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News from the Car industry in the Americas Buick brings back Super name
A name that disappeared in the late 1950s will return when Buick unveils its Super line of premium-trim vehicles at a media event next week in New York. The LaCrosse Super and Lucerne Super will feature performance and chassis upgrades, exclusive content and design enhancements, Buick General Manager Steve Shannon told members of the bord. |
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Canada auto emissions incentives seen ineffective.Canadian government plan to offer rebates for fuel-efficient vehicles and heavily tax gas-guzzlers will do little to change consumer buying habits and curb emission
s, industry observers and environment groups said today. "The policy is ineffective and it's going to fail," said Dennis DesRosiers, president of DesRosiers Car Consultants Inc.
Valeo rejects Pardus call for Visteon bidFrench Car parts company Valeo SA today rejected a call bya large stake holder for a full bid on U.S. peer Visteon Corp., but did not exclude a possible deal for some assets. |
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U.S. hedge fund Pardus, which has stakes in both companies, wants Valeo to buy Visteon, a source close to the fund said. .Buick sees 'roughly flat' North American sales in 2007
The Buick brand expects sales to be "roughly flat" in 2007 compared with a year earlier in its home market of North America, the brand's general manager told reporters today. |
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