Despite my image of a no-life car fan, I’m very important for the entire automotive industry and I finally have proof of that. The minute I saw the Volvo Universe Concept and the announcement according to which they were considering making it their flagship sedan I said it was wrong.
The Japanese at Nissan aren’t happy with the little American attention they got from the Detroit Motor Show so far. Why would that be surprising since the only thing Nissan had to say in regards to the North American International Auto Show is how they’re going to have a proper presence next year.
…starting next year at least. With all the excitement of today being the opening day of the North American International Auto Show, or the Detroit Motor Show, Nissan could miss out. This is why their American Chairman, Carlos Tavares said that the automaker will return to Detroit for the 2012 edition pending 3 years of
A couple of years ago, Audi’s Design team, probably bored with their office, came up with a very cool, stylish and futuristic looking soccer table. Back then, it was just an after hours project, most likely done for the fun of it (classical success story in design) but now it’s ready and available in the
McLaren’s F1 is approaching the venerable age (in the industry) of 20 this year or 18 if you consider its 1992 debut date, like most anoraks do and to celebrate, McLaren held a special celebratory dinner in Woking at its Technology Center. McLaren chairman, Ron Dennis reminded everybody there why the F1 was such an
You may remember the reports of a possible buying of Italdesign Giugiaro by Volkswagen AG and I am pleased to see some confirmation on the situation as the German group announced the future purchase a controlling stake today. The official figure desired by VW is a whopping 90.1% of the Italian design and engineering company.
Luca di Montezemolo, President of Ferrari SpA, has admitted to missing the days when he was working with F1 legend Michael Schumacher. The famous race-car driver, who won seven world championships for the alleged Italian automaker, stayed with the team as a consultant after retiring from Formula 1 back in 2006.
Audi has been hard at work trying to push forward the launch of the A1 as soon as possible so it can have a competitor to the BMW Megacity vehicle, which will go on sale in 2013 so to this respect they have pushed the launch of the A2 forward by two years. Since it
Ford Motor Company’s executive chairman William Clay Ford Jr. announced this week to shareholders that dividend payments would not be made until the automaker pays down more of its debt. During the same statement he also mentioned that shareholders don’t have any right to complain, considering the soar in stock value and the fact that
Ford Motor Company’s annual shareholders meeting hosted a very positive speech on the behalf of the company CEO, Alan Mulally. Mulally stated that Ford will have a “solidly” profitable result coming out of 2010 and that 2011 will bring along a “continuing improvement”.
This announcement came as a total surprise and will make the main subject of a special press conference this afternoon. This isn’t all, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo will resign from his position at Fiat SpA but will remain chairman of Ferrari.
