BMW brand reported its highest-ever November sales, beating Audi and Mercedes-Benz brand, but the two rivals remain on course to narrow BMW’s 2014 lead in the global luxury car market.
Daily Archives: December 11, 2014
another BMW exec, Herbert Diess, bails for VW
By DAVID McHUGH
Volkswagen recruited Herbert Diess, a top BMW executive — who was immediately seen as a potential successor to VW boss Martin Winterkorn as other management changes at BMW took place.
2015 Subaru Legacy debuts as Roomiest ever
By ANN M. JOB
Redesigned for 2015, the Subaru Legacy is a sensible and more refined family sedan that has the best fuel economy for the lowest starting retail price among America’s all-wheel drive sedans.
EIA says California home to almost half of US plug-in electric vehicles
Total US sales of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs)—battery electric and plug-in hybrid electric—have increased in recent years, but still represent only about 0.7% of new vehicle sales in 2014 so far, up from 0.6% in 2013 and 0.4% in 2012.
Honda to expand investigative air bag recall globally
By Chang-Ran Kim and Maki Shiraki
Honda said it will expand an ‘investigative’ recall to replace potentially lethal Takata Corp air bag inflators across the globe, taking the total Takata-related recall tally of all brands to more than 19 million since 2008.
