Despite the late year sales surge by Mercedes Benz to grab the no.1 US luxury sales market spot from Lexus, BMW has managed to fend off its German rival from taking the title. Brief: BMW overtakes Lexus as top US luxury brand after the Japanese’ brands 11-year reign atop. The drop in sales were blamed … Read more
As surprising as it may seem given Chrysler’s European connections, the Jeep Grand Cherokee isn’t offered in a diesel variant Stateside. Brief: Chrysler to offer diesel Jeep Grand Cherokee in 2013 as well as employ an additional 1,300 workers in its Jefferson North assembly plant in order to introduce a third shift. 2013 Chrysler Jeep … Read more
Despite the messy Saab bankruptcy, GM’s reputation in the automotive world doesn’t seem to be tainted. New reports of Malaysian automaker Proton being in talks with General Motors have now been officially confirmed. Brief: Proton in talks with GM over its under utilized Tanjung Malim plant. If the deal goes through, GM may invest up … Read more
While Saab may be officially bankrupt, it may still live on in other ways. After rumors of the Turkish government being interested in the Swedish company, come news that famous Indian SUV maker Mahindra & Mahindra, may also be interested in buying a part of the dwindling brand. Mahindra & Mahindra tipped to be interested … Read more
In what may seem like surprising news to Italians everywhere, Ferrari chairman Luca di Montezemolo has announced his intentions to be a candidate for Italian presidency in 2013. The announcement came way of an open letter to Italiafutura, something he had formed back in 2009: “The Second Republic has failed. Politics has been losing touch … Read more
Audi has gone ahead and officially confirmed that they will only be producing 333 units of the recently unveiled Auid A1 Quattro. All the units will unfortunately be left hand drive, leaving Asia and countries like Australia out of the running. Audi confirms only 333 Audi A1 Quattro units to be produced Powered by a … Read more
