Toyota’s RAV4 has become one of the defining vehicles of the modern U.S. market, to the point that the company has found itself in an unusual position. Demand is so strong that Toyota is encouraging dealers to steer shoppers toward less popular models, not because interest is fading, but because supply cannot keep up. The

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Turning around its business in China is important to General Motors and its investors, and there’s a little good news in that area. If you only started following or investing in the automotive industry in the past few years, it’s probably difficult to believe that General Motors (GM +1.28%) once sold more vehicles in China

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Putin arch-rival Alexei Navalny died after being poisoned with a lethal toxin and Russia is to blame for the attack, the UK and its allies have said. The UK,