Posts Tagged ‘final decision’

Officially Official: Ford picks Tata as preferred bidder for Jaguar/Land Rover

Saturday, October 20th, 2007
Previous rumors that Indian automaker Tata was chosen by Ford from among a group of bidders to buy Jaguar and Land Rover have proven to be true, as both Tata and Ford announced earlier today that they have moved into advanced negotiations on the sale of the two British marques.Although both companie......

“Stepneygate” verdict reached: McLaren stripped of ‘07 championship points, fined $100 million

Monday, July 9th, 2007
The ongoing "Stepneygate" espionage scandal that has embroiled Formula 1 this summer has drawn to a conclusion (for the time being, at least), and the World Motor Sport Council has meted out some severe punishment. McLaren F1 has been stripped of all its constructors' championship points for the 200......

GM wants money from Nissan, Renault

Monday, August 14th, 2006
The latest round of reports coming out of the Nissan-Renault-GM talks are quite sensational. Although there have been hints that Ford is on Carlos Ghosn's speed dial should things go sour with GM, according to the latest newsletter from the American International Automobile Dealers Association (AIAD......

GM wants money from Nissan, Renault

Sunday, August 13th, 2006
The latest round of reports coming out of the Nissan-Renault-GM talks are quite sensational. Although there have been hints that Ford is on Carlos Ghosn's speed dial should things go sour with GM, according to the latest newsletter from the American International Automobile Dealers Association (AIAD......

Jaguar’s future still up in the air

Tuesday, August 1st, 2006
Despite reports Friday that Ford Motor has decided not to sell off its money-losing Jaguar subsidiary, the U.K.'s Financial Times reported Saturday that the issue is far from settled, with a final decision still "weeks away."The paper suggests that the final decision awaits review of the report by K......

DaimlerChrysler “leaning toward” launching Smart in the U.S.

Saturday, May 6th, 2006
Those were the less-than decisive words of DaimlerChrysler Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche in a newspaper interview published Sunday in Germany. The final decision is expected later this month, but it looks like the two-seater Smart may indeed take a shot at the U.S. market, in the guise of the redes......

Decision on SMART coming in June

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006
DaimlerChrysler is still deciding whether or not to bring the brand to the U.S. and a recent Forbes article quotes Klaus Maier, head of sales and marketing at Mercedes Car Group, as saying, "I expect that we will make a final decision in June."Meanwhile, Zap began importing SMART cars in the U.S. ba......

100,000 Camaros a year?

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
Bob Lutz, the product czar over at General Motors, says that the Chevy Camaro will be so smokin' that 100,000 coupes will fly off dealership lots each year. That's also the number the automaker must be able to sell before the concept will see the light of day in production form. The automaker is dee......