Luca Ciferri

TURIN -- Maserati today released the first official images of its Ghibli four-door sedan ahead of the car's debut at the Shanghai auto show next week. The Ghibli will be the first Maserati production car to offer a diesel variant. The rear-wheel-drive Ghibli will play a significant role in

Editor's note: A previous version of this story had incorrect dimensions for Alfa Romeo's planned SUV. 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. But Alfa's European boss, Louis-Carl Vignon, is convinced

… Volkswagen. Carlos Tavares explained how Renault would do this in an interview with Automotive News Europe Editor Luca Ciferri . Last year, European sales declined by 8 percent but Renault brand's volume fell by 22 percent. Why? You should …

… SUVS and crossovers will help the brand reach its target during a recent interview with Automotive News Europe Editor Luca Ciferri . Audi plans to become the world's largest premium brand by 2020 selling 2 million units. Looking at how sales have …

The race to become the world's No. 1 luxury brand is heating up as Audi and Mercedes-Benz step up their efforts to topple BMW from the top spot. The battle is not just about volume sales -- the three German premium giants also want to lead in profitability, in offering the most admired cars and in

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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. The battle is not just about volume sales; the three German premium giants also want to lead in profitability, in offering the most admired cars and in packing their models with

… says. "By 2020, every third Audi will be a Q model." Stadler spoke recently with Automotive News Europe Editor Luca Ciferri . Q: Audi wants to become the world's largest premium brand by 2020, selling 2 million units. Given recent results …

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Audi today released the first images of its A3 sedan, a new variant of its A3 compact line that will compete for young luxury buyers with the Mercedes-Benz CLA. The A3 sedan will mainly be aimed at customers in the United States and China where sedans are more popular than in Audi's home European

MUNICH -- BMW's new X4 model will bring a new type of customer to the brand, sales chief Ian Robertson said. The X4 will be a sportier version of the X3 SUV with a lower roofline and coupe styling. It follows BMW's launch of the coupe-styled X6 as a sportier alternative to the X5. "With the X6 we

MUNICH -- Despite tight capacity to build its expanding crossover lineup, BMW AG says its Spartanburg, S.C., plant will be the sole global source for the X4 crossover coming next year. BMW will expand Spartanburg's annual capacity from almost 300,000 units last year to 350,000 units, the company ...

MUNICH -- BMW says its i3 electric compact model can cover up to 220 kilometers (136 miles) on a single battery charge, which can be extended up to 350 kilometers using an optional range extender. The i3, BMW's first ''born electric'' model, is set to debut in production form at the Frankfurt auto

The Geneva auto show signaled that the classic four-door, three-box sedan with a true trunk is out of fashion, particularly in Europe. Two examples of this trend come from automakers with long traditions of sedan making: BMW and Mercedes-Benz. The BMW 3-series GT and the Mercedes CLA, both of which

GENEVA #8211; Pininfarina may produce a small number of its Sergio concept at a price tag of about 3 million euros each, the company's chief executive said. "We are considering a very limited run of five to six units," Pininfarina CEO Silvio Angori told Automotive News Europe last week at the ...

… introduced the Latitude in Europe, a version of the Samsung SM5 built in Korea. European sales of the Latitude were just 2,085 last year, down 70 percent on the year before, according to JATO Dynamics. Luca Ciferri contributed to this report

INGOLSTADT, Germany -- Audi is counting on its growing Q line of SUVs to help it drive past the BMW brand to No. 1 in global luxury car sales by 2020. Audi CEO Rupert Stadler said Tuesday that the automaker's Q range would account for 33 percent to 40 percent of its planned 2 million global sales