Author: Automotive News Feed

BMW can force its plug-in hybrid cars to switch to an electric-only mode in heavily polluted inner-city areas and is currently demonstrating the technology to local authorities in German cities in an effort to help them meet EU clean air rules.

Renault deputy CEO Thierry Bollore will attempt to exercise deposed Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn’s voting power at a meeting on the two alliance partners, sources told Bloomberg.

Nissan’s ousting of its Chairman Carlos Ghosn for alleged financial irregularities has been seen as a bid to by the automaker to prevent a merger with its controlling partner, Renault.

El Tiguan alargado está impulsando las ventas de Volkswagen en Norteamérica y los directivos de la empresa alemana ya se plantean reducir la producción de Jetta para incrementar la del SUV mediano en la planta de Puebla.

Nissan y NR Finance México buscan acortar el ciclo de cambio de vehículos a través de su programa Selectiviti, dirigido a los clientes que buscan un plan con mensualidades más bajas que en un esquema tradicional.

In the X7, BMW now has its own three-row luxury cruiser to challenge the likes of the Mercedes GLS, Cadillac Escalade and Lexus LX.

KAR Auction Services said it agreed to buy Belgium-based online auction company CarsOnTheWeb for about $176 million.

Ford Motor Co. anuncia que reorganizará varias de sus plantas para satisfacer la creciente demanda por camionetas ‘pickup’ y grandes SUV, un proceso que requerirá encontrar nuevos puestos para 150 trabajadores.

Toyota está utilizando su nueva y versátil plataforma global para subrayar el compromiso con sus poderosos segmentos de híbridos y sedanes, incluso cuando algunos mercados pierden interés en favor de los SUV.

From L.A. Show: Jeep enters pickup arena with Gladiator; BMW’s biggest player in CUV market; ’19 Car, Utility and Truck of the Year finalists; Ford to cut shifts, reassign workers.