up 10 percent or more of December sales for luxury auto dealers.