en-usAutomotive News Columnists and Bloggers Feed Audi gripes, but Tesla could be en route to niche-brand successMon, 20 May 2013 15:59:11 ESTAudi wants to be clear: Just because the Tesla Model S is outselling Audi's flagship A8 in the U.S. luxury sedan market, it does not mean Tesla Motors is beating Audi. Celebrating Europe's Rising StarsMon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 ESTThe future of the European automotive industry looks bright because of the strength of the young executives who are making huge strides forward. Automotive News Europe will honor 18 of these talented executives in Paris on June 12. You can't mandate human behaviorMon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 ESTThey are at it again in California. The mandates for zero-emission vehicles mean that to sell any volume there, you will need to have some sort of electric car for that market. Price is next hurdle for Tesla growthMon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 ESTTesla has had one hell of a run lately. It reported its first quarterly profit. It's brainstorming self-guided cars with Google. The stock is sizzling. Let's just take a deep breath. 2 million extra doors was the best call Daimler made during 'marriage of equals'Fri, 17 May 2013 12:35:01 ESTIt's easy to criticize the way Daimler AG ran and ultimately left Chrysler during the disastrous "marriage of equals" era. I know because I've done it on a regular basis. Nissan lures feathered pickup customers with fish, no rebatesFri, 17 May 2013 10:57:26 ESTIf 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. In the Land of Many Buicks, one in particular stood outFri, 17 May 2013 15:59:44 ESTIf you were an alien from another world and your spaceship landed in Shanghai, you would immediately conclude that Buick is a planetary titan among automotive brands. The death of driving? Don't make any funeral plansFri, 17 May 2013 11:29:49 ESTYou know that study that just came out declaring 'the end of the driving boom,' because Gen Y supposedly doesn't care about cars? Ignore it. With Mercedes, there's nothing bigger than S-class launchThu, 16 May 2013 10:46:35 ESTIf 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. How a pope inspired Zetsche to become a Mercedes manThu, 16 May 2013 00:01:00 ESTA religious experience set Dieter Zetsche on his path to becoming CEO of Mercedes-Benz.