German FAZ: Volkswagen breaks away from the designer of the time machine010286

As soon as you enter Italdesign’s headquarters in northern Italy, you encounter automotive history. Immediately in the entrance area, visitors come across the “DeLorean DMC-12” with its emblematic gullwing doors, a car that was designed in the early 1980s by designer and company founder Giorgetto Giugiaro and achieved Hollywood fame in the classic film “Back… Continue reading German FAZ: Volkswagen breaks away from the designer of the time machine010286

German FAZ: My first 10,000 kilometers in the electric car010288

The evening was now a year ago. It was a whiskey tasting in Sachsenhausen. The interlocutor, who was previously unknown to me, was sure: “After four years you can forget the battery in an electric car.” These cars were also full of disadvantages in other ways: too few charging stations, poor resale, and too little… Continue reading German FAZ: My first 10,000 kilometers in the electric car010288

German FAZ: “We only hear rumors from the competition”010287

It’s not a good time for experts and futurists in Formula 1. At the third-to-last race of the season this Saturday (local time, 5 a.m. CET in the F.A.Z. live ticker for Formula 1 and on Sky), Lando Norris will start from pole position; he could be another step closer to the world title. But… Continue reading German FAZ: “We only hear rumors from the competition”010287

German FAZ: Ford builds last car in Saarlouis010286

In the end it happens faster than expected. After 55 years, the last car rolls off the assembly line at Ford in Saarlouis this Friday (November 14th). “We simply finished the program earlier,” said Ford works council chairman in Saarlouis, Markus Thal, to the German Press Agency. On the last day, around 100 Focus cars… Continue reading German FAZ: Ford builds last car in Saarlouis010286