en-us Fri, 17 May 2013 00:01:00 ESTOlivier Francois, chief marketing officer for Fiat and Chrysler, has helped rehabilitate Chrysler Group's image since its 2009 bankruptcy. Chrysler has racked up 37 consecutive months of year-over-year U.S. Thu, 16 May 2013 00:01:00 ESTAutoNation CEO Mike Jackson's employment contract with the country's largest dealership group is up in September. Jackson will turn 65 next February, but he has no intention of walking out the door any time soon. Mon, 13 May 2013 00:01:00 ESTOlivier Francois, chief marketing officer for Fiat and Chrysler, has helped rehabilitate Chrysler Group's image since its 2009 bankruptcy. Chrysler has racked up 37 consecutive months of year-over-year U.S. Mon, 13 May 2013 00:01:00 ESTKrishnan Anantharaman has joined Automotive News as an assigning editor at the paper's headquarters. Mon, 13 May 2013 00:01:00 ESTThe cult of personality surrounding Tesla Motors founder and CEO Elon Musk has wowed the investment community. Operating on the edge of the U.S. Mon, 13 May 2013 00:01:00 ESTRetired Texas auto dealer Sterling McCall surprised fellow dealers in April when he testified in favor of Tesla Motors Inc.'s bid to carve out an exemption to state franchise law. Mon, 13 May 2013 00:01:00 ESTAfter Japan's devastating March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, Mazda Motor Corp. CEO Takashi Yamanouchi needed someone to sort out and reinforce the carmaker's shattered supply chain and production system. Mon, 13 May 2013 00:01:00 ESTInfiniti President Johan de Nysschen continues to shift decision-making for the luxury brand onto managers who are focused solely on Infiniti. Mon, 13 May 2013 00:01:00 ESTPorsche Cars North America is bringing in Joe Lawrence, CEO of Canadian operations, to be its No. 2 executive in the United States, the company's largest market. Mon, 13 May 2013 00:01:00 ESTAlfonso Albaisa, the Cuban-American designer who has led Nissan's worldwide passenger car design strategy for a year, has been named global design chief for Infiniti.