4C Light-Weight Sports Car Must Lead Alfa Romeo’s Revival. By End 2014, Expect A 4C Targa With Removable Carbon Fiber Roof. “masterpiece, or unique, like an Italian hand-made shoe”. Car manufacturers are famous for the unashamed hyperbole they employ when touting the qualities of their new cars, but Alfa Romeo’s description of its new 4C […]
Investors See Similar Boost from New S Class, GLA, C-Class. But Shares Look Over-Valued Compared With BMW, VW. Mercedes plan to introduce flashy new models and produce them much more efficiently than it managed with the old worthy dullards is starting to pay off big. In the third quarter, Mercedes parent company Daimler reported profit […]
“Europe losses have shrunk significantly excluding restructuring, raising the possibility of a near-breakeven result in 2014” Some investors are lauding Ford Europe’s latest results as a sign that the worst is over for the continent’s loss-making mass car manufacturers, and that it might beat projections and break-even by 2015. It’s true that the slump in […]
Strong Third World Position Undermined By Currency Movements. Renault, alone among non-German European mass car makers to keep in the black, could be reporting red numbers for the year as the life-saving contribution from the third world Dacia brand is stifled by foreign exchange turmoil. Renault said its third quarter revenues fell 3.2 per cent […]
How Will Model S Handle High-Speed Germany? Tesla Offers Special Autobahn Tune-up, But Doesn’t Offer Details. Electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors of California has big plans to expand sales in Germany, and is adding super-charger points and more service centres. Tesla Motors is also offering a special tune-up so that its Model S cars can […]
Face-Lift Adds High Tech, Safety, Utility Features. Plenty Of Standard Stuff, Excellent Value. Has To Be To Compete In This Sector. “All 3 (engine choices) come with the usual unbelievable claims for fuel economy. The diesel engine is said to achieve an average 79.5 mpg” For – looks good, much equipment, well made. Against – […]
Has Anyone Out There Had Similar Problems? Tony Antoniades, interviewed in these pages recently Mercedes SL 63 AMG review about how much he loved his new high tech Mercedes SL 63 AMG, is having second thoughts. Driving into work this week the transmission suddenly stopped working, forcing the Chairman of RDF Group, the Brighton, Sussex-based provider […]
“Disasters like Vel Satis, Avantime showed this didn’t work. The whole process is littered with failure. And people want to repeat the failures?” Europe’s tentative recovery after reaching 20-year car sales lows ought to promise hope for ravaged bottom lines, but some mass manufacturers seem determined to jeopardise their already rocky finances by reverting to […]
Family, GM Would See Interests Diluted. Conflicting Holdings In China Might Undermine Deal. Does This Mean Peugeot-Citroen Can’t Meet Financial Targets? Peugeot-Citroen shareholders ran for the exits after reports the financially sick company will be bailed out by a French-Chinese combination. The shares dropped about 10 per cent over a couple of days when unconfirmed […]
Bernstein Research Says The Sale Will Never Happen Anyway. It’s not often a CEO has to deny talking down his own share offering, but Fiat-Chrysler’s Sergio Marchionne was never afraid to break the mould. Earlier in the month Bernstein Research analyst Max Warburton, in a research note on Fiat Auto – “Chrysler – The IPO […]
