The European car market is going to be tough for five more years, Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn predicted Tuesday, and the only way for struggling carmakers to survive is to push into other markets. Hit by fleeing customers, struggling economies and idle production lines, Europe’s carmakers are finding it harder to recover from the collapse of the […]
Geneva, Switzerland — Convertibles have been part of the Corvette’s appeal since 1953, and the all-new 2014 Stingray is no exception. At a worldwide introduction at the Geneva Motor Show today, Chevrolet took the wraps off the latest Corvette convertible. Competing with several exotic sports car reveals from Ferrari, Lamborghini and McLaren, the 2014 Corvette convertible took its […]
The Automotive Fleet & Leasing Association (AFLA) has selected its keynote speaker for its 2013 Conference, Lieutenant Colonel Rob “Waldo†Waldman. AFLA’s annual conference will be held Sept. 11-13, 2013, at the Westin Kierland Resort Resort and Spa in Scottsdale, Ariz. Rob Waldman is a consultant and former decorated fighter pilot who helps organizations face […]
With a population of approximately 51 million people, South Africa has a diverse culture, 11 official languages, and is viewed as the gateway to Africa. “However, the country has economic challenges with an unemployment rate of 26 percent, which represents 12.6 million people. Approximately 26 percent of the population lives on less than $1.25 per […]
Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne today confirmed the company’s 2013 profit targets and said he saw no recovery in store for Europe’s car markets this year. “I don’t see any glimmer of hope [for a European market recovery] this year,” he told journalists at a press conference at the Geneva auto show.
Due to what they call a lagging of infrastructure investment in the last few decades, Senators Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) and John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.V.) want to establish a fund within the Department of Transportation designed to use federal money to create incentives for private investment into transportation funding.
Some luxury brands are giving AutoNation Inc., the country’s largest auto retailer, the OK to put the AutoNation brand name on their dealerships. But continued reluctance about retailer branding from the best-selling luxury automakers — the German manufacturers, in particular — may keep AutoNation’s branding strategy from spreading to the rest of its network and […]
Google is poised to expand its online car-shopping service to dealers throughout California and enter more states, sources say. Dealers in the San Francisco Bay area have tested the service since last summer. Consumers can browse dealers’ inventory and check vehicle prices without leaving Google search pages.
I’ve been driving for 30 years now, and in those three decades, I’ve seen a lot of technological changes in both automobiles and commercial vehicles. For me, the two greatest innovations during that time have been keyless entry and intermittent windshield wipers.
