Archives for October 2016

Thursday morning car news roundup, October 13, 2016

October 13, 2016 By Bertel Schmitt

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Carmakers Face Tough Test as Market Flattens – Detroit Bureau: Will automakers fight off the urge to fall back into the bad habit of offering big incentives to gain sales from competitors? Find out more at TheDetroitBureau.com.
Poland attracts U.S. investment in car industry, holds talks with Toyota: minister – Reuters: Poland has attracted a major investment in its automotive industry from the United States and it is also in talks with Toyota on a potential new project in Poland, Deputy Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Thursday.
Lexus CT 200h Sport added to model range – Autocar: Lexus hybrid hatchback has been updated for 2017, including the addition of two new trim levels and revised standard equipment elsewhere

Filed Under: Morning News, News Tagged With: Morning News First published on October 13, 2016 1:57 pm

Suzuki’s Dalliance With Toyota, A Prelude For LTR

October 12, 2016 By Bertel Schmitt

“If we don’t share, we won’t survive,” said Osamu Suzuki, chairman of Suzuki Motors, today. The auto industry’s grand seigneur gave a whole new meaning to “share society” at the Tokyo headquarters of Toyota, where Suzuki, flanked by a much younger Aiko Toyoda, announced what a reporter in the room characterized as an “engagement between Suzuki and Toyota.” Of course, that’s not the official line. Yet.

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Filed Under: Analysis, Auto Industry, Emerging markets, Forbes, News, Toyota Tagged With: Suzuki First published on October 12, 2016 6:26 pm

Wednesday morning car news roundup, October 12, 2016

October 12, 2016 By Bertel Schmitt

German Transport Minister: ICE Ban By 2030 “Utter Nonsense”

October 11, 2016 By Bertel Schmitt

Calls for an end of the internal combustion engine by 2030 in Germany are “utter nonsense,” the country’s Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt said yesterday to Germany’s wire service DPA. “A complete end of the internal combustion engine from 2030 on would be totally unrealistic,” the minister continued. Plans to end the sale of all Verbrennungsmotoren would have to be made and approved by his office, and it doesn’t sound like they are. The ICE ban remains a dream of the more rabid among the proponents of all-electric transportation.

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Filed Under: Analysis, EV, Forbes First published on October 11, 2016 2:14 pm

Tuesday morning car news roundup, October 11, 2016

October 11, 2016 By Bertel Schmitt

Renault’s Ghosn Activates Legendary Disruptor Detourbet To Drive His Low Cost EV Project

October 10, 2016 By Bertel Schmitt

Electric vehicles are about to disrupt the auto industry, many are convinced. What is holding EVs back are range, and price, pundits say. According to recent announcements in Paris, the range part is being worked on. Now there is word that the price part is also being addressed with something thought impossible: A low cost electric vehicle. The disruption appears to be imminent. Disappointingly to some, the disruptor is an over 100 year old car maker, and the genius engineer behind the project just turned 70.

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Filed Under: Analysis, Auto Industry, Forbes First published on October 10, 2016 3:24 pm

Monday morning car news roundup, October 10, 2016

October 10, 2016 By Bertel Schmitt

Go-slow Decree For Volkswagen’s PR Department Adds Fuel To Management Unrest, Fired Exec Castrates “Christian Klingler”

October 9, 2016 By Bertel Schmitt

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Ever since the outbreak of dieselgate, Volkswagen’s PR department in Wolfsburg has done overtime. Ever since last week, it’s been strictly 9-5 for VW’s overworked flacks. Not because the world would have lost its intense interest in getting to the bottom of dieselgate. All overtime in VW’s Abteilung Kommunikation Volkswagen was canceled by Volkswagen’s powerful Works Council. If reporters’ questions to Volkswagen take longer than usual, now you know why.

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Filed Under: Analysis, Forbes, Hallway Radio, News, OEMs, Volkswagen First published on October 9, 2016 12:03 pm

Archives for October 2016

Thursday morning car news roundup, October 13, 2016

Top News:

Suzuki’s Dalliance With Toyota, A Prelude For LTR

Wednesday morning car news roundup, October 12, 2016

Top News:

German Transport Minister: ICE Ban By 2030 “Utter Nonsense”

Tuesday morning car news roundup, October 11, 2016

Top News:

Renault’s Ghosn Activates Legendary Disruptor Detourbet To Drive His Low Cost EV Project

Monday morning car news roundup, October 10, 2016

Top News:

Go-slow Decree For Volkswagen’s PR Department Adds Fuel To Management Unrest, Fired Exec Castrates “Christian Klingler”

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