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Friday morning car news roundup, March 21, 2014

March 21, 2014 By

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Filed Under: Bertel Schmitt, Morning News Tagged With: , First published on March 21, 2014 4:49 am

Volkswagen’s low cost cars: Too much, too late

March 21, 2014 By

Match that: Datsun’s Redi-Go concept

 

After many years of soul-searching, Volkswagen finally wants to build a low-cost car. This summer, management will submit a plan to Volkswagen’s supervisory board for as good as assured approval, Germany’s Manager Magazin learned. Under a new brand (which will be Volkswagen Group’s 13th,) Volkswagen plans to sell cars to the undermotorized masses in emerging markets. In the eyes and budgets of said masses, the car won’t be low-cost at all.
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Filed Under: Bertel Schmitt, Germany, News Tagged With: , , , , , First published on March 21, 2014 2:36 am

Thursday morning car news roundup, March 20, 2014

March 20, 2014 By

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Filed Under: Bertel Schmitt, Morning News Tagged With: , First published on March 20, 2014 8:39 am

Wednesday morning car news roundup, March 19, 2014

March 19, 2014 By

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Filed Under: Bertel Schmitt, Morning News, News Tagged With: , First published on March 19, 2014 7:00 am

EU Sales up 8 percent in second worst February in written history

March 18, 2014 By

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You will hear this again a few times more: Car sales in Europe are up, “However, in absolute figures, the total of units registered marked the second lowest result to date for a month of February since ACEA began the series in 2003 with the enlarged EU,” says the EU automaker association ACEA. [ There is more … ]

Filed Under: Bertel Schmitt, Europe, News Tagged With: , , , First published on March 18, 2014 10:11 am

Tuesday morning car news roundup, March 18, 2014

March 18, 2014 By

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Filed Under: Bertel Schmitt, Morning News Tagged With: , First published on March 18, 2014 9:02 am

Simon Sproule, the sequel: Misreported reports

March 17, 2014 By
Jeff Kuhlman and Roland Buerk bid Simon Sproule farewell at the Foreign Correspondents' Club, Tokyo

Jeff Kuhlman and Roland Buerk bid Simon Sproule farewell at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Tokyo

Tesla considered the fact that it won over Simon Sproule from Nissan such a big deal that it tipped-off Bloomberg about the catch. At Nissan, the story was worth not more than four words. “Simon Sproule will retire,” Nissan said today, and buried it in a statement that listed many management changes as per April 1, 2014. A successor was not named.

Checking with our sources at Yokohama dockland sake bars, we heard that – gomen nasai – we had a few things wrong in our Friday story. [ There is more … ]

Filed Under: Bertel Schmitt, Japan Tagged With: , , , , , First published on March 17, 2014 9:11 am

Monday morning car news roundup, March 17, 2014

March 17, 2014 By

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Filed Under: Bertel Schmitt, Morning News Tagged With: , First published on March 17, 2014 7:36 am
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