2014 was a huge year for Maserati: it sold 36,448 worldwide, some 136% more than the year before. Now, however, there...
After showing you that the first car built by Chery was a first-gen Seat Toledo for which the Wuhu government...
When Fiat took control of Chrysler in 2009, Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne drew an ambitious five-year turnaround plan for the...
Last Wednesday, the European car industry has proven to be firmly in control in the Brussels government. The European Parliament...
Let’s talk about automotive mergers again, because Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles, keeps going on about them being necessary...
Last week, Ford Chief designer J Mays announced his retirement after 33 years in the industry with positions at Audi,...
BAIC’s electric vehicles are selling well in China. As recently as December 2018, three of China’s “top five” best selling...
Unlike many other brands, which are adding models to fill up every possible niche, Peugeot has changed its strategy to...
After the Chinese government exposed a large-scale fraude with its subsidies for New Energy Vehicles, Beijing has now developed and...
This is our third installment of our series on car models which continued to be produced under a new owner...
With factory closures worldwide and dealership showrooms across the US closed for sales of vehicles, it shouldn’t come as a...
Fiat 500X Fiat has taken the covers of its 500X small crossover in Paris. It’s technically identical to its cousin...
The recent acquisition of Italy’s tire manufacturer Pirelli by the Chinese state-owned chemical company ChemChina is the latest in a...
After revealing the Tesla Model 3 last Thursday, Elon Musk tweeted the company had received 276.000 pre-orders by the end...
For readers with an interest in China’s New Energy Vehicle market, when the manufacturer SAIC gets mentioned, the company’s Roewe...
Mitsubishi Motors has presented an ambitious growth plan for the next three years, called “Drive for Growth”. According to this...
A few days ago, Bloomberg reported that Nissan’s recently relaunched low-cost Datsun brand was failing in India, as consumers would...
Volkswagen’s struggles to sell cars in the US market at anything close to the rate its mainstream competitors are managing...
As announced almost a year ago, 2015 will mark the end of production of one of the longest running vehicle...
By Jean-Philippe Launberg, and in partnership with Escopo Automotivo. Months ago I wrote about China’s domestic OEMs fast evolving automotive...
The Dutch Toyota importer is being sued by for allegedly overstating fuel economy claims on its hybrid models. A foundation...
Executive salaries are a hot topic these days, mostly due to the huge bonuses paid out to executives in the...
March 2017 was a record month for European car sales, with 1,92 million units it was only 100.000 sales behind...
The Chinese passenger car market has become the biggest in the world, at almost 18 million units in 2013, and...
The Brussels Autoshow, or Salon de l’automobile Bruxelles, is not one of the major European autoshows, it lacks the glamour...
In a somewhat surprising move Ford has ousted CEO Mark Fields after only three years, a period in which he...
In the late 1990’s, Nissan was Europe’s best selling Asian car brand thanks to the Micra, Almera and Primera, which...
When Kriss documented the “Game of Thrones”/House of Cards-like power battle between Volkswagen Group chairman Ferdinand Piëch and CEO Martin...
For many successful manufacturers it’s easy to point to their breakout car – Ford has its Model T, VW has...
We recently wrote about how some Chinese car makers still can’t resist the temptation to simply copy existing car designs,...
Last year BYD sold more New Energy Vehicles/NEVs than any other company in China. According to a ranking of the...
From early 2020, Europeans will no longer be able to officially buy new Infiniti cars. The brand started in 2008...
Ford has announced that the next generation Focus sedan will be imported from China, now that other automakers have proven...
The Light Commercial Vehicle business in Europe has always been one of low margins and high volume. That’s why so...
“I’m at a distance from Winterkorn.” Those six words spoken by Ferdinand Piëch, the chairman of the supervisory board at...
Yes, you read that right. You may or may not be aware of it, but MG is still alive in...
Honda has confirmed rumors that the brand has no plans to develop a replacement to the European version of its...
Buick has been GM’s volume brand in China for decades as it enjoyed huge popularity with the masses, its image...
So this week General Motors and Honda announced they are planning to form a North American auto alliance that could...
After discussing overall worldwide car sales in 2018, let’s zoom in on the most booming segment of all: that of...