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BMW held on in December to top the U.S. luxury segment in 2015 for its fourth luxury-sales crown in five years.BMW won the U.S. luxury-auto sales crown even with a 17 percent drop in December deliveries, ahead of Lexus and Mercedes-Benz.BMW finished 2015 with luxury sales of 346,023 vehicles, followed by Lexus with 344,601 and Mercedes with 343,088. All three brands set annual sales records last year.The results exclude BMW’s MINI models and Daimler’s work trucks and Smart cars, which aren’t luxury vehicles.The German automakers have held the top spot in U.S. luxury sales sin...
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...
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...
Nokia completed the sale of its navigation business HERE with German car makers BMW, Audi and Mercedes.The German vehicle companies have bought the navigation specialist as part of their push towards fully autonomous driving; Nokia's spin-off is a key element which gives them access for building the technologies and digital frameworks that will enable connected and autonomous cars to become a real-world reality.The ownership of Here will be shared equally between BMW, Audi and Mercedes.Nokia said its net proceeds from the deal would be around US $3 billion, in line with its original estima...
After 40 years the BMW 3-series is again on wheelsIn 1975, BMW introduced the 3 series, a sporty sedan with breathtaking aesthetics and an enthralling four-cylinder petrol engine that became synonymous with the brand's performance image.Today, the new BMW 3 Series effortlessly surpasses the benchmarks set by its predecessors thanks to that same uncompromising spirit. Its flowing lines, sporty DNA and wealth of cutting-edge technology deliver more thrills than ever and set the stage for another 40 years of driving exhilaration.In many ways, the 3 series is BMW, the brand with the enviable m...
