by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 18, 2019
Throughout the course of its 30-year run, the North American International Auto Show in Detroit’s Cobo Center became known as a “designers’ show” because of the large number of concept cars that emerged during the annual press preview. For 2019, the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 15, 2019
Nissan’s luxury division Infiniti has a new president. And Christian Meunier has a new strategy for the brand, one that downsizes the marque’s line-up but which he is confident will also make Infiniti more nimble and responsive to changing consumer trends. The...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 14, 2019
It’s been nearly a decade since Infiniti first promised to bring a battery-electric vehicle into its line-up, the automaker quickly deciding not to go with a gussied-up version of the decidedly down-market Leaf sold by parent brand Nissan. With Infiniti now trying to...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 13, 2019
Cadillac has been in the midst of a “renaissance” for nearly two decades, but it’s a turnaround that has never quite taken hold, especially in the home U.S. market where sales took another 1.1% dip last year. The big problem has been the lackluster success of the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 9, 2019
It’s been the world’s best-selling battery-vehicle since its introduction nearly a decade ago, but the Nissan Leaf had been losing ground as competitors like Tesla have rolled out an array of new competitors. Now, the Japanese automaker is aiming to regain momentum...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 4, 2019
It’s been a year since Infiniti, Nissan’s luxury brand, announced plans to shift to an “all electrified” powertrain strategy starting in 2021, but the automaker plans to give us a hint of what’s coming with the debut of the QX Inspiration concept vehicle at the North...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 14, 2018
Infiniti has a history of telegraphing its future with a series of intriguing auto show concept vehicles – and we can expect that to happen once again next month as it pulls the wraps off an electric crossover concept at the North American International Auto Show in...
by Michael Strong | Nov 14, 2018
New car customers rated Porsche as the top brand in J.D. Power released its annual Sales Satisfaction Index (SSI) Study today and Porsche took top honors overall while Mini was the leader in the “mass market” category while Porsche is considered a luxury car. The...
by Michael Strong | Nov 8, 2018
Nissan Motor Co. reported an 8% drop in quarterly profits due to declining sales in its biggest markets, North America and Europe, as well as hits on raw material costs. The Japanese automaker reported quarterly profits of 130.4 billion yen, or $1.1 billion, on...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Oct 3, 2018
Since launching the first in a broad series of joint ventures nine years ago, Daimler AG and the Nissan/Renault/Mitsubishi Alliance have generated what they claim to be billions of dollars in “synergies” that have allowed them to expand their product lines and grow...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Oct 1, 2018
Long a laggard in the luxury market, Infiniti has been making some serious moves to boost credibility over the last few years, notably by fleshing out its line-up with an array of sportier new models like the Q60 coupe. Its also introduced new technology like the...
by Michael Strong | Sep 27, 2018
Infiniti is ready to storm into Paris next month revealing its progress toward the electrification of its portfolio by 2021 with the new Project Black S prototype. The prototype, which started as a design study in 2017, features Formula One dual-hybrid electric power...
