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The diesel-emissions scandal had forced Audi carmakers to implement new arrival of its e-tron Quattro battery-powered SUV. They do everything to bringing its all-electric e-tron Quattro and hydrogen fuel-cell h-tron Quattro models to the market. “Everybody is of course concerned about the aftereffects of the diesel crisis, and the thinking is that Audi has to show people we are serious about these kinds of cars.” Audi says in its release that the electric model will fit between the Q5 and Q7 models, suggesting that it could very well be called Q6, as originally rumored.It...
The all-new Volvo S90 has made its appearance at the 2016 Detroit Motor Show. The Swedes are coming off of a strong year that bested even their expectations. And there's been enough praise heaped onto the new XC90 SUV to extend to their new luxury sedan – and distract eyes from Mercedes-Benz and the 2017 E-Class. With the S90, Gothenburg hopes to take a bigger slice of the pie overflowing with competitors like the Audi A6, BMW 5 Series, and Mercedes E-Class – not to mention the Jaguar XF, Maserati Ghibli, Acura RLX, Infiniti Q70, Lexus GS, Cadillac CTS, and Lincoln MKZ. It...
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 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...
