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BELGIUM/UK: Toyota gives Aston Martin an iQ boost - (29th June 2009)
Toyota is to build a city car for Aston Martin on its iQ platform, the underpinnings of the industry’s smallest four seat car and an all-electric model the Japanese automaker is expected to launch in the next two years.
ANALYSIS: New GM needs a new name - (17th June 2009)
The slimmed-down ‘New GM’ will have a clean balance sheet and a sensible brand portfolio. But there’s an elephant in the room – and it’s blue and square. It’s time to bid a final farewell to the General, believes Mark Bursa.
UK: Fiat-Chrysler alliance 'of little benefit to Fiat' - (11th June 2009)
The Fiat-Chrysler alliance yields little potential strategic benefit for the Fiat Group, according to an equities analyst who spoke to just-auto today.
FEATURE: Driving the electric future - (10th June 2009)
After driving prototype electric vehicles from GM, Ford, Nissan, and Mini, plus the production version of the Tesla Roadster, John Voelcker brings us his impressions from Silicon Valley, Detroit and New York. The electric future may be less foreign than you imagine.
JAPAN: EVs viable only as compact commuters - Toyota - (4th June 2009)
Electric vehicles are a viable option but only as compact commuters, a senior Toyota official said on Thursday.
US: Further necessary sacrifices ahead – Obama - (1st June 2009)
Speaking at a White House press conference, President Obama laid out the rationale behind GM's Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection filing. Obama described the sacrifices ahead as necessary to secure, for future generations, an America which 'still makes things, still builds cars'.
Q&A with Dr. Pawan Goenka – president of Mahindra Group’s automotive unit - (28th May 2009)
With annual volume now exceeding 200,000 units, the Mahindra Group has become a major force within India’s burgeoning auto industry. The light truck specialist has also partnered with Renault to make the Logan for the local market and is planning further expansion into overseas markets, including US market entry at the end of this year. just–auto editor Dave Leggett recently caught up with the head of the group’s automotive division, Dr. Pawan Goenka.
GOLDING’S TAKE: Dancing in the dark - (12th May 2009)
It’s a bit like one of those teenage parties when the breathing is getting dangerously heavy and someone switches the lights out.
FEATURE: Chrysler’s production stoppage on top of GM shutdown spells catastrophe for suppliers - (6th May 2009)
It wasn’t so much Chrysler’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing that stunned suppliers last week, it was the news that beginning May 4 Chrysler is suspending production at all of its United States and Canadian plants while the company is in “surgical” bankruptcy. SupplierBusiness reports.
US: Chrysler to file for Chapter 11 - (30th April 2009)
President Obama has confirmed that Chrysler is to enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after failing to persuade its main lenders to write off debts.
