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Jan
21st

Hyundai to build test centre at the Nurburgring

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Hyundai i30 Nurburgring
News 21 Jan, 2013

Hyundai has announced that it will build a new R&D facility next to the legendary Nurburgring race track in Germany

Jan
21st

FRANCE: CGT calls conference tomorrow after latest Renault talks

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Major French union, Confederation Generale du Travail (CGT) has called a press conference for tomorrow (22 January) in Paris following its latest meeting with Renault.
Jan
21st

VW names new sales strategy boss

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Volkswagen Group has appointed Gert Schardey to run sales strategy and business development at its core VW brand.
Jan
21st

BMW bobsleigh concept

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BMW two-man bobsleigh
News 21 Jan, 2013

BMW has designed a two-man bobsleigh to be used by Team USA in the Winter Olympics next year

Jan
21st

Daily automotive news and comment – from just-auto.com 2013-01-21 07:08:00

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Automakers will increasingly apply an 'Omni' channel strategy to market and sell cars to customers with about 4%, or about 4.5m units, sold completely on line by 2020, predicted Frost & Sullivan global practice director Sarwant Singh. That compares to 5,000 new cars sold solely on-line in 2011, he added.
Jan
21st

US: Johnson Controls net income down in first quarter

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Johnson Controls first quarter fiscal 2013 net income of $354m, or $0.52 a share, was down from $424m, or $0.62 in previous year. Sales were flat at $10.4bn.
Jan
21st

Renault Alpine advisory board announced

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Renault Alpine
News 21 Jan, 2013

The Renault Alpine advisory board has been created, featuring famous names from its World Rally Championship past

Jan
21st

Zetsche expects to stay on as Daimler CEO

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Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche says he expects to have his contract renewed by the company's supervisory board in February after his current term as head of the car and truck maker expires at the end of this year.
Jan
21st

Zetsche expects to stay on as Daimler CEO

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Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche, 59, says he expects to have his contract renewed by the company's supervisory board in February after his current term as head of the car and truck maker expires at the end of this year.
Jan
21st

Automotive News Breaking News Feed 2013-01-21 01:01:00

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Top Chrysler Group executives took responsibility for the 2013 Dodge Dart's sluggish sales start but said they have "a lot of levers" available to boost sales.
Jan
21st

$30,000 is the new luxury-car hot spot

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There's a new price battleground -- $30,000 -- for luxury-car makers as they chase younger buyers with small front-wheel-drive vehicles that are sliding down into mass-market territory.
Jan
21st

Nissan Leaf price cut puts heat on rivals

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Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn opened his press conference last week at the Detroit auto show with a bombshell: Nissan will cut the base price of the Leaf electric vehicle by $6,400.
Jan
21st

Auto marketers flocking to Super Bowl

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Hyundai and Kia each will have two spots during the Super Bowl, the companies said here last week during the auto show. They join a pack of auto brands eager to reach the game's huge audience.
Jan
21st

Prime time for big pickups

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Low incentives, new products and construction sites filled with aging pickups have set the stage for an especially competitive -- and lucrative -- battle in the one segment the Detroit 3 still dominate: big pickups.
Jan
21st

Go to class, win a Dart

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Lots of dealers have given away cars to boost their business and help local charities.
Jan
21st

Toyota Furia sheds some light on the next Corolla

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Toyota offered a vision of its next-generation Corolla sedan that arrives in late 2013 with the unveiling of the Furia concept at the Detroit auto show.
Jan
21st

Sizing up Detroit

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West Coast Editor Mark Rechtin -- our tireless chronicler of such things as "micro-cheese-grater" interiors and front ends that evoke "a dachshund snorting a gopher hole" -- walked the floor of the Detroit auto show gathering first impressions of...
Jan
21st

Bentley ultraluxury SUV nears final approval

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Bentley Motors is close to a decision to build an ultraluxury SUV, according to CEO Wolfgang Schreiber. The vehicle would share a platform with Audi, Volkswagen and Porsche.
Jan
21st

Alfa Romeo brand to re-enter U.S. market in late 2013

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Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne has reiterated his intention to reintroduce the Alfa Romeo brand to the U.S. market later this year with the 4C coupe sports car.
Jan
21st

Automotive News Breaking News Feed 2013-01-21 01:01:00

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration soon may revise its five-star crash safety program with new tests for cars and trucks, Administrator David Strickland tells Automotive News.
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