Archives for April 2015

Thursday morning car news roundup, April 30, 2015

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Wednesday morning car news roundup, April 29, 2015

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Piech vs. Winterkorn: Finally, a motive emerges

Puppet off the string

Puppet off the string

We’ll probably never know for sure what really caused the rift between emperor Piech and his no longer trusted vassal Winterkorn. All we knew last week was that what most of the media thought was the reasons (U.S.A., low cost line, profit margins) were not the real reasons. With Piech gone for good, the tongues loosen a bit in Wolfsburg, and people dare to talk. A version is making the rounds that at least makes a little sense. [ There is more … ]

Tuesday morning car news roundup, April 28, 2015

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Shanghai Auto Show 2015: No babes, more chaos

Security worked flawlessy

Security worked flawlessly. Very little else did

I typed most of this in the lounge at the Seoul airport, flying back to Tokyo on the cheap from the Shanghai Auto Show. Serious work from Shanghai was impossible, due to a Chinese firewall that is higher and sturdier than ever. And that was just one of the problems. Be warned that that this review of the Shanghai Auto Show has a lot about the latest rice cookers, and very little about the latest cars. For a more serious version, click here. [ There is more … ]

Monday morning car news roundup, April 27, 2015

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Winterkorn wins, Piech pouts, departs. But why?

Geschafft! Winterkorn in Beijing, where the battle was won

Victorious Wiko at the Beijing Motor Show. He did not show in Shanghai

“Ursula, we are leaving,” or words to that effect, said Ferdinand Piech to his wife Ursula, and both stepped down from the supervisory board of Volkswagen. Or maybe, it was “Ferdi, they don’t deserve you, let’s go.” They said it two hours after the board’s six-member executive committee sat down for yet another emergency meeting, this time near the Braunschweig-Wolfsburg airport, where with Volkswagen money the runway was extended to accommodate Volkswagen’s Airbus A319. The committee decided “that in view of the background of the last weeks the mutual trust necessary ?for successful cooperation no longer exists.” Ferdinand and Ursula tendered their resignation. [ There is more … ]

Volkswagen board members demand Piech’s head

Shunned in Shanghai: Piech's new favorite Wolfgang Müller . Winterkorn called in sick

Shunned in Shanghai: Piech’s new favorite Matthias Müller. Winterkorn called in sick

Piech’s planned ouster of Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn could cost Piech the chairman seat, information from Germany says. Top board members opine that if Piech can’t keep the peace, Piech must go. Last week, Winterkorn found the backing of all members of the executive committee of Volkswagen’s Supervisory Board. Wiko even received Piech’s vote – after Piech was threatened with dismissal by the other members. Last week, the DailyKanban wrote: “More tiffs between the erstwhile rope team are pre-programmed.” We did not have to wait long for that. [ There is more … ]

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