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...Krueger, who previously worked at BMW and Nissan’s Infiniti brand, took over at Dyson in the early months of the pandemic, later overseeing a return-to-work policy that caused resentment among some staff...
...Its premium brand, Infiniti, has long been stuck in a rut. Sales have nearly halved in the past four years. Shares, up 7 per cent this year, lag local peers. Toyota’s stock is up by a quarter....
...It has also stopped production of the Infiniti Q30, a premium model, at the site....
...Nissan’s discussions over stopping sales and marketing of vehicles in South Korea comes as part of a broader overhaul of its global operations that could also see the company withdrawing its premium Infiniti...
...The group is also pulling back from some markets, moving its premium Infiniti business from Hong Kong and is considering exiting the South Korean market....
...It also stopped production there this year of the Infiniti Q30, a premium model....
...Jeep has poached Christian Meunier from Nissan’s Infiniti brand to be its new president, marking the latest exit of a senior western executive from the Japanese carmaker....
...Nissan’s Sunderland plant has suffered another blow after the carmaker cancelled production of two Infiniti models made at the site in northern England....
...In the past five months alone, Nissan’s Infiniti brand has lost two chiefs and a string of other executives have left, including sales and marketing boss Daniele Schillaci, and José Muñoz, Nissan’s former...
...Nissan's sales and marketing boss, its chief performance officer and Meunier's predecessor at Infiniti have all also left this year....
...He brings the experience of stints at Audi and Nissan's Infiniti nameplate to the role trying to help the German company to increase its historically-low presence in the all-important US market....
...Infiniti, the Nissan-owned luxury manufacturer, revealed a concept version of its first all-electric SUV, the QX Inspiration....
...Goldman’s pushing Renault, of all things: The Renault Nissan Alliance reset its priorities last week, shifting its focus towards efficiency and profitability from growth....
...(FT) The ‘attainable’ supercar Ahead of the 2019 Geneva Motor Show this week, McLaren is rolling out the 600 LT Spider for “entry-level” supercar consumers....
...Nissan said its plans to boost sales by 1m vehicles over the next five years would focus on the local brand Venucia, which is built using old Nissan technology, and on Infiniti, Nissan’s luxury brand, both...
...’s Infiniti and Jaguar Land Rover....
...He spent 13 happy years in Japan for Nissan, and married his wife there. At work, he launched the electric Leaf car and ran its premium Infiniti division, rising to number two in the global business....
...Worse than expected sales of Jaguar cars, Nissan’s upmarket Infiniti brand, the Vauxhall Opel Astra, and some Toyota vehicles — all made in the UK — contributed to slower output, he added....
...Nissan, which has an alliance with France’s Renault, reiterated the group was on track to start producing Infiniti luxury models later this year at its new plant in Mexico with its German partner Daimler...
...In total, Renault’s sales rose 13.3 per cent to 3,182,625, while Nissan’s sales rose 2.5 per cent to 5,559,902. Renault also owns the Dacia brand, while Nissan owns the upmarket Infiniti marque....
...Honda makes the Civic hatchback at Swindon for the global market, while Nissan’s Sunderland plant produces the premium Infiniti Q30 and QX30 cars for the whole of the world....
...A spokesman for BMW said the company was in discussions with the environment ministry to “clarify and address” the issue, while Nissan said it had voluntarily stopped sales of the Infiniti Q50 after discovering...
...“Infiniti is not a new brand globally,” says Colin Lawther, Nissan’s European manufacturing director. “But it is new to Europe.”...
...Stuart Apperley, head of UK automotive at Lloyds Bank, said: “Jaguar Land Rover and Honda have new models coming out in 2017 and Nissan is expected to ramp up production of its Infiniti brand....
...Both Nissan and Renault, which share some manufacturing through a global alliance, have other plants across the EU....
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