Also using the event as a platform to show off the newest version of the Civic, a top Honda executive this week looked back at how the automaker performed in 2010 as well as what could be expected this year. John Mendel, executive vice president of American Honda Motor Co., indicated the manufacturer posted 7.6 […] [Read More]

This week, Nissan Americas revealed the director now in charge of sales in Latin America as well as the promotion of one of its executives for corporate communications. Company officials said the new director of Nissan Latin America and the Caribbean is Kenneth Ramirez. They also appointed Paula Angelo as director of corporate communications for […] [Read More]

Chevrolet is ringing in its centennial year during this week’s North American International Auto Show and is commemorating its 100th anniversary throughout the year with various activities. The brand shared some of the progress Chevrolet has made since racer Louis Chevrolet and General Motors founder William Durant started the brand in November 1911. [Read More]

Volkswagen of American went the comedic route by recently launching a series of online videos spotlighting a Saturday Night Live star to promote its models. VW teamed up with SNL funnyman Bill Hader and SNL writer John Mulaney for the "Inside the VW Academy" series, which is composed of 18 videos designed to not only get a chuckle, […] [Read More]

General Motors chairman and chief executive officer Dan Akerson reached out to franchise dealers this week in an attempt to heal the wounds caused by the company bankruptcy, store reductions and other problems. Akerson began a recent speech by being blunt, stressing, “The hard truth is that GM didn’t always do a great job listening […] [Read More]

AutoNation posted double-digit gains in retail new-vehicle sales during 2010 and closed the year on a high note, enjoying significant growth during December and in the fourth quarter. Specifically, AutoNation dealers saw their retail new-vehicle sales climb 13 percent on a year-over-year basis during 2010. [Read More]

Nissan and Infiniti dealers now have another selling point to move certified pre-owned vehicles, thanks to a new offering via Sirius XM Radio. It was revealed Monday that 2008 model-year and newer CPO Nissan and Infiniti vehicles with factory-equipped XM Radio will now include an introductory subscription the XM Everything package for three months. [Read More]

Saab Automobile AB has named an interim chief operating office for Saab Cars North America as Michael Colleran steps down.  Immediately moving into the interim role is Matthias Seidl, who is Saab Automobile’s executive director of global sales. Seidl assumes Colleran’s duties of leading Saab in North America while also maintaining his current responsibilities. Officials […] [Read More]

In some good news for the domestic auto industry and potentially other sectors of the economy as well, Ford said Monday that it plans to bring more than 7,000 jobs to the nation’s embattled job market during the next two years. These new jobs will be spread throughout the U.S. and will include both hourly and salaried […] [Read More]

Fiat now owns a quarter of Chrysler Group’s shares thanks to the automaker reaching the first performance-related metric in a series of three milestones detailed in Chrysler’s Operating Agreement, each of which automatically adds 5 percentage points to the stake owned by Fiat. [Read More]