Lindsay Chappell

2nd dealer lawsuit targets Mahindra
The U.S. dealer backlash against Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. has intensified with a second lawsuit seeking class-action status. The suit, filed in federal c ...

More dealership employees = more sales?
Japanese-brand auto dealerships added 11,894 employees in the United States last year, according to a recent report from the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association in ...

Study: New products bolster market share
Automakers who replace their products faster stand to increase market share over the next four years, according to a new industry forecast from Bank of America Merrill Ly ...

Can Nissan exec repeat Mexico miracle in U.S.?
Jose Munoz, who most recently dazzled Nissan leaders by pushing the company's Mexican subsidiary into market dominance, became senior vice president of sales and marketin ...

Radio, print, TV left out of auto ad boom
With auto advertising booming this year, automakers and car dealers will shift more ad dollars from traditional newspaper, TV and radio outlets to online and nontradition ...

Nissan dealer gripes greet new execs
Nissan dealers have given the franchise a poor report card just as a new management team takes over. Former Ram Truck CEO Fred Diaz, brand new to his job as U.S. ...

Nissan hits record month on fresh models
Sales of Nissan's recently redesigned Altima, Sentra and Pathfinder pushed the brand to a record May level last month in the United States. ...

Nissan says game gives its performance cred a boost
It may look like fun and games to some people, but this year's release of Sony's Gran Turismo 6 will be big marketing business for Nissan. ...

Miss. officials defend Nissan incentive deal
State officials in Mississippi are defending Nissan -- and themselves -- from the public backlash of a UAW-sponsored study that claims the automaker stands to receive far ...

Nissan's NYC taxi deal may lose exclusivity
Nissan could have to give up part of its exclusive deal to supply the only taxicab in New York City for the next decade because of a state Supreme Court ruling there. ...

NY court bedevils Nissan's taxi deal
Five months before Nissan is to begin rolling its yellow taxis onto the streets of New York City, the state's supreme court has ruled one element of the deal "null, void ...

U.S. tweaks boost Leaf's mpg score
U.S. production of Nissan's Leaf electric vehicle has resulted in improved EPA fuel economy numbers for the car. The production move from Japan to Nissan's plant in Smyrn ...

Old-school Rizza roars into the digital age
In an age when auto dealers are plunging into digital tools for marketing, store management and customer retention, Chicago's Rizza Cars has become a star practitioner. ...

Chevy will get a version of small Nissan cargo van
General Motors will sell a restyled version of Nissan's four-cylinder NV200 commercial van as the 2015 Chevrolet City Express in the fall of 2014. ...

UAW study chides Nissan for tax breaks at Miss. plant
A research study commissioned by UAW labor organizers claims that Nissan could receive four times the previously reported level of state and local incentives and tax brea ...

Survey: Consumers are ready for new tech ideas in cars
A new survey about what vehicle consumers want and don't want suggests that the auto industry is lagging consumers when it comes to technology ideas. ...

How GM and Nissan avoided a UAW thorn
A labor taboo still exists in the North American auto industry, and Nissan and GM sidestepped it this week. ...

GM to rebadge Nissan's small commercial vans for Chevy
General Motors has turned to Nissan to put Chevrolet dealers into the small cargo van market. ...

The auto boom -- without new jobs
Bill Strauss has some very good news for the American auto industry. Or he has some very bad news. You can take your pick. ...

Nissan kicks off drive to cut costs
Nissan North America is stepping up manufacturing cost reduction efforts as it expands its footprint in the hemisphere. The cornerstone of the drive will be to bring down ...

New needs, more speeds
In March, luxury maker Land Rover proudly told an audience at the Geneva auto show that it would soon bring to market the industry's first nine-speed transmission. One mo ...

Infiniti adds managers
Infiniti President Johan de Nysschen continues to shift decision-making for the luxury brand onto managers who are focused solely on Infiniti. ...

Albaisa leads Infiniti design
Alfonso Albaisa, the Cuban-American designer who has led Nissan's worldwide passenger car design strategy for a year, has been named global design chief for Infiniti. ...

Nismo marketing pitch: A day at the racetrack
Nissan Motor Co. thinks a spin around a racetrack will attract shoppers better than traditional advertising to its new Nismo performance models. ...

Slow and steady wins at Subaru
Score one for the tortoise. ...