Audi’s Stadler Out as CEO, but Perhaps Only Temporarily
An emergency board meeting held in the wake of Audi CEO Rupert Stadler’s Monday arrest led to the chief executive’s suspension from the company. It was Stadler’s idea, apparently. As the former CEO...
View ArticleTesla’s Employee Lawsuit Saga Grows Weirder by the Minute
Tesla CEO Elon Musk appears to be on the hunt for potential saboteurs and thieves. However, as the company doubles down on Model 3 assembly both inside its Fremont, California plant and the tent...
View ArticleEx-Audi CEO Clams Up, Wants Out of the Clink
Former Audi CEO Rupert Stadler’s “How I spent My Summer Vacation” story isn’t likely to make any of us jealous. The one-time top dog at the German luxury automaker has cooled his heels in a Bavarian...
View ArticleAs Health Suffers, Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne Could Be Replaced Today
Several news agencies are reporting that Sergio Marchionne, the colorful chief executive who returned Fiat, and then a combined Fiat Chrysler, to profitability, might not end the day as CEO....
View ArticleFerrari Names New CEO As Word of Marchionne’s Health Takes on Ominous Tones
Louis C. Camilleri was named the next chief executive officer of Ferrari N.V. on Saturday, succeeding former CEO and chairman Sergio Marchionne, whose health has taken a turn for the worse. As head of...
View ArticleAlfredo Altavilla, Fiat Chrysler’s Europe, Middle East and Africa Chief, Hits...
A man in the running to replace Sergio Marchionne after his planned 2019 retirement has left the company, just two days after Jeep and Ram boss Mike Manley took over the CEO position from a seriously...
View ArticleMarchionne Was Ill for More Than a Year; Hospital Speaks Out
Former Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne, who died Wednesday at the age of 66, underwent treatment for a serious, unspecified illness for more than a year, a Swiss hospital revealed Thursday. The...
View ArticleMovin’ Money: Ex-Volkswagen CEO’s Transfers Raise Investigators’ Eyebrows
Large money transfers initiated by former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn early last year have German investigators wondering if the executive may have believed a criminal charge was incoming. Already...
View ArticleMelody Lee Resigns From Cadillac; Book Gets a New Boss
Melody Lee, the former brand marketing director who joined General Motors’ luxury division in 2012 and later headed its “Book by Cadillac” subscription service, has resigned. Apparently, Lee isn’t...
View ArticlePrakash Patel Out at Ford After Allegation of Inappropriate Behavior: Report
Prakash Patel, Ford’s global director of program management and former lead planner for the sixth-generation Mustang, has left the company. Ford Motor Company confirmed Patel’s departure to Automotive...
View ArticleAs Court Rejects ex-Audi CEO’s Prison Appeal, Automaker Chooses Its Future...
Rupert Stadler, whose reign as CEO of Audi came to an end after his June arrest, won’t walk out the front doors of his Bavarian jail anytime soon. A Munich court has rejected the former auto...
View ArticleMusk Tosses the Sleeping Bag to a New Bigshot
Big Tesla news inevitable comes at odd times, usually at the very end of the week, and most often at night — at least here on the East Coast. And so it was that late Friday afternoon, following another...
View ArticleAhead of IPO, Aston Martin Appoints a Female Chair
British luxury car maker Aston Martin is putting a contemporary face on its company ahead of an initial public offering planned for October. On Monday, the company appointed Penny Hughes to the...
View ArticleLittle Lotus Lands a British Heavyweight for CEO
In its quest to gain a loftier status among the sporty, well-to-do set, Lotus Cars spent the year poaching talent from other British automakers. China’s Geely, which holds a majority stake in the...
View ArticleLocal Man Finally Hit With Libel Suit
A Silicon Valley resident had a big day yesterday. After finally revealing the real, live, human being he plans to stuff on top of a rocket for a journey around the moon, this same resident also...
View ArticleNeil Schloss, One of Ford’s Financial Saviors, Announces Retirement
As former treasurer of Ford Motor Company, Schloss probably doesn’t look at that dark period a decade ago with much fondness. It was a rough time, as he, Chief Financial Officer Lewis Booth, and CEO...
View ArticleAs Dr. Z Prepares to Move On, Daimler Taps a Swede for CEO Job
Daimler AG and its Mercedes-Benz division won’t have Dieter Zetsche at the helm for much longer. The mustachioed, jeans-loving chief executive, who’s headed the automaker since 2000, leaves the...
View ArticleManley Shakes Up FCA Ranks; Bigland Heads Back to Ram
Fiat Chrysler CEO Mike Manley just can’t keep his hands off the Jeep brand. In his first management reorganization since assuming the top position in July, Manley placed the responsibility for key FCA...
View ArticleJailed Audi CEO Rupert Stadler Cut Loose From Company
Rupert Stadler, now former CEO of Audi, saw his contract with Volkswagen Group terminated on Tuesday, thus allowing the automaker to distance itself from a PR-squashing reminder of its disastrous...
View ArticleFacepalms Reverberate Across America As Musk Mocks the Regulator That Has Him...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk loves railing against shortsellers to the same degree that normal, regular people enjoy eating and breathing. As his company’s stock continues a downward slide initiated and...
View ArticleVolkswagen Taps Audi’s Scott Keogh As New North American Boss
Scott Keogh, head of Audi of America, will switch jobs on November 1st. The 49-year-old, who joined Audi in 2006 and ascended to the U.S. president’s chair in 2012, will take over Volkswagen’s North...
View ArticleHyundai Motor America Looking for Another CEO
After barely a year in the biggest office at Hyundai Motor America, CEO Kyung Soo Lee has returned to South Korea, leaving the automaker’s American arm looking for a new boss. Lee served as an interim...
View ArticleLincoln Product Boss Hangs Up His Hat
The man who oversaw the development of Lincoln’s current vehicle lineup will retire effective November 1st, the automaker claims. Scott Tobin, a Ford Motor Company veteran who hopped the pond from...
View ArticleMaserati’s North American Dealer Boss Handed the Reins
Maserati, a fairly opaque, Fiat Chrysler-owned brand that exists in the periphery of the mainstream luxury scene, has a new leader in North America. Announced Monday, Al Gardner, head of dealer...
View ArticleRenault-Nissan Boss Carlos Ghosn to Be Sacked; Industry Titan Faces Arrest in...
Carlos Ghosn, the globe-straddling executive behind the Renault-Nissan Alliance and the resurrection of Mitsubishi Motors, has reportedly been arrested in Japan following a whistleblower-prompted...
View ArticleWhat Did Nissan Accomplish During Carlos Ghosn’s Tenure?
We’re weeks, probably months, perhaps years or even decades from learning what went down in Nissan’s Yokohama executive suite over the last few days, weeks, and months. Nissan’s departed boss, Carlos...
View ArticleWith Charges Still Not Laid, Ghosn to Be Treated ‘As a Burglar’
Disgraced industry phenom Carlos Ghosn, who still holds the title of Nissan chairman and Renault CEO (though likely not for long), could remain in custody for some time as Japanese authorities take...
View ArticleBoard Meets, and Ghosn’s (Almost) Gone From Nissan
As expected, Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn ended the week with fewer titles than when he started. The automaker’s board of directors voted to remove the executive, instrumental in creating the...
View ArticleDropped From Mitsubishi and Nissan, Ghosn Faces New Allegations
Mitsubishi Motors, which joined the Renault-Nissan Alliance in 2016, voted unanimously to drop Carlos Ghosn as its chairman Monday, just a week after the executive’s arrest on suspicion of financial...
View Article‘There Isn’t Anything to Build’: GM Canada Prez Opens Up About Oshawa...
Despite ongoing turmoil in the country’s oilpatch, with the government of Alberta paying to have white Dodge Durango R/T SUVs project a constantly updating tally of money lost due to discounted...
View ArticleFCA’s Manley Taps Amazon Exec as COO for North America
Fiat Chrysler CEO Mike Manley, thrust unexpectedly into the leader’s chair following Sergio Marchionne’s death in early July, has called on a former Amazon executive to serve as chief operating...
View ArticleFrom M to N to R&D Boss: Albert Biermann’s Promotion Has Hyundai Fans...
What new products will Albert Biermann spearhead? That’s what Hyundai watchers wonder as they read that the former BMW M performance head — and later boss of Hyundai’s fledgling N division — has in...
View ArticleWith Ghosn’s Release Seemingly Imminent, Nissan Tries to Keep Him From Going...
Detained in a Tokyo jail since his Nov. 19 arrest, Renault CEO and former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn could soon find himself out on bail. A Tokyo district court has rejected an appeal aimed at...
View ArticleCarlos Ghosn Re-arrested Following New Allegation
Just yesterday, it looked as if Renault CEO and former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn might make it out of jail by the weekend. Japanese prosecutors had another idea, however. The industry titan was...
View ArticleJim Perkins, Who Saved the Corvette From a Moribund GM, Dies
Much has been written about Jim Perkins, the Texas boy with a keen love of Chevrolet whose relentless ambition finally placed him in GM’s sphere of influence. It’s thanks to Perkins that Chevrolet’s...
View ArticleLike Father, Like Son: GM’s Mark Reuss Named Company President
Mark Reuss, General Motors’ global product boss and fan of the Chevrolet Camaro and Corvette (especially the ZR1), was named GM president on Thursday morning, replacing Dan Ammann in that vacated role....
View ArticleGhosn’s Lawyers Have a Big Day Planned Tomorrow
Renault CEO and ex-Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn is apparently very eager to tell his story, and tomorrow he’ll get his chance. The industry titan, who has resided in a Tokyo jail since his Nov. 19...
View ArticleGhosn Professes Innocence in Court Hearing
Ghosn, with the help of his team of lawyers, earned the right to speak in a packed Tokyo courtroom on Tuesday, and he used his time efficiently. Described as looking gaunt, the jailed Renault CEO and...
View ArticleInfiniti Prez Krueger Takes a Walk, Christian Meunier Steps In
Nissan’s Infiniti division has a new president. Announced Tuesday, Infiniti marketing and sales boss Christian Meunier will take the helm of the automaker’s luxury arm, replacing a departing Roland...
View ArticleGhosn Investigation Leads Top Nissan Exec to Bolt
Nissan’s chief performance officer, José Muñoz, has resigned from the company amid an broadened investigation into former chairman Carlos Ghosn’s alleged financial misconduct. Muñoz, 54, who also...
View ArticleMaterazzo appointed group vice president, Toyota Marketing
Lisa Materazzo has been appointed group vice president, Toyota Marketing, replacing Ed Laukes, who is retiring after 32 years with the automaker. Materazzo, who currently serves as vice president of...
View ArticleCarlos Ghosn to be Flambéd by the French
Carlos Ghosn, Renault-Nissan’s former head honcho, will be questioned by investigators in Beirut next month, according to a report from Reuters that appeared in Autoblog. This time it’s not the...
View ArticleMark LaNeve Exits Ford
Mark LaNeve is departing Ford after nearly four decades of sales and marketing in the auto industry, having held a number of leadership roles at General Motors and Volvo Cars in North America. LaNeve...
View ArticleKia Hotseat Reopens When COO Exits the Building
Kia Motors America is looking for a new number two behind Sean Yoon, president and CEO of Kia Motors America, because as reported by Automotive News, COO Bill Peffer quit one week into the job. Sources...
View ArticleGinetta Sports Cars Coming to America
Ginetta, a British race car manufacturer for more than 60 years, has opened Ginetta North America in South Boston, Virginia, to provide support for their motorsports customers across North America....
View ArticleToyota’s Akio Toyoda Chosen 2021 World Car Person of the Year
Selected 2021 World Car Awards Person of the Year was Akio Toyoda, Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) president and CEO. “Akio Toyoda is the charismatic President and CEO of Toyota Motor Corporation. He...
View Article2021 Hyundai LGBTQ Partnership Announced
Hyundai’s support for the LGBTQ community continues. Announced today, it includes a new commercial, and sponsorships of the 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards and 2021 Outfest Fusion QTBIPOC Film Festival....
View ArticlePolaris Renews Its Leadership
Polaris today affirmed the appointments of a new CEO and CFO, both of whom had been serving in interim roles since January. The manufacturer of motorcycles, off-road vehicles, and boats named Michael...
View ArticleNew Communicators at Audi and Hyundai
Hyundai and Audi both filled high-level communications posts this week. Audi promoted Emilie Cotter, while at Hyundai Sarah Fullwood arrived devoid of automotive experience. Audi of America hired...
View ArticleGuyton New Mazda North American Ops President
Appointed Mazda North American Operations (NAO) president and CEO, Jeff Guyton replaces Masahiro Moro effective June 24th. Recalled to Hiroshima, Moro becomes the newly-minted Chief Communications...
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