Last week, Ford Chief designer J Mays announced his retirement after 33 years in the industry with positions at Audi,...
The shortlist for European Car of the Year 2014 has been made public. These seven cars still have a shot...
The Brussels Autoshow, or Salon de l’automobile Bruxelles, is not one of the major European autoshows, it lacks the glamour...
ADAC is in an unfamiliar situation: normally, the German Automobile Club is the one who accuses others of cheating. Either...
In a press conference in Brussels yesterday, the European Commission announced they would start legal proceedings against the German government...
The Dutch Toyota importer is being sued by for allegedly overstating fuel economy claims on its hybrid models. A foundation...
The Geneva Auto Show may be one of the most important shows of the year, it is also one of...
A few weeks ago I wrote an article about the “Fuel-loss Foundation” in The Netherlands who had sued the Dutch...
The Chinese passenger car market has become the biggest in the world, at almost 18 million units in 2013, and...
When Fiat took control of Chrysler in 2009, Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne drew an ambitious five-year turnaround plan for the...
Yes, you read that right. You may or may not be aware of it, but MG is still alive in...
Unlike many other brands, which are adding models to fill up every possible niche, Peugeot has changed its strategy to...
As announced almost a year ago, 2015 will mark the end of production of one of the longest running vehicle...
The Volkswagen Group continues to dominate the European automobile market with a record 27% market share in July 2014 thanks...
Fiat 500X Fiat has taken the covers of its 500X small crossover in Paris. It’s technically identical to its cousin...
Jaguar XE After the much maligned, but commercially relatively successful (9 years of production and 400.000 worldwide sales, of which...
Renault Espace 30 Years after the introduction of the groundbreaking first generation Espace and 11 years after the Espace IV,...
A few days ago, Bloomberg reported that Nissan’s recently relaunched low-cost Datsun brand was failing in India, as consumers would...
Honda has confirmed rumors that the brand has no plans to develop a replacement to the European version of its...
As the Renault-Nissan alliance celebrates a combined tally of 200.000 Zero Emission vehicles worldwide, the Renault brand has something to...
In the late 1990’s, Nissan was Europe’s best selling Asian car brand thanks to the Micra, Almera and Primera, which...
For many successful manufacturers it’s easy to point to their breakout car – Ford has its Model T, VW has...
General Motors has announced plans to “change its business model” in Russia, which is a gentle way of calling it...
It really didn’t come as a surprise when Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles announced that it would withdraw the Chrysler brand from the...
2014 was a huge year for Maserati: it sold 36,448 worldwide, some 136% more than the year before. Now, however, there...
Executive salaries are a hot topic these days, mostly due to the huge bonuses paid out to executives in the...
The recent acquisition of Italy’s tire manufacturer Pirelli by the Chinese state-owned chemical company ChemChina is the latest in a...
“I’m at a distance from Winterkorn.” Those six words spoken by Ferdinand Piëch, the chairman of the supervisory board at...
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne has again claimed that the automotive industry needs more consolidation, and that within a...
When Kriss documented the “Game of Thrones”/House of Cards-like power battle between Volkswagen Group chairman Ferdinand Piëch and CEO Martin...
Volkswagen’s struggles to sell cars in the US market at anything close to the rate its mainstream competitors are managing...
Let’s talk about automotive mergers again, because Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles, keeps going on about them being necessary...
To kick-start our coverage of the US car market we figured it would be good to give our European readers...
A lot has been written about the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal that’s been uncovered in the US. But not yet...
The German “Manager Magazin” reports that Kia is re-exporting newly registered Kia Soul EVs to Norway in order to bring...
The Light Commercial Vehicle business in Europe has always been one of low margins and high volume. That’s why so...
Under pressure because of air quality concerns in its major cities, the Chinese government has heavily subsidized the sales of...
Last Wednesday, the European car industry has proven to be firmly in control in the Brussels government. The European Parliament...
Car production in the UK has had its fair share of changing fortunes over the years. The demise of British...
We recently wrote about how some Chinese car makers still can’t resist the temptation to simply copy existing car designs,...