As has become customary, weeks before a car premieres the first pictures have leaked onto the internet. Unusually, they are...
Let’s talk about automotive mergers again, because Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles, keeps going on about them being necessary...
Remember the Moose Test that almost killed the Mercedes-Benz A-class? In 1997 Mercedes had introduced a revolutionary new car, the...
The Volkswagen Group continues to dominate the European automobile market with a record 27% market share in July 2014 thanks...
When Fiat took control of Chrysler in 2009, Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne drew an ambitious five-year turnaround plan for the...
It really didn’t come as a surprise when Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles announced that it would withdraw the Chrysler brand from the...
At around the same time Renault introduced the (in my opinion) strikingly handsome and very promising Talisman four-door sedan to...
Two important players in the compact segment in Europe will be renewed next year: the Opel/Vauxhall has just arrived in...
The midsized car segment in Europe has been in a deep crisis for over a decade, but the bottom of...
Ever since I checked out the Model S at a Tesla dealer, and put my e-mail down to get a test-drive, I’ve...
A few days ago, Bloomberg reported that Nissan’s recently relaunched low-cost Datsun brand was failing in India, as consumers would...
To no-one’s surprise the Lagonda (ok, Aston Martin) Taraf will be sold in the UK, Europe, and not just in...
The automotive world is littered with success stories of automakers coming up with surprising hits, creating design icons from scratch...
The Fiat 500 has been and still is a great success story. It has been on the market for almost...
A new year is always a nice opportunity to reflect on the past year and in our case, that means...
A new year is always a nice opportunity to reflect on the past year and in our case, that means...
After looking at the Success stories of 2016 in the US, Success stories of 2016 in Europe and Disappointments of...
After looking at the Success stories of 2017 in the US, it’s time to look at the other side of...
The past few years have seen a re-emergence of a long-dormant trend – for mainstream brands to launch dedicated sub-brands....
Scrambling to recover from the self-inflicted Dieselgate, VW is announcing changes left, right and center. We’ve already heard of Winterkorn...
In response to my article on hydrogen fuel cells, one of my readers, John V. Ryan, has written a follow-up...
Executive salaries are a hot topic these days, mostly due to the huge bonuses paid out to executives in the...
Recently I’ve been looking to buy a car capable of carrying more than the usual five passengers, which got me thinking about...
When Fiat Chrysler Automobiles revealed this week that they were contemplating building a full-sized SUV on the platform of the...
Fiat has just launched its all-new Tipo sedan, built in Turkey and called the Ægea in that market. It replaces...
For a while, it’s been a public secret that Ford has been working on a ‘Mustang-inspired’ SUV, but it wasn’t...
Ford has announced that the next generation Focus sedan will be imported from China, now that other automakers have proven...
“I’m at a distance from Winterkorn.” Those six words spoken by Ferdinand Piëch, the chairman of the supervisory board at...
So this week General Motors and Honda announced they are planning to form a North American auto alliance that could...
General Motors must be reading Left-Lane.com, as they have announced that Chevrolet will be pulled from the European car market,...
Fiat finally released pictures of the its new 124 Spider, along with information that it will be powered by a 1.4-liter turbocharged...
I recently wrote about GMs strategy for Opel, and I received encouraging support from a few readers, asking for more...
In the late 1990’s, Nissan was Europe’s best selling Asian car brand thanks to the Micra, Almera and Primera, which...
The recent acquisition of Italy’s tire manufacturer Pirelli by the Chinese state-owned chemical company ChemChina is the latest in a...
In recent years and especially months, Tesla has grown into the most valuable automaker in the world in terms of...
On Wednesday Hyundai finally announced what many have been speculating for years: that it will spin off a new luxury brand...
This is a guest post from one of our enthusiast readers, Colman Murphy. If you’re interested in reaching an audience...
For a while us here at Left-lane.com have been in awe of the success of Dacia, the first true dedicated...
Lincoln surprised the motoring world today by showing off the new Continental. The first surprise is that, after years of...
“Look-A-Like” is a new column which is meant as a lighthearted account of all those “I feel like I’ve seen this...