Winfried Vahland (53) has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of Skoda Auto effective September 1, 2010. Reinhard Jung (59), the incumbent Skoda Chairman, is taking retirement. More › |
From May 12 to May 26, visitors to the Champs Elysees will discover Dacia Duster Andros. At the wheel of a sports version of Dacia Duster, Alain Prost claimed second place in the overall ranking of the 2009-2010 Andros Trophy. More › |
Effective August 1, Michael Kleiss will be officially taking over as the new chairman at Volkswagen Poznan. The company operates an LCV plant west of Warsaw. More › |
Amid much pomp and circumstance, Warsaw’s club Loft 44 provided the venue for the launch party of the upcoming all-new Volvo S60, last month. Among those in attendance was Peter Horbury of Volvo Car Corporation. More › |
In an impromptu visit, Akio Toyoda, President of Toyota Motor Corporation earlier this week visited a number of Toyota facilities in Belgium. His schedule included a visit to the local retailer, Toyota City, and to the European headquarters of Toyota. More › |
Tata Motors has appointed Carl-Peter Forster as the Group Chief Executive Officer of the company. He will have the overall responsibility of Tata Motors Operations globally, including Jaguar Land Rover. More › |
Harald J. Wester has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Alfa Romeo Automobiles, replacing Sergio Cravero, who will assume responsibility for Product Portfolio Planning & Product Concept of Fiat Group Automobiles. More › |
The Commercial Vehicle Board of the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) has elected Leif Johansson as its new chairman for 2010. Johansson is President and CEO of Volvo Group. More › |
Walter G. Borst (48) has been elected Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Adam Opel GmbH. More › |
The Board of Directors of ACEA, the Brussels-based European Automobile Manufacturers' Association, has elected Dieter Zetsche as its new President. More › |
Dacia, a brand of the Renault group, is to contest France's celebrated Trophee Andros ice-racing series. Its Alain Prost will drive a competition version of Dacia Duster. More › |
Nick Reilly, GM executive vice president and president, GM International Operations, will immediately assume responsibility for the operations of Opel/Vauxhall Europe while an external search for a new CEO commences. More › |
Germany’s weekly magazine Bild am Sonntag has announced winners of the 2009 Golden Steering Wheel, the country’s most prestigious prize which is awarded by a jury of car experts, celebrities from the entertainment world and racing drivers. More › |
Even before its launch, the Caddy Maxi 4Motion is already creating quite a stir: the new model from Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has just completed the 15,408km Transeurasia route from Cabo da Roca (Portugal) to the destination, Magadan (Russia), in a non-stop drive of just eight days, 13 hours and 30 minutes. More › |
Record-drivers Matthias Goettenauer and Andreas Renz and their Caddy Maxi Life 4Motion made a half-hour stopover at the Volkswagen plant in Poznan (Poland) last Saturday on their record-attempting trip along the Transeurasia. More › |
The super-frugal SEAT Ibiza Ecomotive has once again proved its green credentials by clocking up astonishing average fuel economy of more than 120 miles to the gallon on a mammoth 1,186-mile tour of 12 European countries. More › |
Earlier this month, the Supervisory Board of Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Stuttgart, together with Dr. Wendelin Wiedeking and Holger P. Haerter agreed upon their dismissal. Both Members of the Board of Management will leave Porsche SE and Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG with immediate effect. More › |
Tata Motors is pleased to announce that Ashok Raghunath Vichare of Mumbai has become the first customer in India of the Tata Nano. Mr Vichare received his choice, the Tata Nano LX (Lunar Silver), at the hands of the Tata Motors head, Ratan N Tata. More › |
Last week, Audi celebrated its 100th birthday in Ingolstadt with two world premieres. At the evening gala in the Audi Forum, 1,800 invited guests witnessed a spectacular program of celebrations staged outdoors. More › |
Honda's new CEO, Takanobu Ito has announced plans to begin sales in Japan of the CR-Z sports hybrid model in February 2010. The start date for EU sales of the new hybrid coupe will be released towards the end of 2009. More › |
