Posts Tagged ‘carlos ghosn’

Trapster exposes speed traps on your mobile device

Saturday, May 24th, 2008
"Your mobile phone alerts you as you approach speed traps." That's the idea behind Trapster, an innovative service that uses technology, not the age-old flashing headlamps approach, to notify other drivers of a police speed trap. Motorists who come across an enforced speed zone are encouraged to rep......

Ghosn: Nissan not pursuing partnership with Chrysler

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
According to Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault-Nissan, the Franco-Japanese carmaker is not interested in adding additional alliances with Chrysler at this time. While Chrysler recently inked a deal to have Nissan manufacture subcompacts to sell in South America, that is as far as it goes. "We have an OE ......

Nissan’s Ghosn: US auto industry in recession

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Carlos Ghosn, President, Knight, and big cheese at Nissan Motor Company and Renault, says the U.S. auto industry is in recession. Ghosn told the Associated Press, "We are very lucid on the situation of the industry that there is a recession in the United States, at least in the car market." With Nis......

Carlos Ghosn goes to Russia, returns with a new AvtoVaz

Friday, December 7th, 2007
Relentless deal maker Carlos Ghosn has never stopped looking for any partnership that would give Renault a plum position in a profitable market. Already close to a Nissan deal with Chrysler working on Renault and Nissan deals in the Middle East, his latest paramour is in Russia. Ghosn has secured hi......

Ghosn on Middle East tour: Electric cars in Israel, factory in Morocco

Sunday, November 11th, 2007
Renault-Nissan president Carlos Ghosn is arguably one of the most effective automotive industry executives, and having just embarked upon a tour of the Middle East, may prove to be more effective than the endless stream of government and military envoys parading in and out of sand-swept capitals. Gh......

Ghosn takes his Qs from dealers on new Infiniti flagship

Sunday, November 4th, 2007
Before unveiling the simply fantastic new GT-R in Los Angeles, Nissan-Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn did not appear to be a big fan of high-end halo cars. Renault's line-up is limited primarily to compact hatchbacks and sedans, while the Infiniti Q45 was discontinued two years ago without a replacement. B......

Ghosn takes his Qs from dealers on new Infiniti flagship

Sunday, November 4th, 2007
Before unveiling the simply fantastic new GT-R in Los Angeles, Nissan-Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn did not appear to be a big fan of high-end halo cars. Renault's line-up is limited primarily to compact hatchbacks and sedans, while the Infiniti Q45 was discontinued two years ago without a replacement. B......

Chrysler will sell version of Nissan Versa in South America

Monday, October 29th, 2007
The potential partnership between Chrysler and Nissan on which we reported yesterday is officially a done deal, with Nissan agreeing to supply a version of the Versa for Chrysler to sell in South America. This is not, as we were all supposing, a deal that will have the automakers cooperating on any ......

Nissan to hook up Chrysler with small cars

Sunday, October 28th, 2007
Carlos Ghosn, Nissan/Renault's CEO, has been looking for a U.S. automaker to partner up with for some time and he may have finally found a suitable suitor. Reuters is reporting that a negotiations between Chrysler and Nissan to supply the Cerberus-owned automaker with a small car that would displace......

Rock photographer Jim Marshall turns his lens towards the Nissan GT-R

Saturday, October 13th, 2007
click above image for gallery of Jim Marshall's Nissan GT-R shotsThe Nissan GT-R is undoubtedly the rock star of the auto industry at the moment. So it makes since that Nissan hired noted rock and roll photographer Jim Marshall to capture the GT-R's gestation over the past year. The series of images......