PSA boss Tavares feels ripped off by General Motors. Because of the dirty Opel engines, the carmaker was worth much less. Now the French want more than half a billion back. Jürgen Pander Opel stand at the IAA: Here is the new Grandland X Wednesday, 29.11.2017 18:10 clock Four months after the purchase of Opel… Continue reading PSA boss demands half of the Opel purchase price – at least
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Opel presents restructuring plan – without notice
Three months after the takeover by the French PSA group Opel has presented a reorganization concept: The car maker wants to renounce terminations and plant closures. Opel factory premises in Rüsselsheim Thursday, 09.11.2017 10:28 At its restart, the automaker wants Opel get by without operational redundancies and plant closures. Wage costs are to be reduced… Continue reading Opel presents restructuring plan – without notice
BMW announces record profit for 2016
In terms of sales and profits, BMW achieved record figures last year. However, the core business was weaker for the Group. BMW headquarters in Munich Thursday, 09.03.2017 13:35 clock BMW achieved a record profit last year. The bottom line was the car maker 6.9 billion euros, or eight percent more than last year. This was… Continue reading BMW announces record profit for 2016
BMW and Daimler let Apple flash off with iCar
Apple is suffering a setback in its expansion into the car market. According to “Handelsblatt” both BMW and Daimler reject a partnership with the IT giant. BMW headquarters in Munich Thursday, 21.04.2016 10:56 The US company Apple apparently failed with his attempt, along with BMW or Daimler to build a car. Appropriate negotiations are over,… Continue reading BMW and Daimler let Apple flash off with iCar
Volkswagen CEO Matthias Müller should go
The car maker Volkswagen wants to rebuild its leadership. CEO Matthias Müller is after SPIEGEL information before the replacement. imago / Sven Simon Matthias Müller Tuesday, 10.04.2018 14:29 clock At the VW Group top is a change ahead. CEO Matthias Müller will vacate the post of CEO after SPIEGEL information and is apparently to be… Continue reading Volkswagen CEO Matthias Müller should go
VW puts 340 million dollars in US plant
Donald Trump threatens to punish European automakers with punitive tariffs – this is precisely the situation in which Volkswagen announces a major investment in Tennessee. VW plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee Monday, 19.03.2018 22:12 Volkswagen once again puts a lot of money in his SUV offensive in the US. For the production of a new five-seat… Continue reading VW puts 340 million dollars in US plant
VW compares in controversial US process
VW has averted an important process in the US: As part of this process, Volkswagen’s exhaust gas tests on monkeys were known. Volkswagen headquarters in Wolfsburg Saturday, 24.02.2018 14:31 clock Volkswagen has a crucial US court case in the last moment “Diesel gate” scandal prevented. The legal dispute with the owner of a VW Jetta,… Continue reading VW compares in controversial US process
VW may not dismiss suspected Islamists
A VW employee is suspected of wanting to join the militant jihad. The company announced the employment relationship. A labor court now ruled that “extra-ordinary circumstances” do not justify a termination. VW plant in Emden (icon image) Monday, 12.03.2018 20:46 clock May a company denounce a suspected employee Salafist to be? The Landesarbeitsgericht Hannover has… Continue reading VW may not dismiss suspected Islamists
VW wants to prevent use of monkey study in US process
Since over the exhaust gas tests on monkeys is reported, shows VW shaken. Corporate lawyers have apparently already realized the explosiveness of the issue earlier: For months they have tried to keep the study out of a US trial. Exhaust of an Audi vehicle (icon) Wednesday, 31.01.2018 09:37 clock Volkswagen is fighting hard in the… Continue reading VW wants to prevent use of monkey study in US process
VW must swap manipulated diesel vehicle for new cars
The Hamburg district court has a media report according to a Volkswagen dealer in Hamburg sentenced to take back a diesel car with fake exhaust emissions. The customer is therefore entitled to a new car. Getty Images Tiguan models in production Thursday, 15.03.2018 22:02 clock Volkswagen Hamburg must according to information of the NDR swap… Continue reading VW must swap manipulated diesel vehicle for new cars