- Slimmer interiors make small cars seem big
… It's no easy task. Some stars of the Frankfurt auto show last month -- including the Ford Evos, Audi A2, Volkswagen Up, BMW i3 and Mercedes-Benz B class -- offered a tentative glimpse of their creators' design philosophy for the next five years …
- Yen's surge squeezes Lexus
… 457 units in 2006 and tapered off to 7,059 last year. Lexus is counting on a competitive redesign to lure customers from the BMW 5 series, Mercedes E class and Audi A6. Ohara said Lexus will have to think about sourcing more Lexus models locally, including …
- Suppliers praise BMW , Daimler
BMW AG and Daimler AG, with strong efforts to ..... Power and Associates and Automotive News . BMW and Daimler "have a very technology-focused ..... analysis is based on 132 supplier responses. BMW and Daimler had more latitude to adopt new …
- Marchionne says doing more with less is crucial for auto-sector survival
… Europe and Latin America, while elsewhere it will compete with a family of models based on the 500 minicar, like Mini does for BMW . "The Fiat 500 is a brand within a brand and so it is capable of expansion and declination in a way that effectively doesn …
- Auto industry set to rev up job creation across U.S.
… S. rate, according to the Bureau of Labor statistics. Including Volkswagen AG's new Tennessee plant and recent hiring by BMW AG in South Carolina, international carmakers are adding 6,350 jobs this year at their U.S. plants, with 3,400 more …
- Audi spurns China company-car role to rebuild market share
… the world's biggest automobile market as BMW and Mercedes-Benz gain traction with a ..... something sexier, more indulgent, which is why BMW and Mercedes have done well." Daimler ..... researcher J.D. Power and Associates. BMW AG's share grew to 25 percent from 21 …
- Audi A4 gets mild updates for 2013
… speed limited at 155 mph and returns 29.4 mpg on the European fuel-economy test. Facing off against new versions of the BMW 3-series and the Mercedes-Benz C-class, the reworked A4 gains several styling changes, revised engines for the European …
- Germany's Bauerhin opens new auto parts plant in Serbia
… Controls, Volkswagen and Opel, and if new products are added the list will grow" to include Bauerhin's other buyers such as BMW AG, Daimler AG, Ford Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co., Dragicevic said in a phone interview Wednesday. Bauerhin started Serbian …
- Porsche targets record 2012 deliveries, source says
… the person said. Porsche and rival German luxury carmakers have thus far been immune to Europe's worsening debt crisis. BMW AG, Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen AG's Audi all posted September sales advances and are targeting record 2011 …
- Volvo to put more pressure on BMW , Mercedes, Chairman says
… largest and most expensive model, which will be aimed at the BMW 5 series and Mercedes E class when it debuts "sometime around ..... billion five-year investment plan to mount a serious challenge to BMW , Audi and Mercedes's dominance in global premium car sales …
- VW may back third term for Piech as chairman
… Pischetsrieder, his handpicked successor in 2006. The former BMW AG CEO pulled the Piech-developed Phaeton luxury sedan from ..... strategist," said Helmut Becker, a former chief economist at BMW , who now runs a consulting business in Munich. "There are …
- Ferrari adds cashmere and kevlar for drivers wanting that special touch
… million combinations of color, leather and accessories, such as an interior perfume atomizer and hand-braided seat piping. BMW AG's Rolls-Royce customizes about 90 percent of the orders for the $380,000 Phantom. It started its bespoke program for …
- ZF supplies new BMW 1 series with 8-speed transmission
The new second-generation BMW 1 series is the first model in its class ..... and the dual-clutch transmission in the BMW 135i. The new 1 series is available from ..... upgrades were made to improve interior space. BMW produces the 1 series on its L7 platform …
- Ford's reliability stumbles in Consumer Reports' survey, Jeep rises
… sedan. Volkswagen held on to 16th place. Mercedes-Benz and BMW both rose four places in the rankings to 18th and 19th place ..... results varied from model to model for the German luxury makers. BMW 's redesigned X3 fared well, while the redesigned 5 series …
- Ex-VW CEO Pischetsrieder settles tax evasion charges
… Pischetsrieder left the company due to a conflict with Piech. Pischetsrieder was replaced by Martin Winterkorn, who still heads VW Group. Before going to VW, Pischetsrieder was CEO of BMW AG from 1993 to 1999. Sources: Bloomberg, media reports
- Rolls-Royce to establish dealership operations in S. America
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars says it will enter the South American market by establishing a retail presence in Brazil and Chile. The BMW -owned ultraluxury automaker aims to have dealerships open in the two countries by March 2012. "I am delighted to announce our plans for entry into the South American ...
- VW likely to pass Toyota as top carmaker this year
… unit overtook Mercedes Benz as the world's second-largest maker of high-end vehicles earlier this year, trailing only BMW . First in China VW, the first overseas carmaker to enter China three decades ago, is planning to add two plants and double …
- Lieb's fall stuns M-B dealers
… days." Under Lieb, Mercedes had nearly closed the sales gap with rival BMW in the United States. In 2007, BMW outsold Mercedes by about 40,000 units. Last year, BMW led by 3,728. Through September, Mercedes trailed BMW by about 7,500 …
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