John
Calabrese, vice president of Global Vehicle Engineering and president
of Global Technology Operations for General Motors Co., helps predict
future GM moves. (Calabrese retired
from GM in 2014 )
Richard
LoFaso, Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. corporate marketing manager for Truck
Operations, hopes to increase sales with Toyota’s redesigned
Tundra full-size pickup.
Chrysler
brand chief Saad Chehab is counting on
Detroit”s”All-American” image to help
sell cars. Saad Chehab left Chrysler in late 2013 to become chief
marketing officer for Maserati SpA
Owen Peacock,
The national manager of
marketing and
communications for Toyota’s Scion division tells about its
moves
to expand sales and attract new buyers.
Chrysler’s
youthful top
designer Ralph V. Gilles
keeps America’s love affair with cars alive.
Lexus boss
Mark Templin tells about the
new, sportier
direction of Lexus cars, including the redesigned 2013 GS sedan.
Chrysler
Group LLC executive Christine
Barman is helping
put sexy rear-wheel-drive American cars more in style again.
Mark Perry,
director of product
planning and advanced
technology strategy for Nissan North America, is helping Nissan become
a stronger competitor in America.
C.J.
O'Donnell, group marketing manager
for Lincoln, is
working to increase that venerable automaker's allure. O'Donnell was
reassigned in September, 2012, to market Ford's electrified vehicles.
Fiat North
American Brand Head Laura J.
Soave on reintroducing Italy’s Fiat
to America with cute 500 model
Soave left the company late in 2011 to pursue other interests.
Buick
Product Marketing Director Roger McCormack on losing Buick’s
“grandfather” image and a future that includes its
European-style, hot rod Regal GS.
Goodyear Tire
Whiz Robert Toth on spare
tire
disappearance, pressure warning lights, flats and inflation.
International
Sports Car Racing Great
Hurley Haywood Gives Key Driving Tips
Derrick
Kuzak – Ford Group
Vice President of
Global Product Development – Moving To Upscale Small
Cars
Kuzak retired from Ford in April after 33 years with the automaker,
which called him "absolutely integral to the comeback at Ford."
Anne E. Belec
– From Volvo Cars North America boss
to Navistar Inc. Chief Marketing Officer. Belec left the company in
2011 to pursue other interests.
John
F. Krafcik, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hyundai Motor
America, tells why Hyundai is so hot and speaks of its future plans.
Christophe
Georges,
President and
Chief Operating Officer of Bentley Motors of the Americas on luxury
car sales declines.
Muscle Car Guru Jim
Wangers on Pontiac's demise
Veteran Ferrari Dealer John
Weinberger on Sexy Ferrari
Market
Top Audi executive
Scott Keogh on that
automaker's rising star.
Keogh was named president of Audi of America in 2012.
Volkswagen Design Chief Walter
de’ Silva on future Volkswagens
