CHICAGO—Chicago hosted the first major show of the year. And while it diidn't have splashy new-model and concept debuts, it offered a number of key new variants and refreshes. Here are highlights.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich.—Frederic Lissalde, 51, who took over as CEO of BorgWarner last year, says the company has a key advantage over competitors in being able to adjust quickly to changing global markets.

Germany's car industry will invest nearly $68 billion over the next three years on electric cars and automated driving, the head of the VDA car industry association said.

DEARBORN, Mich.—Ford said production of F-150 and Super Duty pickups—its most profitable vehicles—at multiple U.S. factories will temporarily be halted because of a fire at a supplier plant near Lansing that produces parts for the trucks.

MUNICH—Nissan, Ford and Fiat brands saw their European sales decline steeply in March as industrywide registrations fell by 5.2 percent, hit by drops in three of the region's five biggest markets: Germany, the United Kingdom and Italy.

RATISLAVA, Slovakia—ZF Friedrichshafen and Hella are teaming up to develop complex technologies for future vehicles. The partnership was insprired U.S. technology companies' fast-and-loose approach to collaboration.

SOUTHFIELD, Mich.—Mike Jackson has been tracking supplier trends for more than two decades. Now he is helping one of the industry's leading trade groups stay on top of trends affecting the North American supply base.

MAUMEE, Ohio—Dana reports significant gains in both net income and sales for the first quarter of 2017.

DETROIT—Federal regulators offered the auto industry some relief on two key areas of the U.S. government's light-vehicle fuel economy program that had sparked new tensions between the administration and the industry.

TONAWANDA, N.Y.—General Motors plans to invest a combined $552 million at three operations in New York and one in Ohio, the auto maker said Dec. 14.

DETROIT—Nissan is vowing to mend its ways with North American parts suppliers, following a year of criticism that it is pushing too hard for price reductions.

DETROIT—The North American auto market might look pretty good at the moment. But parts suppliers are the most pessimistic they have been in four years, according to the latest executive survey by a leading industry trade group.

DETROIT—Federal-Mogul posted $15 million in third-quarter net income, up from a $63 million loss a year earlier.

SOUTHFIELD, Mich.—Billionaire investor Carl Icahn-controlled Federal-Mogul Holdings Corp. reported on April 27 a $35 million profit in the first quarter as sales in its aftermarket parts division rose 7.5 percent.