Top News:
- GM’s Pickup Problem: No More Capacity – Detroit Bureau: General Motors is experiencing a good problem to have: its trucks are so popular it cannot keep with demand, officials said in Chicago.
- Nissan posts net income up 33.7% YTD FY – Just-auto: Nissan has announced financial results for the 9-month period ending December 31 that showed net income of 452.8 billion yen, up 33.7%, as strong…
- Hyundai boss: car sales on the cusp of a revolution – Autocar: Internet sales, home deliveries and no haggling are “inevitable”, says Tony Whitehorn
- Mercedes Leaps Past BMW in Luxury Car Sales Race During January – Bloomberg: … and lucrative sport utility vehicles such as the GLE are also helping the brand sidestep a general market slowdown in China, the biggest car market.
- New smartphone app improves Ford vehicle quality checks – Detroitnews: Ford Motor Co. has implemented an Android smartphone app that has reduced human error by 7 percent and cut vehicle quality checks by 7 seconds…
- Apple supplier ARM gears up for driverless cars – CNBC: ARM, which is a supplier to many device manufacturers including Apple, … which when you do the maths, works out to about $150 of silicon per car.
- Renault Kwid’s monthly production to be increased to 10000 units, waiting period to go down – Ibtimes: Sumit Sawhney, Country CEO and MD of Renault India, has announced that the bookings of the Kwid hatchback crossed 1 lakh at the Auto Expo 2016…
- BMW sales rise 7.5 percent in January on demand in Europe, China – Reuters: Deliveries of BMW and MINI model cars in China were up 8.4 percent at … cars to due to storms that disrupted large parts of the country, BMW said.
- Jeep joins Nissan, Honda others getting big benefit from European production – Automotive News: Jeep joins Nissan, Honda others getting big benefit from European … Staying with the UK, Honda started building cars there in 1992 and now sells 40…
- Nissan Profit Beats Estimates as Rogue Paces U.S. Sales Rise – Bloomberg: Nissan Motor Co. reported profit that beat analyst estimates as the Rogue crossover drove increased demand in the U.S., the Japanese automaker’s…
- Uber Says Some Drivers Offered Compensation During French Strike – Bloomberg: The California-based chauffered car service suspended its operations in France for four hours on Tuesday to protest against recent government…
- It Ain’t Easy Being Green! Honda Sued Due to Soy Wire Covering – Detroit Bureau: Honda is being sued because the soy-based coating it uses as wire covers on its vehicles is attracting rodents who are dining on the green covering, causing thousands of dollars in damage.
- Camaro 1LE performance version will offer V-6 – Automotive News: The Chevrolet Camaro 1LE track-ready performance model that debuts this week at the Chicago Auto Show will for the first time be offered with a V-6 engine under the hood.
- Chevy freshens Trax as crossover competition multiplies – Automotive News: The Chevrolet Trax will get a new face and freshened interior for the 2017 model year, an effort to stay ahead of a slew of newcomers in the burgeoning market for subcompact crossovers.