April 18, 2026 | Weekend Drive: Ford's tech shakeup; Nissan's new vision

About this episode

Automotive News journalists discuss significant organizational changes at Ford and Nissan's new strategic vision, along with Volkswagen's production issues and Toyota's recruitment efforts.

Automotive News journalists Larry P. Vellequette and Michael Martinez discuss organizational changes at Ford, Volkswagen’s financial hit from ending ID4 production in Tennessee, Nissan CEO Ivan Espinosa’s new strategic vision, and Toyota’s push to recruit Lexus dealers for its GR performance brand.

Topics covered

• Ford
• Volkswagen
• Nissan
• Toyota
• organizational changes
• strategic vision
• performance brand

Keywords

• tech shakeup
• financial hit
• GR performance brand

Mentioned in this episode

Products: ID4, GR, Ford, Volkswagen ID4, Nissan, Toyota Lexus, GR performance brand

Places: Tennessee

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