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10 Personalized Plates That 100% Match Their Cars

Vanity plates or personalized license plates can be a great way to express yourself without having to customize your car....

Acura CDX: the next frontier for the brand? [w/ poll]

As has become customary, weeks before a car premieres the first pictures have leaked onto the internet. Unusually, they are...
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Automotive mergers: necessary, welcome or a threat?

Let’s talk about automotive mergers again, because Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles, keeps going on about them being necessary...
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BMW i3 crash test reminds of the A-class moose test

Remember the Moose Test that almost killed the Mercedes-Benz A-class? In 1997 Mercedes had introduced a revolutionary new car, the...
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Chasing VW: the battle for Europe’s second place

The Volkswagen Group continues to dominate the European automobile market with a record 27% market share in July 2014 thanks...

Chrysler has almost reached the goals of Marchionne’s 2009 plan

When Fiat took control of Chrysler in 2009, Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne drew an ambitious five-year turnaround plan for the...
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Chrysler to quit UK market, what’s next for FCA?

It really didn’t come as a surprise when Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles announced that it would withdraw the Chrysler brand from the...

Citroën C5 may become China-only, but what about an SUV?

At around the same time Renault introduced the (in my opinion) strikingly handsome and very promising Talisman four-door sedan to...

Compact car battle: Megane vs. Astra, with poll

Two important players in the compact segment in Europe will be renewed next year: the Opel/Vauxhall has just arrived in...

Crisis in the midsized car segment, part 1: How bad is it?

The midsized car segment in Europe has been in a deep crisis for over a decade, but the bottom of...
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Curiosity: Tesla’s “upgradable” base Model X [w/ poll]

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...
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Datsun re-launch: a success or a failure?

A few days ago, Bloomberg reported that Nissan’s recently relaunched low-cost Datsun brand was failing in India, as consumers would...

Demand for Lagonda Taraf and why Porsche canned the 989 four-door

To no-one’s surprise the Lagonda (ok, Aston Martin) Taraf will be sold in the UK, Europe, and not just in...

Design hero to zero: part 1

The automotive world is littered with success stories of automakers coming up with surprising hits, creating design icons from scratch...

Different views on the European minicar market

The Fiat 500 has been and still is a great success story. It has been on the market for almost...
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Disappointments of 2016: China

A new year is always a nice opportunity to reflect on the past year and in our case, that means...

Disappointments of 2016: Europe

A new year is always a nice opportunity to reflect on the past year and in our case, that means...

Disappointments of 2016: US

After looking at the Success stories of 2016 in the US, Success stories of 2016 in Europe and Disappointments of...
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Disappointments of 2017: US

After looking at the Success stories of 2017 in the US, it’s time to look at the other side of...
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Discussion: Do sub-brands make sense? [w/poll]

The past few years have seen a re-emergence of a long-dormant trend – for mainstream brands to launch dedicated sub-brands....

Electric Phaeton – the upside of Dieselgate?

Scrambling to recover from the self-inflicted Dieselgate, VW is announcing changes left, right and center. We’ve already heard of Winterkorn...
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Electric Vehicles vs. Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles

In response to my article on hydrogen fuel cells, one of my readers, John V. Ryan, has written a follow-up...
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Executive salaries in the automotive industry: crazy or justified?

Executive salaries are a hot topic these days, mostly due to the huge bonuses paid out to executives in the...

Family haulers, part I: history and the US middle ground

Recently I’ve been looking to buy a car capable of carrying more than the usual five passengers, which got me thinking about...
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FCA contemplates Tahoe, Expedition rival for RAM. Smart move, wrong move or too late?

When Fiat Chrysler Automobiles revealed this week that they were contemplating building a full-sized SUV on the platform of the...
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Fiat Tipo, the new Dacia? With 2 polls

Fiat has just launched its all-new Tipo sedan, built in Turkey and called the Ægea in that market. It replaces...

Ford Mustang Mach-E: about that name…. [w/poll]

For a while, it’s been a public secret that Ford has been working on a ‘Mustang-inspired’ SUV, but it wasn’t...
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Ford to switch US Focus production to China instead of Mexico

Ford has announced that the next generation Focus sedan will be imported from China, now that other automakers have proven...

Game of Thrones, VW-style (w/ poll)

“I’m at a distance from Winterkorn.” Those six words spoken by Ferdinand Piëch, the chairman of the supervisory board at...

General Motors – Honda alliance: will it work?

So this week General Motors and Honda announced they are planning to form a North American auto alliance that could...
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GM to drop Chevrolet in Europe to focus on Opel

General Motors must be reading Left-Lane.com, as they have announced that Chevrolet will be pulled from the European car market,...

Hit or Miss? Fiat 124 Spider

Fiat finally released pictures of the its new 124 Spider, along with information that it will be powered by a 1.4-liter turbocharged...
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How does GMs Global Brand Strategy fit in Europe?

I recently wrote about GMs strategy for Opel, and I received encouraging support from a few readers, asking for more...
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How Nissan can become Europe’s best selling Asian brand again

In the late 1990’s, Nissan was Europe’s best selling Asian car brand thanks to the Micra, Almera and Primera, which...

How the Chinese and Indians successfully buy brands while the Americans fail

The recent acquisition of Italy’s tire manufacturer Pirelli by the Chinese state-owned chemical company ChemChina is the latest in a...

How traditional automakers failed to handle Tesla

In recent years and especially months, Tesla has grown into the most valuable automaker in the world in terms of...

Hyundai launches new luxury brand: Genesis [w/ poll]

On Wednesday Hyundai finally announced what many have been speculating for years: that it will spin off a new luxury brand...
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Is Tesla getting out of the car business?

This is a guest post from one of our enthusiast readers, Colman Murphy. If you’re interested in reaching an audience...

Is the US ready for a true value brand? [w/ poll]

For a while us here at Left-lane.com have been in awe of the success of Dacia, the first true dedicated...

Lincoln debuts Frankenstein new Continental

Lincoln surprised the motoring world today by showing off the new Continental. The first surprise is that, after years of...

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