Fiat Strada 1.6 Adventure Crew Cab 2011 © order_242
The Brazilian car market ended 2012 as the best year in its history, with a volume of 3,634,510 units sold (cars + LCVs), an increase of 6.1% compared to 2011. Read more »
Posted by Paolo Federico Ferrero in Car, Citroen, Fiat, Ford, GM, Honda, Hyundai, Jac, Kia, Market, Nissan, Renault, Toyota, Volkswagen | 2 Comments
Posted by Maurizio Sala in After Sales, BMW, Chrysler, Customer Satisfaction, Fiat, Ford, Hyundai, Mercedes, Renault, Toyota, Volkswagen | 0 Comments
… the first part!
Speaking of electric cars, what is your opinion of the EC 2011 White Paper and of the studies conducted in the US, by Exxon and by Toyota itself, according to which a significant market is only possible after 2020?
Don’t you think Renault’s anticipating the times is counterproductive? And if you don’t, why not? Read more »
Posted by Pietro Montagna in Car, Dacia, Ecology and Environment, Electric Cars, Market, Renault, The Interviews | 0 Comments
Interview Date: January, 21 2013
Professional Profile: Jacques Bousquet is a graduate of the EDHEC Business School in Lille and majored in Business Management at the University of Michigan of Detroit, the Duke University in North Carolina and the INSEAD in Fontainebleau. From 1982 to 1998 he held positions of increasing responsibility in Ford; from 1999 to 2002 in Fiat Auto, and later DaimlerChrysler France as Managing Director and then he covered the role of CEO of Chrysler Europe from 2006 to 2008. Since January 2009 he was President and CEO of Renault Italy.
Since June 2011 Jacques Bousquet is also President of UNRAE. Read more »
Posted by Pietro Montagna in Car, Dacia, Ecology and Environment, Electric Cars, Europe, Market, Renault, The Interviews | 0 Comments
The world of HCV and Trucks changes much faster than the one of the automobile!
The truck dealers – who are still snubbed as ‘truckers’ with spicy calendars by those who work in the chain of Passenger Vehicles - they are ahead of the “obedient car dealers”.
A forced change: the cataclysm feared by the Italian dealers federation is already a reality from some years among the dealers of trucks! Read more »
Posted by Maurizio Sala in After Sales, Car, Iveco, LCV, Mercedes, Renault, Volvo | 0 Comments
While in Italy manufacturers, importers and dealers are losing dozens of employees and millions of euro every day – and Fiat develops his worst results in the last 30 years – in Russia the Carmakers seems to play war games.
The Russian market is a great opportunity for manufacturers and dealers: last year, 2,652,000 cars were sold with a growth of 39.1% over 2010. As reported by Focus 2 move, the first quarter of 2012 ended with another growth of 22.7%, despite statements of analysts praising the CIVETS and giving BRICS markets for finished! Read more »
Posted by Maurizio Sala in Chevrolet, Chrysler, Europe, Fiat, Ford, GM, Hyundai, Iveco, Jeep, Mercedes, Opel, Renault, Volkswagen | 2 Comments
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“2012 started full of uncertain for OEMs in the automotive industry” this was how I started my article last month. At that time reports on January Chinese market performance were not yet available and when they arrived, with an incredible 26% lost year on year, Car OEMs Top Executives become really nervous. Read more »
Posted by Carlo Simongini in Audi, BMW, Car, Chrysler, Citroen, Fiat, GM, Kia, Mercedes, Opel, Peugeot, Renault, Volkswagen | 0 Comments
General Motors Corporation exhibit showing the Firebird III, Century 21 Exhibition
The recent announcement by PSA and GM of their intended strategic alliance is one of many such alliances between various manufacturers.
But when do these alliances start diluting brand equity? Read more »
Posted by Peter Viljoen in Aston Martin, Audi, BMW, Car, Chevrolet, Citroen, Dacia, Fiat, Ford, GM, Jaguar, Jeep, Land Rover, Mercedes, Mini, Nissan, Opel, Peugeot, Renault, Saab, Volkswagen, Volvo | 7 Comments
Jato Dynamics presented the data of the EV’s registrations in Europe. Hooray: compared to 2010, the sales grew by 938%! Nine-hundred-thirty-eight percent!! A successful market, despite the controversies. I feel the bad smell of lies. Over 7 million registrations, 5,222 were electric cars, less than 0.001% of the total market. Last year were 507. In Germany 1,020, France 953, Norway 850, 599 in England, in Copenhagen are sold just 283. In Madrid and Stockholm 122; in Italy … 103. Need we say more? Facts-and-figures worth a thousand words. Read more »
Posted by Maurizio Sala in Car, Chevrolet, Electric Cars, Europe, Fiat, GM, Honda, Market, Nissan, Opel, Peugeot, Renault, Tesla, Toyota | 8 Comments
We are used to the bombastic communication with which OEM and NSC floods the media when launching new industrial plans, programs, products or processes. Remember Saturn? The Opel Difference? The ‘new deal’ of the electric car? The new sales processes at FGA? Read more »
Posted by Maurizio Sala in Car, Europe, Fiat, Ford, Market, Quattroruote, Renault, Toyota | 4 Comments
