Top News:
- Nissan Ready to Storm Full-Size Truck Set with New Titan – Detroit Bureau: The hot-selling full-size pickup truck segment is getting another new player: Nissan’s Titan will make its debut towards the end of 2016. For more, go to TheDetroitBureau.com.
- Infiniti Q30 production starts at UK plant – Just-auto: The first new Infiniti Q30 vehicles have rolled off the production line at Nissan’s Sunderland, UK, manufacturing plant.
- BRIEF-Fiat Chrysler CEO says M&A not a matter of “life or death” – Reuters: Dec 3 Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne says: * Plans to list Ferrari on Milan bourse on Jan. 4. * Expects FCA to have valuation similar to rivals…
- Audi to showcase production-ready Piloted Driving concept at CES – Autocar: Audi’s Prologue concept car was unveiled in 2014 Audi is expected to reveal a production-ready version of its autonomous driving system at the Consumer Electronics Show early next year
- Toyota S-FR concept morphs into racer for Tokyo Auto Salon – Autocar: Toyota’s entry-level sports car concept, the S-FR, gets a visual makeover to turn it into a racer. It makes its debut at the Tokyo Auto Salon in January
- BRIEF-Fiat Chrysler will update on Alfa Romeo production plans in Jan – CEO – Reuters: Dec 3 Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne says: * “highly improbable” that other brands such as Maserati, jeep would be separated from group in…
- Volkswagen allocates 20 billion bridge loan to 13 banks: sources – Reuters: Volkswagen has split a 20 billion euro ($21.1 billion) bridge loan between 13 banks to help shoulder the costs of its…
- Why the Volkswagen litigation is different – Automotive News: While recent automotive lawsuits have featured gruesome photos showing the dangers of faulty airbags or ignition switches, the Volkswagen litigation will largely turn on how much customers should get for being duped into buying high-polluting…
- Forget the Lawyers: Here’s What Will Decide the Volkswagen Suits – Bloomberg: But for the cars’ owners and Volkswagen, that fight — the centerpiece of a … Bloomberg News reported this week it plans to secure a 20 billion-euro…
- Jaguar Land Rover could buy Silverstone – Autocar: Jaguar Land Rover has plans to build a permanent base at the home of British motorsport Jaguar Land Rover is considering a bid to buy Silverstone race circuit.
- Why hydrogen is coming, according to Kia – INTERVIEW – Just-auto: “In future, all energy will come as electricity.” Those words are not from some environmental activist or soundbite politician, but from a senior figure within the auto industry, which perhaps makes them all the more surprising.
- When Ghosn Gets Tough – Bloomberg: The 400 yen per share Renault spent buying a 44.4 percent stake in the company is now worth 2.5 trillion yen ($21 billion), more than three times the…
- EU trucks’ fuel efficiency no better than a decade ago – study – Reuters: … emissions from heavy duty vehicles to be regulated in the same way as cars. … according to a copy of the statement of objections seen by Reuters.