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Enthusiasts meandering through the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in 50 years will have an easy way to tell approximately when a Lamborghini was made. Starting later in 2024, the brand's cars will wear a logo that has been redesigned with a focus on minimalism.
Another week, another drip in the feed covering Nissan's plan to restore its product and its brand. The news this time comes from dealer sources who spoke to Automotive News about regional meetings held in Boston, Dallas, and Orlando. Two summaries from two dealers to AN were, «We haven't talked product in ages,» and, «The message is the car is the star,» which throw up all kinds of implications about the dark times Nissan's emerging from. The dealers had positive things to say about new product on the way as soon as this year, which includes a badly needed fourth-generation Murano.
NEW YORK — In addition to providing thoughts on a future Xterra while at the New York International Auto Show, Nissan Americas Senior Vice President and Chief Planning Officer Ponz Pandikuthira also talked with us a bit about EVs, and more specifically model lines and nameplates. We've seen a few strategies ranging from almost completely new and parallel model lines (such as Hyundai's Ioniqs and Kia's EV#s), to reusing old names on still similarly parallel models (such as Chevy's Equinox, Blazer and Silverado EVs), and of course blends of the two. So far, Nissan has gone with the separate model route with Leaf and Ariya, but that may not be as much the case in the future.
In October 2022, Jeep brand ex-president <a href=«https://www.autoblog.com/2022/11/27/name-the-new-electric-jeep-wagoneer-contest/» data-ylk=«elm:context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec:donut-hole;cpos:1;» data-rapid_p=«10» data-v9y=«1»>Christian Meunier told Motor Trend
Buick keeps putting the gorgeous Wildcat EV concept back in front of our faces, and it’s just not fair. GM’s premium brand released a new tagline today, “Exceptional by design,” and the Wildcat EV is the face of the company’s new motto.
Ten years ago, at the beginning of 2014, the late Sergio Marchionne said he wanted Jeep to sell a million units worldwide that year. Despite then-Jeep CEO Mike Manley downplaying the goal, the brand crossed the seven-figure mark in 2014 and remained there until 2022, largely on the strength of U.S. sales that peaked at 972,227 units in 2018. At the beginning of 2017, the brand planned to sell more than 2 million units by 2020 or so. That target is a longer way off now than it was seven years ago; the U.S. sales trend reversed after 2018, falling to 641,166 sales last year, which was 6% lower than the year before. Parent company Stellantis nominated Antonio Filosa to Jeep's CEO suite as of last November, the former COO of Stellantis' South American outpost replacing Christian Meunier and tasked with a sales rebound for America's adventure brand. As part of a media roundtable after 90 days in the role, Filosa told outlets including Autoblog that, «We need to do something about market penetration and market share because it's not where this brand deserves to be.»
Twelve years ago, Delta hooked up with brand partner Porsche on a VIP transfer service at the airline's primary U.S. hub, Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson, that whisked certain flyers from one plane to another in Stuttgart style. The program has since expanded to eight additional airports, and there appear to be two access tiers. The best is the one with mysterious access — no one's sure how to get it, but being Delta 360 or Diamond Elite helps — that puts a flyer in a very special Porsche. Last summer, Delta added a 918 Spyder to the car pool of Cayennes, Macans, and Panameras at the Atlanta airport. And now, there's a 911 GT3 RS at LAX.
EVs are terrific and they may very well be the future, but given the infrastructure challenges of both public and at-home charging, they are not realistic for a great many at this time. Their high costs also represent an iffy financial decision when you start running the numbers on EVs versus comparably sized hybrids and plug-in hybrids: yes, you’ll save money by running on electricity, but probably not enough to counter the much higher cost of entry.