Luca Ciferri

Europe will end 18-month sales slump with positive April
Strong April UK car sales and a solid rebound in Germany last month will help western Europe end 18 consecutive months of year-on-year declines, analysts predict. ...

Citroen reinvents itself
Peugeot and Citroen have suffered for years because car buyers have trouble distinguishing one brand from the other. Citroen CEO Frederic Banzet is determined to change t ...

Montezemolo says keeping Ferrari's high profits will be challenging
Ferrari Chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo has lived through many highs and lows, both on the racetrack and at the office. Times are good now. ...

The making of LaFerrari
Ferrari's limited-edition supercars are special. ...

New LaFerrari blends speed, technology
Here is an in-depth look at some of the challenges faced en route to delivering the LaFerrari, the company's fastest, most technologically advanced road car. ...

Ferrari CEO aims to boost exclusivity, not unit sales
Times are good at Ferrari. Last year, the Italian sports car maker had record global sales of 7,318 units, which is 50 percent more than when Luca Cordero di Montezemolo ...

BMW studies China for hints on global trends
BMW is studying ways to meet the fast-changing demands of China's car buyers to determine whether trends such as tele-dining and a heavy reliance on voice messaging will ...

European execs see hope in China
The Shanghai auto show proved again that China is the promised land for automakers, particularly European companies bracing for a sixth straight year of declining car sal ...

Why even a weak China is good news for European automakers
The Shanghai auto show proved once again that China is the promised land for automakers, particularly Europeans bracing for a sixth straight year of declining car sales i ...

Looking for a Chinese car in Shanghai
If I were an executive at a Chinese domestic automaker, I would be very worried. Why? Because it is difficult to find a Chinese-brand car on the streets of Shanghai. ...

Looking for a Chinese car in Shanghai
If I were an executive at a Chinese domestic automaker, I would be very worried. Why? Because it is difficult to find a Chinese-brand car on the streets of Shanghai. ...

Peugeot already sees benefits from upmarket move
The boss of PSA/Peugeot-Citroen's namesake brand says he's already seeing benefits from efforts to move upmarket, which the automaker considers crucial to returning to pr ...

How Alfa Romeo plans to triple sales in 3 years
Skeptics think Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne's aim to triple Alfa Romeo's global sales to more than 300,000 units by 2016 is too ambitious. ...

Ghibli will be Maserati's first diesel-powered car
Maserati released images of the Ghibli four-door sedan ahead of the car's debut at the Shanghai auto show. The Ghibli will be the first Maserati production car to offer a ...

Renault takes aim at VW
Renault says its net prices last year were higher than domestic rivals Citroen and Peugeot. Now the company wants to narrow the gap with Europe's price leader among volum ...

Race for luxury lead heats up
Audi and Mercedes are both vying to be the world's No. 1 luxury brand as the race heats up to topple BMW from the top position. ...

BMW, Audi show off rival visions
The escalating rivalry among Germany's premium automakers was fully on show at the annual financial results conferences of Audi and BMW. ...

Luxury big 3 fight for sales, prestige, profits
The race to become the world's No. 1 luxury brand is heating up as Audi and Mercedes-Benz step up efforts to topple BMW. ...

Audi chief: China, crossovers are keys to world luxury crown
Audi knows how it feels to be the world's top-selling luxury vehicle brand. It was No. 1 in January before finishing second to BMW in February. ...

Is this really a different Note?
When I saw the new Nissan Note today I asked myself: Am I at the right auto show? Is this really the all-new Note that Nissan said would be dramatically different from th ...