General Motors Co. will move production of the Opel/Vauxhall Zafira minivan to Ruesselsheim in Germany from its Bochum factory.
Ruesselsheim and Vauxhall’s plant in Ellesmere Port, England, had been in the running to gain Zafira production after the 50-year-old Bochum plant in Germany’s Ruhr region closes at the end of next year.
Certified pre-owned (CPO) vehicles are more popular than ever, according to a new report from Edmunds.com, the resource for car shopping and automotive information.
The report, which evaluates the landscape of America’s used car market through the first quarter of 2013, found that CPO sales this year are up 6.2 percent over the first three months of 2012, and that the segment’s 21 percent share of all used car sales by franchise dealers in 1Q 2013 was the highest it has ever been.
In the mid 1980s the 3 Series model range was quite different. There were actually just two variants: 3 Series Saloon and Coupe. No Touring and no Convertible.
Nissan Motor Co.’s logo makeover is part of the company’s stepped-up obsession with differentiating the mass-market Nissan brand from luxury line Infiniti and its entry-level, emerging-market offering, Datsun.
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