Filed under: Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, Volkswagen, Ferrari, Rumormill, Design/Style
Few lines are as fluid as those between the Italian and German automobile industries. Executives seem to move back and forth between the two faster than the exotic supercars for which they’re responsible, and all the more so when it comes to designers.
Frank Stephenson moved to Ferrari and on [...]
Filed under: Hatchback, Nissan, Alternative Fuel
2010 Nissan Leaf EV – Click above for hi-res image gallery
Starting next spring, Nissan plans to begin taking orders of its upcoming Leaf electric vehicle. By the time the first car is ready to be delivered to a paying customer in the fall, the Japanese automaker expects to have taken [...]
Filed under: Etc.
The success or failure of the Cash for Clunkers program that recently came to an end here in the United States has been and will continue to be debatable, but at least some good was accomplished by the legislation. According to data compiled by Wards Auto, the average new car fuel mileage hit [...]
Filed under: Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, Chrysler, Earnings/Financials, Fiat
Sergio Marchionne with fellow board members at a UBS press conference
Sergio Marchionne is one of the busiest people in the business. Or any business, for that matter. After comprehensively restructuring his empire – what amounts to nearly the entire Italian automobile industry and then some – he [...]
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