by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 5, 2013
Confirming a report that first appeared on TheDetroitBureau.com last year, sources confirm that Daimler AG and Nissan Motor Co. have approved plans to jointly produce luxury vehicles at a new facility the Japanese maker is soon to open in central Mexico. Specific...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 5, 2013
August saw the U.S. automotive market deliver its strongest sales surge since at least 2006, with double-digit increases the norm, rather than the exception. Little Subaru posted the biggest gain for the month of any major maker, up 45% over August 2012. Volkswagen,...
by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 5, 2013
In what it described as a major gamble, Fiat will go ahead with an investment of 1 billion euros – about $1.5 billion — in its flagship Mirafiori plant in Turin, Italy to assemble a Maserati sport-utility vehicle in a factory where work rules have been a major...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 4, 2013
Audi’s homage to the ur-Quattro of years past will make its debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show barely a week from now but the automaker is already offering us up a few different angles on the striking Audi Sport Quattro Concept. The “legitimate successor” to the...
by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 4, 2013
Japanese carmakers succeeded in picking up market share during August’s automotive sales boom, while surging demand for luxury cars, trucks and crossovers helped push up the vehicle prices to record levels across the board. A sharp upturn in recent months has hit...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 4, 2013
U.S. new car sales appear to have reached a six-year high as buyers raced back to showrooms in hot August – but the news wasn’t all good from a consumer standpoint. While car sales are adding momentum to an economy still looking for traction, buyers may have wound up...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 4, 2013
While its key European competitors have rapidly expanded their line-ups in recent years, Lexus has motored along with a relative handful of offerings. But, as TheDetroitBureau.com previously reported, it has been studying its options in the fast-growing compact...
by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 4, 2013
Traditionally Daimler AG’s approach to marketing has been as aloof and austere as the cabin of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class sedan. Oh sure they might have indulged their American branch with money for a Super Bowl ad, but by and large the approach, as one former...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 4, 2013
Toyota is recalling about 370,000 hybrids and other vehicles due a pair of safety-related problems, the maker announced, the vast majority of them sold here in the United States. Roughly half of the affected vehicles are hybrids, including the Lexus RX400h produced...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 3, 2013
After an absence of more than a quarter-century, Nissan’s reborn Datsun brand recently made its return in the booming Indian market with the launch of the little Go hatchback. Datsun is returning to its roots as a simple and affordable car, in this case targeting...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 3, 2013
Like most automakers, General Motors doesn’t discuss future products – well, most of the time – and that includes the inevitable variants of the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette. But Chevy officials don’t deny there are some spin-offs coming and considering the way the new...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 3, 2013
Ford is recalling 370,000 of its older, rear-drive models to correct a corrosion problem that could result in a loss of steering control. The recall impacts the 2005 to 2011 Ford Crown Victory, Mercury Grand Marquis and Lincoln Town Car models, all of which share the...
