Before we get to say a fair goodbye to Mini Clubvan, who is leaving the North American auto market, we should first refresh our readers’ memory by telling what is it with this model… Mini Clubvan was only presented last year, during the Geneva Motor Show and some said at the time it was a quite simple yet catchy unit,...
The Koreans have been the talk of all sales and product expectation recently but for all their success they still have some problems. Hyundai, for example, have recently announced that the sales rate of their Elantra model will soon drop. The reason behind the drop is the fact that production facilities can't keep up with the rising demand. Sure, if...
Despite the immense racing history and heritage the British Lotus brand is associated with they have to concede that their operation is still a small one. As part of this sort of financial and technical affair, their current model lineup isn't exactly as long as Moby Dick and even so they are struggling. Proof of this becomes immediately apparent when...
Starting today, the senior vice president office within Mazda U.S. Operations Group will have a new name written on the door, Robert Davis' one. Mazda North America appointed Robert Davis to this position in order to have somebody more competent oversee the "Group" and all the actions the Japanese will need to see it have done. At his new position,...
Not very precise of a title, but it does contain the gist of what's going on as far as Nissan and the North American market are concerned. Over 271.000 units of the Nissan Pathfinder and the Infiniti QX4 up-class brother will have owners visit dealership showrooms for a bit of a fix. Nissan Pathfinders that are affected by the recall...
It's been so long ago that few still remember that the British at Lotus use Toyota engines in the Elise and the more hardcore Exige. The engines at hand are Toyota 2ZZ-GE units and stocks are headed for depletion. Trying to capitalize on what's left, Lotus is going to make a few special edition units of each of these cars....
