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VW-Porsche
With Wendelin Wiedeking’s ousting from Porsche, VW now sits in the driving seat ahead of a merger of the two carmakers
Car industry in crisis
Global carmakers – from the Detroit Three to Europe and Asia’s biggest marques – are struggling to emerge from the worst downturn in decades
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Urs Roth, Swiss Bankers’ Association chief, speaks on whether big banks should be broken up
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Zytek poised for £4.5m injection of funds
The government is poised to invest £4.5m in a project to develop a small electric vehicle produced by Zytek Automotive Technology and Gordon Murray Design
Midlands looks for respite from recession
Part of the role of a new £40m Manufacturing Technology Centre will be to shore up a sector hit far worse by the downturn than forecasters expected. The damage has been particularly seismic in the manufacturing heartlands of the Midlands
Departing GM Europe head talks to Tata
The departing head of General Motors in Europe, Carl-Peter Forster, is in talks with Tata Motors over a senior position at Jaguar Land Rover
Outside Edge: Fiat’s tiny new American road trip
Italians loved the car and loved in the car. Francesco Guerrera bids benvenuta to the new Fiat 500 as the miniscule vehicle prepares to take on the monster trucks of the US highways
GM’s Europe chief steps down after Opel sale U-turn
Carl-Peter Forster, head of General Motors in Europe, is to leave the company just days after the US carmaker decided to hold on to its Opel/Vauxhall operations
Toyota follows Renault out of the pit lane
Lack of racing success and economic slump sees Japanese carmakers all but vanish from the top level of motor racing
Reilly aims for a unified GM strategy
Nick Reilly’s appointment as head of GM’s international operations ranks him right behind Fritz Henderson, chief executive
GM sure on funding Opel revamp
General Motors’ chief executive says Opel could afford to pay back the remaining €900m of the €1.5bn bridge loan the German government gave the carmaker to keep it afloat
Renault stays cagey on F1 future
Carlos Ghosn, chief executive: ‘We will make an announcement on our participation in Formula One before the end of the year’
Incentives boost carmaker’s cash pile
Opel/Vauxhall is understood to have amassed more than €1bn in cash and it seems the biggest contributor is the bumper sales triggered by the scrapping incentives for old cars offered by governments across Europe
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| Report name | Author | Publish date | Cost |
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| Automobile Electric & Electronics Manufacturing in the US - Industry Risk Rating Report | IBISWorld | 10/17/2009 | $825 |
| Automotive Electrical Services in Australia - Industry Risk Rating Report | IBISWorld | 10/17/2009 | $810 |
| Automotive Electrical and Instrument Manufacturing in Australia - Industry Risk Rating Report | IBISWorld | 10/17/2009 | $810 |
| Car Electronics | Global Sources | 10/1/2009 | $450 |
| Power Electronics in Electrics and Hybrid Vehicles | Yole Developpement | 10/1/2009 | $5590 |
