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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...
Google and Ford will create an independent company to build autonomous vehicles.The partnership is set to be announced by Ford at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, where the startup autonomous-electric automaker Faraday Future also plans to display its first concept car.By pairing with Google, Ford gets a massive boost in self-driving software development; while the automaker has been experimenting with its own systems for years, it only revealed plans this month to begin testing on public streets in California. Google has 53 test vehicles on the road in California and Texas, with...
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...
December promises to be the strongest month in auto sales. It is expected to set an annual record with 17.5 million sales in 2015, according to a monthly sales forecast developed jointly by J.D. Power and LMC Automotive.The car retail sales are projected to reach 1,400,100 units, while total light-vehicle sales are expected to reach 1,712,200, both a 6% increase on a selling-day adjusted basis, compared with December 2014. Both sales volumes are also the highest for any month since July2005, when retail sales hit 1.64 million units and total sales 1.80 million units.“We now have greater ...
