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Nissan is the next one to recall their new cars after Toyota. The Company is recalling 12,616 cars, Muranos that were manufactured between December 17, 2015 and February 11, 2016 and Maximas from November 25, 2015 to February 12, 2016. The problem of the cars is a probably damaged O-ring, that might bring to a brake fluid pressure, and affect ABS and dynamic control activation. There are no reports about injuries, or deaths triggered by Muranos or Maximas. Nissan's staff found out about the problem during a routine inspection on vehicles at Smyrna, Tn. ...
Volkswagen's efforts to solve the emissions scandal and to overcome its consequences came to a buy-back offer of almost 500,000 diesel cars that used sophisticated software to evade U.S. emissions rules. Volkswagen AG and U.S. officials have reached a framework deal under which the automaker would offer to buy back 2.0-liter diesel vehicles sold in the U.S. that exceeded legally allowable emission levels.The cars concerned by this offer will include versions of the Jetta sedan, the Golf compact and the Audi A3 sold since 2009. At the same time it does not apply to ...
General Motors announced it has a new vice president of design. This job with global responsibilitywill be done by the Australian Mike Simcoe, 58, stationed overseas for much of his 33 years with GM. Simcoe is the first non-American to assume the mantle as GM’s global design chief.Simcoe brought a contribution to the design of many of the brand's models and has had a hand in shaping many vehicles familiar in North America. His portfolio is filled with such models as Holden SSX concept, Buick Sceptre concept, Holden Ute, Hold...
Leasing has surged as a share of new-vehicle transactions to impressive indexes in the fourth quarter of 2015, this being caused mainly by captive finance companies seeking to boost sales by keeping customers' monthly payments low. Leasing has been fairly rare in the used-vehicle market, but its share is growing. In such a way more and more lenders are offering leases on used and certified preowned vehicles.This strategy is meant to cope with an industrywide flood of 3.1 million off-lease vehicles returning to the market this year. The number of off-lease vehi...
Company mergers in the modern automotive industry has become a common practice. More and more specialists declare that the auto industry should consolidate further to cope with rising development costs. As thus, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Chairman John Elkann renewed a push to merge the company with one of the auto industry’s “big guys”, saying savings could top $10 billion a year.Even with developments like car sharing and self-driving vehicles, Fiat Chrysler’s major competitors should consider the potential benefits of a merger because the bulk of their ...
