Low-cost cars
RESEARCH: Low-cost cars: opportunities and challenges
It’s the hottest of hot topics – but it’s open to the widest of interpretations, writes Mark Bursa. What, exactly,…
EMERGING MARKETS ANALYSIS: BYD’s bid to become the breakthrough Chinese automaker
Its vast expertise in battery technology gives China’s BYD a major unique selling point – but can it translate that…
EMERGING MARKETS ANALYSIS: Decision time as Zastava bids to become another Dacia
The emergence of a bidding war for the Serbian automaker formerly known as Yugo took a lot of people by…
INDIA: Maruti Suzuki denies sub-800 ‘Nano fighter’
Suzuki in India has denied media reports that Maruti Suzuki is readying a small car with a 660cc engine priced…
FEATURE: Take one lemon tart and add (a) sage
The lemon tart served at Bertorelli Italian restaurant in London’s fashionable Soho district is good, very good. On another occasion…
THAILAND/INDIA: Volkswagen, Tata, plan ‘eco-car’ assembly plants
Following its failure to form an alliance with Proton, Volkswagen has said it may build a car assembly plant in…