Jaguar has named ex-Rolls-Royce engineering supremo Philip Koehn as its new managing director – a significant step on its path to becoming an electric luxury brand from 2025. Koehn has been in a leading role at Jaguar since joining from now-defunct Sino-German brand Borgward in 2019, with his official appointment […]
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Ferrari on Tuesday named Fred Vasseur as the next chief of its Scuderia Ferrari Formula 1 team. Vasseur will join the squad on Jan. 9 as its new team principal and general manager. He replaces Mattia Binotto, who announced his resignation last month. Vasseur is currently team principal and CEO […]
Editor’s note: The author covered Mercedes-Benz as an Automotive News reporter in New York starting in 1988 and worked for the company from 2003 to 2006. Leo Levine, the former head of public relations for Mercedes-Benz of North America who epitomized and zealously defended the brand in the U.S. for […]