PSA/Peugeot-Citroen will start producing cars in Nigeria this year through a local manufacturing partner. The announcement comes about three months after rival Renault-Nissan’s started vehicle output in Africa’s largest economy.
Monthly Archives: July 2014
top score in China satisfaction survey; tie between Beijing Hyundai, Dongfeng Citroen
Beijing Hyundai and Dongfeng Citroen topped mass-market brands in J.D. Power’s latest annual survey of Chinese consumers’ satisfaction with the car-buying experience.
Honda rolls out the new Civic wagon
Honda hopes that sleek styling and a smart interior will help its new Civic Tourer compact station wagon boost the automaker’s flagging sales in Europe.
GM Leases Are The Post-Recall Bargain
By Ross Kenneth Urken
The saving grace for General Motors amid its recent recall debacle has been robust sales; the company sold 2,505,889 vehicles worldwide in the second quarter of 2014, with year-over-year sales in the United States up 7%.
Consumers’ purchasing behavior may be unfazed by the safety concerns, but the true bargains for those at GM dealerships are to be found on leases.
GM Proves America Can Still Drive Big
By Ross Kenneth Urken
Today at Cedar Lake Studio in New York, General Motors unveiled its Chevrolet and GMC 2015 SUV line-up with a focus on the all-new Chevy tanks, the Tahoe and Suburban.
GM holds about 75% of the full-size SUV market, and it’s selling the land yachts in droves: thus far in 2013, Chevy and GMC have sold more than 180,000 Tahoe, Suburban, Yukon, Yukon XL, and Denali SUVs with revenue on full-sized SUVs alone equal to that of a Fortune 400 company.
