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• VW and BMW voice unease at Magna plans

  Financial Times - 2009-09-15

  Magna's plans to take a majority stake in GM's lossmaking European arm Opel triggered a backlash yesterday when German carmakers Volkswagen and BMW voiced unease over the deal and warned that they would review their business relationships with the Canadian car parts supplier.Ferdinand Piëch, VW chairman, said that Europe's...

  Tags: Car, VW, Voice, Supplier, BMW AG, Magna, Government, Channel Management, Marketing, Company News, Divestment, Mergers & Acquisitions, Shareholdings, Financial Times

• Kerri Martin to Head Marketing at Electric-Car Maker Coda

  BNET - 2009-08-12

  DETROIT (AdAge.com) -- Kerri Martin, once a high-profile marketer who did stints at BMW Mini and Volkswagen, will join electric-car maker Coda Automotive next week as its first chief marketing officer. Industry observers will be watching Ms. Martin, 39, to see whether she can make marketing lightning strike again. She...

  Tags: marketing, car, BMW AG, Volkswagen AG, VW

• Neil Winton: Worst may be ahead for Europe's carmakers

  BNET - 2009-08-11

  Europe's car manufacturers performed pitifully in the second quarter with the exception of Germany's Volkswagen and to a lesser degree Italy's Fiat, but all are banking on the underlying markets rallying and riding to their rescue. Most are likely to be disappointed. Europe's car markets have been propped up in...

  Tags: Fiat, car, BMW AG, Volvo, Renault, VW, Lawson Software Inc., Peugeot

• Prestige for pounds 7000

  - 2007-06-15

  Byline: By Matthew Timbridge Some of you will have been on a motorway when it happened. Or sitting in an inner-city traffic jam. There just comes a time when you are tired of sitting in a basic 'everyday' car. All around you, there seem to be prestige badges....

  Tags: Audi AG, BMW AG, classifieds, VW

• More carmakers to offer stop-start; VW, Opel and Toyota consider technology to help reduce CO2 emissions.(News)

  - 2007-04-16

  Byline: Jason Stein Volkswagen, Opel and Toyota soon could join Citroen and BMW in selling cars with fuel-saving stop-start. "Our prediction is that in five years start-stop may be as common as ABS or electronic stability control," Wolfgang Steiger, ...

  Tags: BMW AG, Opel, Toyota Motor Corp., Valeo S.A., VW

• The big-car problem - Germany's car industry.(Industry overview)

  - 2007-02-24

  Zetsche tests the Chinese market Germany produces some of the fastest and most luxurious cars in the world, but is that yesterday's game? EARLIER this month Germany's carmakers were hit by new emission limits proposed by the European Commission. There were howls...

  Tags: BMW AG, car, carmaker, Daimler AG, Germany, Porsche AG, VW

• Drains oil, not your resources.(TOOL REVIEW)

  - 2006-10-01

  Samson offers their #3720 Deluxe 27-Gallon Combo Suction and Gravity Drain Unit for removing and storing used oil. Features include: * A 27-gallon steel container. * A low-noise, high-performance vacuum pump with gauge. * A tray for...

  Tags: adapter, Audi AG, BMW AG, high-performance, Leadership, PRODUCTIVITY, tool, VW

• Leoni CEO knows how to beat the giants; Ukraine plant gives wiring specialist big advantage on rivals.(Talk From The Top)(Leoni AG ceo Klaus Probst )(Interview)

  - 2006-05-01

  Byline: Edmund Chew Leoni is one of the fastest growing and most profitable medium-sized auto suppliers in Germany. The Nuremberg-based wiring harness and cable maker's 2005 sales rose 23.8 percent to [euro]1.54 billion compared with 2004. Last year's earnings before interest and tax...

  Tags: BMW AG, Lear, Leoni AG, VW

• A heavy hitter for undercar service.

  - 2005-12-01

  New from Sir Tools is their 1/2"-drive Oval Pin Drive Bits for removing and replacing the securing bolts that fasten the front struts to the hub castings. Generally, these types of bolt patterns are found on VW/Audi, BMW and Ford passenger cars, as well as most Japanese...

  Tags: Audi AG, BMW AG, bolt, Ford Motor Co., PRODUCTIVITY, Sir, VW

• Pricebuster from DFT

  - 2005-05-01

  The weakness of the dollar has enabled DFT Instruments to launch its latest product at [pounds sterling]395. It is a pocket sized coating thickness gauge that measures on ferrous and non-ferous substrates, has automatic calibration and a factory reset. This makes measuring very easy, making it suitable for both powder...

  Tags: Audi AG, BMW AG, calibration, gauge, substrate, VW