According to FoMoCo’s group vice president of global marketing Jim Farley, the Dearborn automaker is looking to sell more passenger cars into commercial fleets during the first quarter compared to last year as large companies restock inventory. Usually, Ford’s biggest sellers into commercial fleets are vans and pickups. While one reason for the boost is [...]
If you are excited about the 2011 Buick Regal, then we have something special for you. General Motors has just announced pricing details on the 2011 Regal, which will hit dealerships in the second quarter of 2010. At launch, the 2011 Buick Regal will only be available in the premium CXL trim, with prices starting [...]
Earlier this morning BMW released the details on the 2011 Mini Countryman for the European market. We now have the U.S. press release detailing what the 2011 Countryman will offer us on the stateside. The Mini Countryman will go on sale in the U.S. in early 2011 and will be available with two gasoline engine [...]
Rolls-Royce announced today that Torsten Müller-Ötvös (try pronouncing that) will join the company as its new Chief Executive Officer. He will replace Tom Purves at the end of March 2010. Purves will retire after 25 years service with the BMW Group. Torsten will continue to report to Ian Robertson, member of the Board of Management of [...]
Creative Global Investments analyst Sabine Blumel says that strong sales of the new Mercedes-Benz E-Class in the fourth quarter will increase Daimler AG’s earnings for the quarter and hint at an earnings recovery for the automaker. “The sales improvement at the Mercedes-Benz brand throughout last year was attributable to a rapidly improving model momentum, reflecting [...]
Take a break from your day and watch two new videos from Bayerische Motoren Werke showing the 2011 BMW 335i Coupe and Convertible in action. Refresher: The 2011 BMW 335i Coupe and Convertible are powered by a new N55 3.0L inline 6-cylinder engine with a single twin-scroll turbocharger and Valvetronic. That helps produce 300-hp with [...]
Scott Keogh, chief marketing officer over at Audi, has made it known that Audi of America will increase its viral marketing and social media campaigns while boosting its 2010 advertising budget. They will also still be a part of big-event TV advertising as they will be a featured advertiser during February”s Superbowl, and Winter Olympics. [...]
A anonymous photo has been circulating on the internet showing what is likely a production version of the Lexus LF-Ch Concept. How can you tell it’s a production version? Just compare the tail lamps to that of the concept. Sources have said that the production version of the compact Lexus, which would compete with the [...]
One of ToMoCo”s sister companies secured a supply deal in Argentina today whereby the world”s largest automaker would have access to a supply of lithium that could help them keep their lead in gasoline-electric hybrid cars. Lithium is expected to show an increase in demand as its costly but more efficient nature makes it the [...]
According to show organizers, the Detroit auto show experienced more than 21,000 more attendees on Monday than last year on the same day. 61,112 people attended this past Monday, as opposed to 39,715 for last year’s Monday exhibition. Numbers for the weekend attendance, though up from last year, were not as staggering, with Saturday attendance [...]
