VW of America reshuffles its front office as its CEO Jonathan Browning falls short of boosting North American sales to an annual target of 20,000 units a month by 2018, including Audi.
Browning’s replacement on grounds of family health issues was assured when January-November sales fell short of combined Kia and Hyundai results this past year
Meantime, and bigtime, GM joins the shakeup ranks by promoting Mary Barra to its CEO position, marking the first woman to head a Detroit-based automaker.
GM “lifer” Barra is an alumna of GM’s tech school in Flint, MI and replaces finance-oriented Dan Akerson as chairman and CEO.