Author: Automotive News Feed

Japanese carmakers, long a preserve of tight-knit, workaholic old boys’ clubs, have finally tuned into the need for more diverse input into developing, making and selling their products.

Mercedes’ plan to award a dealer franchise in Alabama to Crimson Tide football coach Nick Saban and a business partner can move forward now that litigation with a longtime Mercedes dealer there has been settled.

Bentley’s Mulsanne Convertible Concept is back on track. Shown by Bentley CEO Wolfgang Duerheimer to a select few customers at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in 2012, the stately convertible was intended for production.

GM has passed a significant milestone in its campaign to replace potentially defective ignition switches in millions of cars recalled worldwide: It cleared its backlog of parts orders.

Dealer stock late this year, custom orders early ’15; Ferrari green push; Toyota boosting Highlander output; washed-up execs?