Golf-Sized Lancia In Disguise Trumpets Luxury High Prices May Do For It, If Cutthroat Competition Doesn’t Chrysler Brand Says Buy American Dream, But This Is Italian rating *** out of 5 For – pretty, stylish, roomy Against – too expensive, rubbish auto gear-box It must be tough selling cars. For years we’ve been told if you buy a […]
British Taxpayer Funds Bentley Engines; Why Didn’t VW Cough Up? Why does Bentley need almost £5 million of hard-earned taxpayer money to fund new engines, when it is owned by Volkswagen of Germany which in October announced it earned more than £6 billion in profit in the third quarter and is likely to make […]
Fiat of Italy has charged Chrysler with raising sales in Europe, and it is providing these two small cars – the little Lancia Ypsilon city car and VW Golf-sized Lancia Delta – to augment the traditional big American cars like the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Chrysler 300C. Last January, Chrysler said it wanted European sales […]
Acquisitive VW In Danger Of Looking Like A Conglomerate But Defensive Quality Paramount As Economic Clouds Gather VW has delivered most of its organic earnings potential and has also turned itself into an automotive conglomerate Volkswagen is on the crest of wave with profits and sales surging, but as the company grows it is in […]
Strength To Continue In Fourth Quarter, Says S&P’s Schulz The media is full of gloom and doom about the U.S. economy being on the verge of a double-dip recession, but American car buyers are not listening, for the time being at least. A rush of nifty new models persuaded buyers to take the plunge, including […]
Road Tests So Far Shed No Light On Range Claims Electric sports car maker Tesla Motors’ latest investor schmoozing programme was carried out successfully, with most participants in its Model S ride event in Fremont, California expressing admiration for the progress the company is making. Investors drove the four-door Model S, scheduled for launch in […]
Unlike Previous Crisis, Balance Sheets, Stocks Under Control But Lack Of Political Action Could Infect Even BMW, Mercedes “Although we currently expect BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi to continue to post positive growth in 2012, there is little doubt there will be contingencies for a sudden downturn in global demand” Although latest car sales figures look […]
Battery Car Sales Barely Register, Hammered By Price, Range Anxiety Hybrids Will Be Most Important High Tech Sector Could Weird Little Renault Twizy Be Most Popular Electric Vehicle? “Why don’t manufacturers produce a cheap and cheerful improved golf-cart with no pretensions about being a car, with limited shopping or school-run capability?” “A gasoline hybrid would […]
Weird Looking Baby SUV Is A Bridge Too Far Qashqai Design Was Brave, Innovative, Highly Successful This One Is Daring Too, But Misses The Target ** out of 5 Nissan Seeks Out The “Urban Player” With No Embarrass Genes For – singular looks, terrific interior, decent value Against – if you’re old enough to afford this car, you’ve […]
