BMW i3, Mercedes “S” Class, GLA Vie For Honours. “We foresee a real recovery at long last but this will be a very slow, very modest change of direction” Electric cars from BMW and Volkswagen will grab the headlines when the biennial Frankfurt Car Show opens this month, but the industry will be keeping its […]
Rude Health Of German Automakers Threatened By Financial Ferment You would never guess from looking at the impressive products and listening to the breast-beating CEO speeches at the Frankfurt Car Show that Europe’s automotive industry was on the brink of turmoil. Just last month it seemed sunlit uplands awaited German manufacturers, which had sensibly used […]
Mercedes CEO Dieter Zetsche said he aims to be number one in the premium segment in terms of sales and profits, but won’t say when he expects to achieve this goal. At the moment, BMW is in the lead in terms of sales and profits. In the first half of 2011, its profit margin was […]
Even Germans Now Look Vulnerable As Exports Stumble Renault’s Battery Plans Look Overambitious VW Up, Fiat Panda, Chevy Malibu Make Debuts Like a gambler in a Monte Carlo roulette game Nissan-Renault has risked a lot of money. Nissan and Renault have the highest risk in electric mobility and this could threaten its position because of […]
Germans Distinctly Wary Of Electric Cars, Don’t Like Range, Price China Looks Like Slashing Its Battery Only Target Hundreds of thousands of Germans are expected to throng by the exhibits at the biennial Frankfurt Car Show next month and most manufacturers will be showing their latest ideas on electric cars as well as their most […]
