Alliances

NHTSA declines to delay rules on data recorders

4:14 pm U.S. ET | Aug. 14, 2012
A request by the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers to delay the implementation of new rules regulating event data recorders, the “black boxes” in vehicles that record crash data, was denied by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.... Read More »

 

GUEST COLUMN

Without VW, Porsche may have been Germany's Lotus

1:59 pm U.S. ET | July 5, 2012
In reading the story about analysts responding favorably to VW's decision to take full control of Porsche's car-making business, I couldn't help but think back to my early days in the business. I worked for the newly organized Porsche/Audi Division of VW in the United States.... Read More »

 

BMW and Toyota will jointly develop a sports car, extend technology ties

June 29, 2012 06:01 CET
BMW and Toyota today said they will develop a sports car together and cooperate in fuel-cell technology, powertrain electrification and lightweight technologies.... Read More »

 

GM-PSA ALLIANCE

Opel dismisses report that a German factory will build PSA midsized cars

June 27, 2012 06:01 CET
Opel dismissed as speculation a report that it will build Peugeot and Citroen midsized cars at its Ruesselsheim, Germany, factory. Citing union officials, a German paper reported that Opel is preparing to build future versions of the Citroen C5 and Peugeot 508 cars at Ruesselsheim.... Read More »