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Volkswagen has named a new executive Hinrich J. Woebcken to supervise the North American region, assuming responsibility for all the activities of the VW brand. Mr. Woebcken will take up his duties in April. Mr. Woebcken previously served on the board of Munich-based auto supplier Knorr Bremse AG, and formerly worked at BMW AG for about 10 years, Volkswagen said.This change will allow the company to move forward with strategic reinforcement in the region with bundling development, procurement, production and sales activities in the USA, Mexico and Canada.Volkswagen brand has also reconfigured ...
Audi CEO Rupert Stadler confirmed at the Detroit Motor Show that the Audi automaker had finally persuaded FCA to release the two names that would let Audi lock up the Q1 to Q9 badges for its growing SUV family, but not the Q2 and Q4 ones, which were in Fiat Chrysler's possession. "We tried to get it years ago and they said 'No, never,' but there is never 'never' in business," said Audi chief Rupert Stadler. "This year I went back to them with a proposal and we talked and there were some negotiations and then we agreed to it."Audi has used Italian na...
When the Lincoln Continental concept made its surprise debut at the New York auto show last spring, it wowed showgoers. Having dropped the concept with little advanced warning, Ford did not play coy with its intentions. The Continental, it said, was headed for production. The Continental is the most recent in a slew of new or redesigned Lincoln models.The 2017 Continental features plenty of nice touches, including a lighting sequence that welcomes the driver. LED lights in the lower fascia, headlights, taillights, and interior lights activate in a subtle and fluid manner to greet the driver wh...
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...
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...
