Ford Motor Co’s luxury brand Lincoln will triple its sales by 2020 to 300,000 vehicles globally, from 100,000 in 2013, the automaker’s Lincoln chief said on Monday.
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UAW, two German labor groups link to organize VW in Tennessee
By Bernie Woodall and Andreas Cremer in Berlin
The United Auto Workers union and two top German labor groups have signed a letter of intent to jointly organize the Volkswagen AG assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, a top UAW official said on Monday.
Honda revs up for Paris with hot Civic Type-R
Aimed at those that prize performance above style or subtlety Honda’s hottest of hot hatches will face some stiff competition when it arrives in the French capital this week for the Paris Motor Show.
Italy prime minister says jobs matter more than Fiat hq location
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ decision to have a home base in London matters less than the jobs and opportunities that the combined company will create in Italy.
French carmakers use Paris to show progress in low-CO2 cars
French automakers are putting a big emphasis on fuel efficiency at the Paris auto show this year. Already considered among Europe’s best at making frugal, low-emission powertrains, PSA/Peugeot-Citroen and Renault aim to maintain their standing – and they are using money from the French government to do so.
Sister companies Peugeot and Citroen both will unveil concepts that use lightweight materials and a compressed-air hybrid drivetrain to deliver consumption figures as low as of 2 liters of gasoline per 100km (U.K. 141 mpg; U.S. 117 mpg). Renault, meanwhile, will show a lightweight new plug-in hybrid concept that offers consumption as low as 1 liter per 100km (U.K. 282 mpg; U.S. 235 mpg).
