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This Tuesday General Motors has asked the supreme Court to overturn an appellate court's ruling that the automaker's 2009 bankruptcy does not shield it from lawsuits over a faulty ignition switch linked to at least 124 deaths and 274 injuries. Whether you like it or not, the petition market a last-ditch effort by GM to block hundreds of customer lawsuits over faulty ignition switches, and other vehicles components, on grounds that they were barred by the automaker's 2009 bankruptcy sale to a new corporate entity. In its petition, GM said the federal bankruptcy code permi...
Fiat Chrysler dealers will have to wait a bit longer for two highly anticipated big-ticket vehicles: a fully redesigned Ram heavy-duty pickup and a luxury SUV for Jeep, the Grand Wagoneer. It became clear that FCA's Ram brand will not redesign its current heavy-duty pickups onto its new DT pickup platform in 2018 but instead will keep the same body-in-white and refresh the existing DS-based model. Meanwhile, the automaker has placed a hold on its development of the Jeep Grand Wagoneer luxury SUV. The vehicle has been on Jeep's product plan since 2014 and was to boast three r...
BMW vehicles which have an electric motor and battery are now approximately 1 out of every 16 BMW USA passenger car sales (6.4% of such sales). The sales include BMW i3, BMW i8 and BMW 330e models. The BMW X5 xDrive 40e was not included in this calculation since it falls under BMW’s light trucks category — it accounts for 4.3% of that category’s sales. Overall, that means plug-in cars accounted for 5.55% of all BMW brand sales in the US in November. BMW, Nissan, and GM are often identified as the Big Auto companies most focused on advancing electric cars in th...
We all know how the auto industry has changed under Obama's administration, new regulations and policies intended yo increase fuel economy, improve safety and add jobs. Now that Donald Trump was elected as the new president the car industry is gonna face a wholesale makeover. Perhaps no industry could be affected in more ways by the new administration than the auto business. The changes under the Trump administration could include possible tariffs that will raise prices on imported vehicles and parts, fewer subsidies for electric cars and policies that discourage automakers from...
Global car sales have a big chance to set another record year. This extends gains to a seventh consecutive annual record and surpasses the previous upcycle which lasted six years. Purchases will be buoyed by improving labour markets at the fastest pace since early 2007 and a bottoming in purchases across emerging markets. Economic growth in developing countries is expected to pick up for the first time since 2010, helping reverse last year's slide in car sales which was driven by sharp contractions in both Russia and Brazil. Low gasoline prices, improving household balance sheet...
