Every year, more than 500,000 A3, A4, A5 and Q5 vehicles leave the production line at Audi AG’s largest plant in In-golstadt, Germany.

Less than four years after opening, Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia Inc. (KMMG) celebrated the assembly of its one millionth vehicle on July, 11, 2013.

In July, the UAW opened contract talks with the Detroit Three automakers.

DETROIT—GM has flatly rejected the advances of its crosstown rival, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, but FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne is not going away—not by a long shot.

TRENTON, GA—Vanguard National Trailer Corp. is building a new assembly plant here that eventually will employ 400 people and crank out 10,000 semi-trailers annually.

DETROIT—UAW President Dennis Williams’ concept to form a health care cooperative that would collectively negotiate provider and health insurance company contracts for about 300,000 hourly and salaried workers at the Detroit Three automakers makes a lot of sense, say experts.

LANSING, MI—Employees at GM’s Lansing Grand River assembly plant get hands-on training on a mock assembly line.

WASHINGTON—The Pentagon has awarded Oshkosh Defense a $30 billion contract to build nearly 55,000 joint light tactical vehicles for the U.S. Army and Marine Corps over the next 25 years.

MARYVILLE, TN—Auto parts supplier DENSO Manufacturing Tennessee will invest $400 million to expand its assembly plant here. The project is expected to create 500 new jobs.

DETROIT—Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump slammed Ford Motor Co.’s plans to invest $2.5 billion in Mexican assembly plants and vowed to tax any vehicles made there.