Sales jumped 30.4% from 2012 to 2014 under Luca Napolitano as the Fiat subsidiary’s Fiat, Fiat Professional, Lancia, Jeep and Alfa Romeo brands registered more than 36,000 units and outperformed the market an average 12%....More
“Today the worst choice, when it comes to decide on a product strategy, is to not choose – banking on something very generic in order to appeal to everyone,” Lorenzo Ramaciotti says....More
The research company says nearly 80% of Australian motorists – 87% of car drivers, 73% of large-SUV drivers – consider fuel efficiency to be more important in a vehicle than high performance....More
A year that began with great optimism soured as months wore on, with sales deflating from a relatively robust 1.6 million units in March to a meager 739,263 in August, according to WardsAuto data....More
The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries says it expects the full-year result to top 1.1 million units, possibly breaking the record 1,136,227 deliveries set in 2013....More
The September sales bump wasn’t enough to keep year-to-date deliveries from slipping 2%, but the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries says the market is tracking to sell more than 1.1 million units for the third straight year....More
GM wants more from GMC, and its board of directors greenlighted the big marketing initiative to make it happen. But matching the campaign with sufficient product might be another story....More
The classic image of a V-8 is big and thirsty. Engineers set out to dispel that notion by making the small-block Gen V engines extremely efficient. Along the way, some dynamometers also got toasted....More
Electric cars simply are more convenient than gasoline cars and will only become more so. My electric car is always full. This is because I plug it in every night. I almost never have to take it to the garage, because upgrades/fixes are downloaded overnight....More
Today’s auto-industry executives must connect Silicon Valley and Detroit, as well as address entirely new dimensions of safety concerns, such as how to protect their customers’ privacy and data....More
