Mahindra and Mahindra, the big truck and tractor company from India, says it intends to build an assembly plant in the Detroit area to build "off-road utility vehicles." Everybody seems to be assuming this means the assembly of trucks. The company hasn't announced which of its many trucks and...

FCA has dropped many hints about smaller Jeeps for markets outside North America. It makes sense to assume that it would be built along the lines of the current Compass or Fiat Panda — essentially, the “tough 4x4 wagon” style. But that’s not the only possibility. Indian automaker Mahindra has...