Posts Tagged ‘resignation’
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Click above to enlargeWe've seen details of the forthcoming Nissan 350Z replacement, dubbed the 370Z on account of a bump in displacement to 3.7 liters for its next-gen VQ V6 engine, and we also know that it will debut this November at the L.A. Auto Show. Nissan even revealed its own version of a qu......
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Friday, July 20th, 2007
The debate as to whether Bugatti was going to create a second model eventually led to former Bugatti head Thomas Bscher's resignation. Bscher wanted another car, Martin Winterkorn, head of VW, said that a second car would remain nothing more than Bscher's dream.Somewhere, minds have changed. Althoug......
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Thursday, July 19th, 2007
Steve Wilhite, COO of Hyundai Motor America, expected the carmaker to sell more than 555,000 vehicles in American in 2007. It's unlikely that's going to happen -- the number now is 510,000 -- and it's thought missing this goal is why Wilhite announced his resignation today.Wilhite arrived at Hyundai......
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2006
The earliest reports on the "resignation" of Volkswagen group CEO Bernd Pischetsrieder indicated that while he'd be replaced as chief executive, he would be retained to take on "special assignments". What such ambiguous duties might entail was a mystery, but it's looking like he may be put in charge......
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Posted in Earnings/Financials, Euro, Hirings/Firings, commercial trucks, volkswagen | No Comments »
Thursday, July 13th, 2006
Ford Motor may be taking a page from General Motors' restructuring playbook in considering ot sell off part of its Ford Credit financial unit. Both companies have seen the cost of capital for their financial subsidiaries rising as the automakers' credit status falls ever further into junk status.The......
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