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The Ford Motor Co. and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) have both announced that they will include Apple CarPlay and Android Auto into their vehicles. This allows users to access many of their smartphone functions through the dashboard integrated touchscreen.Apple CarPlay and Android Auto will be offered in all 2017 Ford vehicles fit with SYNC 3, while owners of 2016 model year Ford vehicles will be able to add both systems retroactively at the end of the year. Another new addition to SYNC 3 is 4G LTE, which will give owners remote access to their vehicles to setup things like remote start...
For 2016, BMW expects that 40 percent of its sales will be crossovers, up from 34 percent last year.“In the first nine months (of 2015), across the board, we had too few X1, X3 and X5s,” said CEO Ludwig Willisch.BMW is expanding its Spartanburg, S.C., factory, and annual production will grow by 100,000 units in 2016 to 450,000 vehicles. It makes a lot of sense to sell these cars in the U.S., as the plant is advantageously situated.“In a couple of years when we have the X7, the crossovers production will be even higher,” he added. BMW’s crossover lineup consists of...
Ferrari is recalling some 2016 California T vehicles because of the risk of fire from a fuel leak.The recall affects all 2016 Ferrari California T models made from September 8, 2015 to November 11, 2015. That’s 185 cars in all, here in the United States.The vehicles in question come with a low pressure fuel line that might not connect properly to the fuel pump feed pipe. The poor connection can lead to a fuel leak in the engine bay, hence the fire hazard.The California T Convertibles have a base price of more than $231,000. Over 50 Ferrari dealers received a stop sales notice of the Cali...
The 47-year-old Dietmar Exler will take over as President and CEO of Mercedes-Benz USA and NAFTA effective January 1, 2016. He will take the place of Stephen Cannon, who is leaving the company but will stay on as a consultant until the end of January to help with the transition. Cannon will remain as a consultant to MBUSA until Jan. 31, 2016.Exler began at McKinsey & Co. in 1997 as part of the financial interest group in its Germany office and later in its Detroit-based Midwest office. Five years later, Exler joined DaimlerChrysler Financial as senior manager of program development and was...
After Dieselgate crisis Volkswagen's sales are down and the sellers are frustrated. Volkswagen needs to strike out in a new direction and become a big proponent of electric cars.The VW brand's internal magazine Insight interviewed leader Herbert Diess, who said a "breakthrough" is coming with engineers "developing a special vehicle architecture that foresees the installation of flat batteries."This is a big move, up to now Volkswagen having touted the novel shapes it was making of battery packs to get the most range out of offerings like the e-Golf.Volkswagen seriou...
