Featured BlogsANDREW THURLOW Nissan lures feathered pickup customers with fish, no rebates 10:57 am U.S. ET | May 17, 2013  If Nissan wants to portray its made-in-the-U.S.A. Frontier compact pickup as more, well, American, the company's marketing team should take a gander at YouTube.... Read More »
DIANA T. KURYLKO With Mercedes, there's nothing bigger than S-class launch 10:46 am U.S. ET | May 16, 2013  If you're going to unveil a flagship that will sell for nearly $100,000 in the United States, go big -- really big. That's what Mercedes-Benz did for the debut of the 2014 S class here on Wednesday. The launch was staged in a customer delivery center used for the Airbus A380 -- a plane its creators modestly call the "queen of the skies."... Read More »
DOUGLAS A. BOLDUC How a pope inspired Zetsche to become a Mercedes man 12:01 am U.S. ET | May 16, 2013  A religious experience set Dieter Zetsche on his path to becoming CEO of Mercedes-Benz.... Read More »
AMY WILSON For AutoNation's Jackson, Penske sets pace for retirement 12:01 am U.S. ET | May 16, 2013  AutoNation 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.... Read More »
DOUGLAS A. BOLDUC How a pope inspired Zetsche to become a Mercedes man 12:01 am U.S. ET | May 16, 2013  A religious experience set Dieter Zetsche on his path to becoming CEO of Mercedes-Benz.... Read More »
JIM HENRY 'Last resort' means something good 12:01 am U.S. ET | May 15, 2013  In a recent blog, I referred to GM Financial as a “lender of last resort” for parent company General Motors. I meant simply that GM regards GM Financial as a lender GM can count on, no matter what.... Read More »
LINDSAY CHAPPELL How GM and Nissan avoided a UAW thorn 3:15 pm U.S. ET | May 15, 2013  A labor taboo still exists in the North American auto industry, and Nissan and GM sidestepped it this week. GM revealed that it will buy Nissan's compact commercial vans to provide Chevrolet with a competitor to Ford's Transit Connect compact van.... Read More »
AMY WILSON Rebranding effort aids AutoNation's community giving 11:57 am U.S. ET | May 15, 2013  AutoNation has rebranded nearly 40 percent of its dealerships with its coast-to-coast AutoNation name. And, contrary to early fears within the nation's largest auto dealership group, AutoNation says it is maintaining or increasing share in those converted markets.... Read More »
DOUGLAS A. BOLDUC Is the S in the new Mercedes S class for Shanghai? 12:01 am U.S. ET | May 15, 2013  The new Mercedes-Benz S class makes its world premier today in Hamburg, Germany, but Shanghai might have been more appropriate. Why? China accounted for nearly half of all S-class sales from 2010-2012.... Read More »
VINCE BOND JR. Shaq: No grease needed to slide into my LaCrosse 4:21 pm U.S. ET | May 14, 2013  Can Shaquille O'Neal really fit into a Buick LaCrosse? The debate continues, but Buick has to love the humorous PR its giant pitchman generates.... Read More »
LINDSAY CHAPPELL The auto boom -- without new jobs 2:49 pm U.S. ET | May 14, 2013  Bill Strauss has some very good news for the American auto industry. Or he has some very bad news. You can take your pick.... Read More »
DOUGLAS A. BOLDUC Audi outsells BMW brand globally for 2nd time in 4 months 12:01 am U.S. ET | May 13, 2013  Audi has won rounds two and four of its 12-round fight with BMW brand, but the world luxury-car champ is still ahead on the overall scorecard.... Read More »
GABE NELSON Why Wednesday hearing could be connected cars' moment of truth 4:12 pm U.S. ET | May 13, 2013  In the software industry, people talk about vaporware -- products that are heavily promoted but never seem to go on sale. Automakers are at the point that they must prove that connected cars, which talk to each other over Wi-Fi to stay out of fender-benders, are more than just vaporware.... Read More »
DOUGLAS A. BOLDUC Audi outsells BMW brand globally for 2nd time in 4 months 12:01 am U.S. ET | May 13, 2013  Audi has won rounds two and four of its 12-round fight with BMW brand, but the world luxury-car champ is still ahead on the overall scorecard. The battle to finish 2013 as the global leader in premium-car sales will remain tense.... Read More »
DAVE GUILFORD Next hurdle for hot Tesla is pushing EVs mainstream 11:47 am U.S. ET | May 10, 2013  Tesla has had one hell of a week. It reported its first quarterly profit. It's brainstorming self-guided cars with Google. The stock is sizzling.... Read More »
LUCA CIFERRI Europe will end 18-month sales slump with positive April 12:01 am U.S. ET | May 10, 2013  Strong April UK car sales and a solid rebound in Germany last month will help western Europe end 18 consecutive months of year-on-year declines, analysts predict. Despite this, market watchers have stopped short of saying Europe is on the verge of an extended turnaround.... Read More »
LINDSAY CHAPPELL Slow and steady wins at Subaru 10:32 am U.S. ET | May 9, 2013  Score one for the tortoise. Subaru's plan to invest $400 million to expand its Indiana auto factory is evidence that a long-term business outlook and a steady commitment to growth are worth more than neon headlines and Wall Street drooling.... Read More »
CHARLES CHILD Are car salespeople, journalists all that different? 4:49 pm U.S. ET | May 8, 2013  A strange thing happened to me here at the Digital Dealer Conference. I've concluded I could be a car salesman.... Read More »
JAMES B. TREECE Is Akio Toyoda cut from the Steve Jobs mold? 12:48 pm U.S. ET | May 8, 2013  Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda wants to take personal responsibility for injecting design and performance pizazz into the Lexus brand.... Read More »
JIM HENRY Subprime scrutiny could open a real can of worms 12:01 am U.S. ET | May 8, 2013  Here's a disturbing thought: As much as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has upset auto lenders and dealers, it hasn't even gotten around to the vast category of subprime auto lending.... Read More »
NICK BUNKLEY Why Chevy execs are suddenly watching 'Mad Men' 2:19 pm U.S. ET | May 7, 2013  One of Joel Ewanick's big moves in his brief reign as chief marketing officer of General Motors was to combine two rival ad agencies and give them the Chevrolet account, ousting Campbell Ewald after decades of experience. It turns out that Don Draper had that exact same idea in 1968.... Read More »
LARRY P. VELLEQUETTE Fiat ad or (Arianna, Pitbull) music video? 7:42 am U.S. ET | May 4, 2013  I present to you Fiat's latest video in North America, "Sexy People." Some things just need to speak for themselves. I am left without words.... Read More »
NICK BUNKLEY Lincoln shoots for a happier ending after troubled MKZ launch 4:30 pm U.S. ET | May 1, 2013  How far off track did the launch of the redesigned Lincoln MKZ get? The car, whose chassis bears the burden of a once-thriving luxury brand now trying to prove it's still relevant -- originally was supposed to start arriving at dealerships last fall, around the same time Steven Spielberg's movie Lincoln was hitting theaters around the country.... Read More »
JESSE SNYDER April goes Detroit's way 12:01 am U.S. ET | May 1, 2013  Pickups are back. Sales of those honking-big behemoths so unique to North American roads jumped 27 percent in April. And they're up 30 percent in the first four months of the year.... Read More »
JIM HENRY GM, Chrysler take opposite tacks on captives 12:01 am U.S. ET | May 1, 2013  Does a car company need to own a captive finance company? While GM and Chrysler Group came off similar experiences of being partners with Ally Financial after their old captives went away during restructuring, they have reached different conclusions.... Read More »
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