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Ghosn to be Gone at Next Nissan Shareholders Meeting
Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi is today the world’s largest automotive partnership, with combined sales of more than 10.6 million vehicles. Continue reading
Posted in customer satisfaction, financial results, milestones, news analysis, people
Tagged auto industry commentary, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, automotive blog, carlos ghosn, connected vehicles, Greg Kelly, Jean-Dominique Senard Renault Chairman, Ken Zino, new vehicle reviews, Nissan leaf, Philippe Lagayette, Renault Chief Executive Officer Thierry Bolloré, Renault Nissan Mitsubishi Alliance
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NASCAR ‘Shocked’ at Cheating. Changes 2019 Season Rules
NASCAR will inspect the first- and second-place vehicles, as well as a random vehicle, after each event. Previously, full post-race inspections took place at the NASCAR Research & Development Center in Concord, NC. Continue reading
Icahn Buys RPM Automotive
The undisclosed deal expands its presence in the Southeastern U.S., by 10 locations and more than 100 service bays. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., RPM Automotive claims a reputation for “its exceptional customer service and quality work on all makes and models, including luxury vehicles and large fleets.” Continue reading
Aston Martin to Launch Expensive Track Experience Program
This customer-focused driving academy will offer various levels of tuition – from £750 to £7,600 – to suit each driver, from exploring the capabilities of their own Aston Martin to finding the limit in some of the marque’s most extreme track cars, for those with aspirations to race. Continue reading
GM Canada Sales Drop 15% as Boycott Bites
The boycott against GM for its Canadian job cuts and the closing of the award winning – for productivity and quality – Oshawa plant in violation of its Unifor union contract announced at the end of last year is having a negative effect on Canadians’ purchase consideration. Continue reading
An Electric VW Dune Buggy at Geneva?
The fully electric buggy is based on the vehicles that were created in the 1960s in California. Back then, the crude Beetle chassis was the frame for these buggies. Hot rodders quickly discovered a Porsche boxer engine would easily bolt in resulting in zero-to-60 elapsed times that needed a stopwatch, not a calendar for measuring. Continue reading
Coursera Launches Online Self-Driving Cars Specialization
Experts – with scant, sometimes questionable data – predict that the demand for skilled workers within the autonomous vehicle industry will continue to climb, creating more than 100,000 U.S. mobility industry jobs in the next decade. Continue reading
Posted in autonomous vehicles, electronics, engineering, marketing, milestones, mobility company, news analysis, transportation
Tagged auto industry commentary, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, automotive blog, connected vehicles, Coursera, Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng, Ken Zino, Self-Driving Cars Specialization, University of Toronto
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Mazda Buys Out Ford in Changan Ford Mazda Engine Plant
Changan Ford Mazda Engine Co., Ltd. was established in September 2005 with Changan owning 50% of shares and Ford and Mazda 25%. (The Communist party requires a local partner and has staffing control of auto plants.) Continue reading
Chevrolet Grand Sport Corvette Drivers Series
Like the Corvette Racing C7.R race cars, the Grand Sport-based Drivers Series models have a naturally aspirated V8 engine. The 6.2L LT1 engine is rated at 460 horsepower (343 kW)- this is sub 4 seconds zero-60 mph ETs. Also like the race cars they have a dry-sump oiling system designed to support high-performance track driving. Continue reading
Posted in marketing, new vehicle, performance
Tagged 24 hours of Daytona, auto industry commentary, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, automotive blog, connected vehicles, Corvette Drivers Series packages, Corvette Racing C7.R, imsa, Ken Zino, new vehicle reviews, sports car endurance racing
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Tomodachi Initiative and Honda Accepting Applications
Developed on Honda’s corporate slogan, “The Power of Dreams,” this program “provides experiential learning opportunities, including pre- and post-travel sessions, where participating Japanese students, the next-generation of leaders, will be exposed to people who have been taking on challenges driven by their dreams.” Continue reading
Daytona 24 Hours Discounted 50% as Rain Marks Down Race
The race was red flagged and stopped at 12:40 p.m. At 2:26 p.m. Sunday IMSA threw in a very wet towel and waved the checkered flag to end the race as the field was parked under a red flag . The twice around the clock winners in all four classes were lounging about when the checkered flag was damply displayed with standing water on the track to end long periods of no racing. Continue reading
GM Canada Led 2018 Sales. Now Threatened by Unifor Boycott
That’s precisely the problem, ey? Canadian auto workers are not benefiting from and are being punished with layoffs and the closure of the award-wining Oshawa plant as GM sends middle-class jobs to Mexico where workers are paid $2 an hour. Continue reading
Unifor Boycott Threatens Damage for Ontario Workers GM Says
“GM is arrogant enough to think it can rob Canada of jobs without repercussions,” said Unifor National President Jerry Dias, who resisted the boycott at first. “GM is making a choice to increase manufacturing in Mexico while it abandons communities that have supported it for generations but make no mistake Canadian and American consumers also have a choice,” he concluded. Continue reading
Posted in customer satisfaction, economy, labor issues, milestones, news, news analysis, people
Tagged auto industry commentary, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, automotive blog, Canadian Boycott of GM products., connected vehicles, GM Boycott, Ken Zino, nafta, new vehicle reviews, trade wars, uaw, unifor
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Cabrera Rides in Corvette at NAIAS after Disastrous 2018
“I want to be dangerous,” Cabrera said during a pre-season press conference. Cabrera his been enmeshed in a messy and very expensive legal tangle between his wife and mistress, both of whom have children by him. Continue reading
GM Declares Q1 2019 Dividend of 38 Cents
GM is counting on the longer, wider and taller Silverado HD to bolster profits. It has a new 6.6-liter V8 gas engine with direct injection with a six-speed automatic transmission. Continue reading →