InfinitiDe Nysschen picks new Infiniti team 10:00 am U.S. ET | March 25, 2013  Johan de Nysschen, president of the Infiniti luxury brand, has overhauled his top management with hand-picked executives tasked with taking the brand global. The sweeping changes inject the top ranks with non-Japanese executives, many poached from rivals, for international flair.... Read More »
Infiniti will get new DMS 12:13 pm U.S. ET | March 25, 2013 Infiniti is preparing to retire InfinitiNet, a homegrown dealer communication and management system that Infiniti dealers have used since the premium brand's first U.S. vehicle sales in 1989. The system will be replaced in 2014 by a new dealer communication system that the Nissan brand is currently rolling out to its dealers.... Read More »
Infiniti will get new DMS 12:01 am U.S. ET | March 25, 2013 Infiniti is preparing to retire InfinitiNet, a homegrown dealer communication and management system that Infiniti dealers have used since the premium brand's first U.S. vehicle sales in 1989.... Read More »
Infiniti picks former BMW exec to head EuropeMarch 22, 2013 13:16 CET  Infiniti has appointed veteran premium brand executive Fintan Knight to lead the brand in Europe. Knight, 41, has 20 years experience working for automakers such as BMW, Audi and Lamborghini.... Read More »
PRODUCTION LINE Nissan: Lighter, stronger steel will cut weight, boost mpg 12:01 am U.S. ET | March 18, 2013  As part of a drive to shed weight and boost fuel economy, some Nissan brand vehicles will get the ultra-high-strength, lightweight steel that debuted in the Infiniti Q50 in January at the Detroit auto show.... Read More »
Infiniti will offer hybrid version of JX 12:01 am U.S. ET | March 11, 2013  Infiniti will launch a hybrid version of its seven-passenger JX crossover this summer as a 2014 model.... Read More »
2013 NEW YORK AUTO SHOW Infiniti will offer JX hybrid in 2014 8:00 am U.S. ET | March 8, 2013  Infiniti will offer a hybrid version of its seven-passenger JX crossover in 2014, moving the luxury brand deeper into an alternative-powerplant strategy. The addition will be called the QX60 Hybrid, in accordance with this year's planned portfolio-wide change in product names.... Read More »
2013 GENEVA AUTO SHOW Infiniti adds Mercedes diesel to Q50March 7, 2013 09:58 CET  Infiniti hopes to win European buyers for its Q50 sedan by offering it with a diesel engine from Mercedes-Benz. It will be first time Infiniti has sold a car with a four-cylinder diesel engine and steers the brand away from its current image in Europe as an ultra-niche player specializing in gasoline-powered crossovers.... Read More »
Fleet shift cuts into Nissan volume 2:06 pm U.S. ET | March 1, 2013  Nissan Division's pullback from fleet sales this year was partly responsible for a 7 percent sales decline in February.... Read More »
Infiniti names ex-Mazda exec to head key European marketsFeb. 20, 2013 06:01 CET  Infiniti has named Christian Blank its director for Germany and three other key European markets as the carmaker gears up for a major sales push in the region led by a new premium compact to rival the Audi A3 and BMW 1 series.... Read More »
Steer-by-wire will be option on Infiniti Q50 12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 18, 2013  Infiniti dealers will market one the industry's most anticipated new technologies this summer when the 2014 Q50 sedan arrives in showrooms with steer-by-wire as an option.... Read More »
MAKE MEETINGS -- INFINITI Infiniti to ease tight supplies of QX56, FX 12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 18, 2013 Johan de Nysschen, the executive who left Audi in June to run Infiniti worldwide, couldn't attend the Infiniti make meeting. So he recorded a 10-minute video to tell U.S. dealers that Infiniti has a stream of new products coming through 2020, and that parent company Nissan Motor Co. solidly supports the plan.... Read More »
DEALER COUNCIL LEADERS Infiniti dealer ad groups to help launch Q50 12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 11, 2013  Infiniti dealers are counting on a revamped advertising structure to help them launch the new generation of their top seller. The Q50, the renamed redesign of Infiniti's G37 sedan, will reach dealers this summer.... Read More »
Q&A: DAVID ROSENBERG -- INFINITI NATIONAL DEALER ADVISORY BOARD Flagship, top service are in Infiniti's recipe for Tier 1 status 12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 9, 2013  David Rosenberg is back for a second year as chairman of the Infiniti National Dealer Advisory Board. "There are a lot of initiatives in progress and I'd like to see them through," says the Massachusetts multibrand dealer. "When they asked me, I said, 'Absolutely.' I think continuity is great for Infiniti as it works toward becoming a Tier 1 luxury brand."... Read More »
Nissan will build VW Golf rival in SpainFeb. 4, 2013 20:47 CET  Nissan will build a compact car to rival the VW Golf at its plant in Spain, dashing hopes that the model would be made in one of alliance partner Renault's factories in France.... Read More »
Infiniti wants to go home -- but it's tricky 12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 4, 2013  Launched as Nissan Motor Co.'s Japanese luxury brand in 1989, Infiniti has had the odd history of never being offered in its home market. Infiniti's worldwide president wants to change that and introduce the brand to the nation that created it. But he admits that it is not yet clear to him how to do it.... Read More »
New crossovers keep Nissan, Infiniti ahead for January 11:59 am U.S. ET | Feb. 1, 2013  Sales gains from the recently launched Nissan Pathfinder and Infiniti JX crossovers kept those two brands from falling below prior year volumes last month. Nissan Division posted a 2 percent improvement for January, selling 73,793 cars and trucks, an increase of 1,276 from January 2012.... Read More »
2013 DETROIT AUTO SHOW $30,000 is the new luxury-car hot spot 12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 21, 2013  There's a new price battleground -- $30,000 -- for luxury-car makers as they chase younger buyers with small front-wheel-drive vehicles that are sliding down into mass-market territory. Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi and others are going after the 75 million 30- to 40-year-olds who are forcing "the biggest changes the automotive industry will face," said Bernie Glaser, head of marketing for Mercedes-Benz USA.... Read More »
NORTH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW Infiniti Q50 Hybrid will have awd option 12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 21, 2013  A dealer from one of Infiniti's large stores in the Northeast stopped Ben Poore during the Detroit auto show. "Just tell me that the Q50 Hybrid will come as an all-wheel drive," the dealer begged Poore. Poore assured him awd will be an option.... Read More »
NORTH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW Turbo 4 cylinder, diesel planned for Infiniti Q50 12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 21, 2013  Infiniti will expand the powertrain options on its highest volume sedan to include a turbocharged four-cylinder engine and a clean diesel for Europe. The luxury brand revealed the plans while introducing the Q50 at the Detroit auto show.... Read More »
AUTOMOTIVE NEWS WORLD CONGRESS Infiniti outlook: More models, higher sales 12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 21, 2013  Infiniti's future includes more products, more sales and more dealerships, but not more dealers, said the company's top executive.... Read More »
2013 DETROIT AUTO SHOW Infiniti Q50 replaces G37, becomes tech showcase 9:45 am U.S. ET | Jan. 14, 2013  Infiniti is upping the ante on its biggest volume model with a redesign that makes it a showcase of new technologies. Nissan's luxury arm introduced the new 2014 Q50 -- the new name for the brand's bread-and-butter entry sports sedan, the G37 -- at the Detroit auto show today.... Read More »
Infiniti: JX fits nicely into lineup 12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 14, 2013  The JX crossover attracted new customers to Infiniti and lifted the luxury brand's U.S. sales, just as Infiniti had hoped when it introduced the vehicle in March.... Read More »
Nissan shifting Murano output to Miss. from Japan 4:15 pm U.S. ET | Jan. 10, 2013  Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn, following through on a vow to lessen the company's reliance on expensive Japanese manufacturing and compete better in North America, has ordered output of the Murano crossover shifted to Canton, Miss.... Read More »
FIXED OPERATIONS Dealers win round over factories in warranty-fee fight 12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 7, 2013 A state court in Illinois has sided with dealers in a dispute with automakers over warranty repair payments, disallowing a practice that had left dealers feeling nickeled-and-dimed.... Read More »
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