Archives for September 2014

De Nysschen leaves headroom for über-Cadillacs, goes right über Jonny Lieberman’s head

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After calling out “armchair marketing experts,” Cadillac retirees, and Detroit fans, Cadillac-Chief Johan de Nysschen noticed he had forgotten the fourth estate. That lapse was soon corrected. On Facebook, Cadillac’s new boss chided Joan Muller, who wrote at Forbes a story titled “Poor Cadillac: BMW Took All The Good Car Names.” BMW is welcome to “call their cars whatever they like,” de Nysschen wrote, and added: “And we aren’t poor, Forbes.”

The on-line exchange barely had begun, when Motor Trend’s Jonny Lieberman waltzes into the line of fire:

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We apologize for the absence of last Monday’s Morning News, but …

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Yesterday, our readers waited in vain for their daily breakfast of morning car news roundup, and countless bloggers had to chase down the news themselves instead of being able to peruse our handy tipsheet. We deeply apologize, but we have an explanation. Actually, we have two. Sure, both are a bit weak, but hey.

On Monday morning at oh-dark-hundred, Herr Niedermeyer, Frau Schmitto-san and moi took the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Nagoya to explore the center of Japan’s auto might. In front of our hotel in Toyota City, we found a Lexus LFA, which someone had carelessly left there. [ There is more … ]

Tuesday morning car news roundup, September 30, 2014

 

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Cadillac-boss Johan de Nysschen: “Detroit fans – don’t mess with me.”

De Nysschen's Hong Kong apartment, destination Manhattan.

De Nysschen’s Hong Kong apartment, destination Manhattan.

He has been on the job as president of Cadillac for less than 2 months, and Johan de Nysschen is already being turned into the company’s scapegoat #1. His biggest mistake in the eyes of his critics: Moving America’s former luxury brand to New York. When the Daily Kanban reported hints of a move a month ago, it was dismissed as making “no sense,” as the Detroit News’ Mark Phelan declared. Last week, the nonsensical became official when GM finally confirmed that Cadillac is moving its HQ from Detroit to Manhattan. This being announced, “the wrath of hell descends upon me, I’m accused of moving the entire company just because I prefer to live in New York,” de Nysschen wrote today to his 291 Facebook friends. Apparently, the criticism rattled the usually unflappable de Nysschen. He writes:

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Friday morning car news roundup, September 26, 2014

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Thursday morning car news roundup, September 25, 2014

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Infiniti squashes human centipede

A disbelieving Jeff Kuhlman

A disbelieving Jeff Kuhlman

A few car blogs reported yesterday that the upcoming Infiniti Q80 will have an “innovative 1+1+1+1 seating where all four passengers sit single file behind one another.” At the blog where Ed and I worked before, they likened the alleged seating arrangement to the film “The Human Centipede,” where people were stitched together, mouth to anal orifice – probably not the association the upscale brand wants to trigger.

Today, I was at an exclusive little party, where we did bid Andy Palmer adieu before he assumes his post as CEO of Aston Martin. At Tokyo’s Foreign Correspondent’s Club, I was sitting beer glass to beer glass with Nissan’s chief spokesman Jeff Kuhlman, and the following discussion ensued. [ There is more … ]

Wednesday morning car news roundup, September 24, 2014

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