Spring is here, and it's the perfect time to discover fresh feelings of adventure.If you are willing to explore your need for speed, then RepoKar is the right place for you! RepoKar is a fun, high-octane online Public Auto Auction where you'r...
BMW of North America CEO Ludwig Willisch spoke about pressure from automakers to “punch” cars at the end of the month at a recent industry event. In a panel at the National Automobile Dealers Association Wilisch declared that at the end of 2015, there was a lot of pressure to rack up sales numbers.The 2015 sales race was tight until the end, but BMW managed to win its fourth luxury-sales crown in five years. BMW finished 2015 with luxury sales of 346,023 vehicles, followed by Lexus with 344,601 and Mercedes with 343,088. However, Lexus w...
Last week, during a meeting concerning the company’s U.S. strategy, with the VW AG executives in Germany, Volkswagen’s U.S. dealers required reparations from the automaker for financial damages caused by the company's emissions violations.Though it is too early to discuss the size of any settlement so soon after pitching the proposal, it is evident that a special strategy for how Volkswagen is going to approach the dealer network on franchise damages, is needed. The prospect of reparations will be among the pressing topics to be addr...
Want to work at a new car company? Google is hiring!Google parent company Alphabet has posted ads for 36 positions for marketing to manufacturing jobs on its website related to the Google X car project.One listing for a marketing manager expects the person to shape a "go-to-market strategy and storytelling to win hearts and minds of community members, influences and governments".Another role for a manufacturing process engineer lays out responsibilities which include "designing factory assembly stations, optimizing production floor layout, automating critical manufacturing proce...
It turns out that Google's self-driving cars still need some human help, according to a report filed this week to meet new regulations for the California DMV on autonomous vehicles. The companies developing these vehicles are putting in more test miles than ever before to improve software capabilites and safety levels. Disengagements, and the reasons behind them, are a critical part of the test process. Of the seven self-driving vehicles makers that filed disengagement reports, there were a total of 2,894 disengagements logged during the period. The most disengagements occurred with G...
BMW M4 GTS - the so-called fastest two-door BMW. And it was built for the 30th anniversary of the legendary BMW M3. However, the germans will celebrate the release only in 2016, because the output of M4 GTS is scheduled for next spring. Firstly, there will be made only 700 pieces of this model (and 300 of them will go to the United States). And secondly, namely on this BMW coupe the manufacturers used a system of water injection into the intake manifold.What for? Naturally to boost the motor! The plan is - moisture lowers its temperature and increases the density. This way the cylinders c...
