Monthly Archives: June 2014

Renault narrows sales gap with Opel seeks to be Europe’s No. 2 brand

Renault is narrowing the European sales gap with rival Opel/Vauxhall as the carmaker strives to topple Ford as the No. 2 best-selling brand in the region after Volkswagen.

In April, Renault Europe Chairman Stefan Mueller stated that Renault aims to be Europe’s No. 2 brand by unit sales by 2017.

Suzuki’s 84-year-old CEO causes concern over lack of succession plan

Osamu Suzuki, Suzuki's 84-year-old CEO causes concern over lack of succession plan

Suzuki Motor Corp.’s investors are becoming increasingly concerned at the lack of clarity over who will succeed the carmaker’s 84-year-old Chairman and President, Osamu Suzuki, who has spent almost three decades as head of the carmaker.

Renault-Nissan completes deal to take control of AvtoVAZ

AvtoVAZ Unveils New Family Vehicle-  Renault-Nissan completes deal to take control of AvtoVAZ

Renault-Nissan has completed a deal to take control of Russia’s largest automaker AvtoVAZ, Renault said today.

Mercedes’ $1 million S-class Pullman upstages Rolls-Royce on price, size

The new Mercedes-Benz S-class Pullman will cost more than double the top-of-the-range Rolls-Royce when it goes on sale next year.

Google unveils new Android Auto OS, first cars with the new OS coming later this year [video]

At Google’s I/O conference, Sundar Pichai, the leader of the Android team, revealed some interesting data and also a new Android Auto OS, which is is very similar to Apple’s CarPlay.