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It’s been a big week for Porsche at the LA Auto Show: The company opened its brand-new Porsche Experience Center in Carson, California, which will become the new home of Porsche’s North American Motorsport group; it expanded its 2017 Panamera line to include two new models at the top end and bottom end of its range; and it showed off a brand-new 911 RSR race car. The 911 RSR race car will spearhead of Porsche’s racing line. Porsche says the new RSR “makes full use of the breadth of the Le Mans 24 Hours GT regulations” and that it will be powered by the same family of six-cylinder boxer engines as those in the 911 GT3 R and the 911 GT3 Cup car. The naturally aspirated engine is mated to a lightweight, magnesium-housed, sequential six-speed gearbox controlled by paddles on the steering wheel. Porsche says it will put out as much as 510 hp. The RSR has been completely redesigned with a newly optimized chassis and body, so that the engine could be placed even farther forward in the car -- in front of the rear axle. It also gets a larger rear diffuser and a wing that was adapted from the 919 hybrid.

Buick and Porsche topped the mass-market and luxury segments in J.D. Power’s latest sales satisfaction study. Buick, with a score of 809 on a 1,000-point scale, paced mass-market brands for the first time since 2008, taking the top spot from Mini (797) -- which finished second after leading the category since 2010. Chevrolet (789) came in third and GMC (786) was fourth, while Subaru (775) and Volkswagen finished in a fifth-place tie. Buick, as of late, has been on a roll. Last month, Buick became the first domestic brand to finish first in Consumer Reports’ Annual Auto Reliability Survey. On the luxury side, Porsche (824) led the way for the second consecutive year. It was followed by Infiniti (815), Mercedes-Benz (809), BMW (807), Cadillac (807) and Lincoln (806). The mass-market brand average rose 83 points to 764, while the luxury average jumped 69 points to 801. J.D. Power says the U.S. Sales Satisfaction Index Study, now in its 30th year, measures satisfaction with the sales experience among new-vehicle buyers and rejecters -- those who shop a dealership and purchase elsewhere. Buyer satisfaction, J.D. Power says, is based on four measures: working out the deal; salesperson; delivery process; and facility. Rejecter satisfaction is based on five measures: salesperson; fairness of price; experience negotiating; facility; and variety of inventory. The study is based on responses from 28,979 buyers who purchased or leased a new vehicle in April or May 2016. Helping consumers learn about the increasingly complex vehicles is good way for dealerships to boost sales satisfaction, J.D. Power says. The company found that consumers had higher satisfaction scores when when they dealt with salespeople and product specialists who helped them understand the various technologies in their vehicles. Those who worked with sales staff and product specialists had scores of 836 as opposed to 829 for consumers who only dealt with a salesperson.

Audi CEO Rupert Stadler will be questioned by U.S. law firm Jones Day over reports of defeat devices in a number of gasoline-engined models, Reuters reports. The law firm was hired by VW to conduct an internal investigation into the diesel scandal along with auditing firm Deloitte, devoting dozens of investigators to examine records and interview current and former employees about the creation of defeat devices in 2.0-liter TDI models. Stadler has been CEO and chairman of the board of Audi AG since 2010, and has already been interviewed by Jones Day in connection with the diesel probe, the preliminary results of which have been held back by VW. The move was prompted by reports of the discovery of defeat devices in several Audi models including the A6, A8, Q5 and Q7 that use the 3.0-liter gasoline engine. The German weekly Welt am Sonntag first reported over a week ago that the California Air Resources Board (CARB) had known for several months about software which uses automatic transmission programs to vary vehicles' CO2 output by detecting if they are being tested for emissions. The sophisticated sofware is suspected of having been used by Audi models until relatively recently, and could also be triggered by a button inside the car by those with knowledge of its operation. U.S. law firm Hagens Berman filed a class action lawsuit against Audi this week, alleging that the automaker used defeat devices in at least six models equipped with the 3.0-liter gasoline engine paired with automatic transmissions.

Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has warned US President-elect Donald Trump that "going it alone" is not an option for Europe or the United States. He said the West faced its greatest security challenge in a generation. During his election campaign, Mr Trump described Western military alliance Nato as obsolete. He suggested that the US would think twice about coming to the aid of any Nato ally under attack if it had not paid its dues.

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US President-elect Donald Trump has said he is open to leaving intact key parts of President Barack Obama's healthcare bill. Mr Trump, who has pledged to repeal the 2010 law, said he will keep the ban on insurers denying coverage for pre-existing conditions. He told the Wall Street Journal that he also favoured allowing young adults to be insured on their parents' policies. "I like those very much," Mr Trump said of the two pillars of the bill. It was his meeting with Mr Obama on Thursday that had made him reconsider his calls for an all-out replacement of the Affordable Care Act, he told the newspaper.

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Volvo is recalling about 74,000 U.S. vehicles for an issue that might cause a seat belt to inadequately restrain passengers in a crash. The recall impacts Volvo S60, S90, V60, XC60 and XC90 vehicles from the 2016-17 model years, Volvo spokesman Jim Nichols said. Nichols said the issue is caused by a connecting pin in the seat belt buckle, which could cause the seat belt to work inadequately during a crash. He said the move is “mainly precautionary,” as no incidents have been reported. He said Volvo sent out a recall notice on Oct. 28. Volvo dealers have been instructed to inspect each of the impacted vehicles before selling them, Nichols said. He said each vehicle in inventory already has been inspected. Volvo owners will be instructed to bring their vehicles in to a dealership for an inspection, which Nichols described as a “pretty in-and-out procedure” that would take no more than a couple minutes to perform. Dealers will replace the affected part if necessary.

As Toyota markets its new Prius Prime plug-in hybrid the automaker is going after a very specific consumer: tech-savvy, knowledge-hungry drivers ages 18-49 with household incomes of $75,000 or more and who tend to be environmentally conscious but also economical. So instead of running a national TV campaign, Toyota's media plan is highly targeted, including one of the automaker's largest addressable TV buys ever. Addressable TV ads, which allow marketers to target consumers by household characteristics, remains a small but growing fraction of TV buys. Research firm eMarketer projected in a report earlier this year that addressable in the U.S. would surge by 119.4 percent this year to $890 million. But that remains just 1.3 percent of total TV ad spending, according to the report. Automakers are drawn to addressable because ads can be used to target households with car leases that are set to expire, meaning they could be in the market to buy a car soon. Toyota declined to release the financial terms of its deal. But Lisa McQueen, media manager for Toyota Motor Sales USA, suggested in a statement that the deal will allow the automaker to target potential Prius Prime buyers who "see their vehicle as an extension of their consumption of advanced technology." She added: "Addressable TV is an efficient way to reach those consumers while still taking advantage of the premium linear TV positioning to build awareness." "An expanded universe of data sources that allow for one-to-one communication is what makes the promise of addressable TV so attractive to the marketplace, and especially automakers," said Janet Waters, communications director for Saatchi & Saatchi Los Angeles, which handles media planning and creative advertising for Toyota. "As the delivery pipes converge and TV simply becomes another screen, the improved ability to reach a targeted audience will significantly increase buying efficiency."

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Ferrari says it will continue to add hybrid technology to its cars in an attempt to boost the brand’s profits, increasing sales to more than 10,000 cars per year. CEO Sergio Marchionne told Reuters all Ferraris sold from 2019 and beyond will include some hybrid elements. That means changing up the California T, the GT4Lusso and its bread-and-butter 488 GTB. Currently Ferrari ships about 8,000 cars per year, which puts them under the magical 10,000 number. Once a brand hits that volume, fuel economy and emissions requirements kick in. In the Reuters report Marchionne said there will be a fundamental shift in the way Ferrari builds cars, to include hybrids, electrification and anything else that will reduce its carbon footprint. But don’t expect the Prancing Horse to slow down. The changes could “even yield additional performance,” according to the CEO. We’ve already seen this in the LaFerrari, which uses a 6.3-liter V12 along with a 120 kW hybrid kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) a la Formula 1.

I swapped into the BMW 330e, and my first thought was, “This is more entertaining to drive than I ever imagined.” Then I looked at the specs, and it made sense with the 310 net lb-ft and 248 net hp. The PHEV 3-Series looks like a normal BMW -- the only way one would know it’s different is by the numbers on the back -- and I personally think that’s a good thing; not sure how sales would reflect it, but I like the stealthiness. I love the feel of the electric power off the line. It’s surprisingly quick. We seem to be a long way from the beginning of the hybrid era when they were huge compromises to drive and own. But no more. The 330e has plenty of speed for passing and takeoffs, and the brakes don’t have a lot of that weird regen feel, though there is a little. The suspension is right where it should be as a daily driver: stiff enough that it feels nimble, but it doesn’t crash over every bump. And I took the 330e down some dirt roads, so I’d know if it did. It’s the same with the steering feel -- it’s weighty enough that you can feel it pulling the car around and quick enough that you can clip corners. That’s probably why BMW is still my go-to sports luxury car, though just barely. Mercedes is right on its tail with the new C-Class. The rest of the interior is standard 3-Series comfortable; I’d maybe get away from the white/cream color but everything else looks clean and purposeful. Mrs. Road Test Editor and I threw the child seat in the back, and it still left enough room for her to get comfortable in the passenger seat. The 330e has a good amount of trunk space, too. There’s a battery cover in the floor, but it doesn’t seem to infringe on the cubic footage. Taking a 3-month-old for a day at the cottage requires a small bug tent, a bouncy seat and the off-road stroller, along with the usual diaper bag, toys and other junk, all of which fit in the rear. That left room for our stuff on the other side of the back seat. Oh, and BMW has those little doors for the LATCH system -- as opposed to being in between the seats. It makes hooking up the car seat 10 times easier. It took about 1 minute instead of 10 like in the Range Rover I drove last week. A $45K base price seems OK, but damn near $63K as-tested is a lot to swallow. The 340i is about $48K -- add a few options and you’ll be at $55K or so, but that’s still 8 grand cheaper and more fun to drive. And just to round it out, $8,000 is worth about 2,666 gallons of gas, which will take you about 61,000 miles before you break even. Just sayin’.

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