Recently added articles from Automotive News Europe:
A call for a public-private automotive partnership.
Mar 02, 2009 ... No one disputes that the European auto industry needs help to weather the current economic crisis. But neither individual countries nor the EU have found the proper dose of medicine that will cure today's ills. Stimulus packages such as Germany's scrappage bonuses are giving a ...
Ghosn's 2 hats get very heavy.
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Hans Greimel Carlos Ghosn has had a good run as the dual head of Nissan and Renault. In Japan, he was hailed as the rock star CEO who saved a national icon from doom and drove it to record profits. But that's now changed, with Nissan poised for its first loss ...
Where's Brussels when we need it most?
Mar 02, 2009; ... Byline: Jason Stein Does it work? Doesn't it work? Or will it ever work at all? In the endless fits and starts, hand wringing and consternation over whether the European Union can actually function as a union, one thing has emerged: When it comes to crisis assistance, ...
Van Braeckel's spark was Ickx's Le Mans win.(Interview)
Mar 02, 2009; ... Byline: Bettina Mayer Name: Dirk van Braeckel. Title: Bentley director of design. Age: 51. Languages: English, German, Dutch, French. Nationality: Belgian. Family: Wife, Hanna; daughter Josephine, 15. Countries ...
Confidential.
Mar 02, 2009 ... Golf still unrivalled for space An Austrian farmer is so worried about his cattle catching a cold that he regularly drives them to the vet in his car with the heat on. Thomas Bloch's "re-moo-val service involves cramming young calves into his Volkswagen Golf for the ...
Bosch strengthens hybrid team; Supplier could add 200 more people to new unit dedicated to supplying parts for cars with lower CO2 emissions.
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Bettina Mayer Wolf-Henning Scheider hopes hybrid-electric vehicle technology keeps humming along. Scheider, who heads Robert Bosch's electric vehicle and hybrid technology unit formed January 1, predicts that hybrid technology will be a bridge to ...
Conti gets turbo customer.(Brief article)
Mar 02, 2009; ... Byline: Bettina Mayer Continental has a customer for its turbocharger, CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann told Automotive News Europe on the sidelines of the company's annual results press conference here. He declined to name the customer or say where the company will make the ...
Citing costs, Conti kills IAA stand.(Brief article)
Mar 02, 2009; ... Byline: Guido Reinking To save costs, Continental will not have an exhibition stand at the IAA in Frankfurt in September. The German supplier is the second automotive company to withdraw from Europe's biggest auto show. In February, Mitsubishi said it ...
Electronic net extends driver's sight; Car-to-infrastructure and car-to-car communications still suffer from launch delays.
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Tony Lewin More than 2 million people converged on Washington, D.C., in January to witness the inauguration of President Barack Obama. Many of them traveled there by car. With the city authorities implementing many special road closures, the travel situation was ...
The proponents.
Mar 02, 2009 ... The Car-to-Car Communication Consortium aims to establish common European technical standards that will enable cars of all brands to communicate wirelessly with each other and with the surrounding infrastructure. In addition, the Consortium has secured royalty-free exclusive ...
How it works.(designing of cars and technology used)(Brief article)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Individual vehicles will be equipped with wireless units with a range of a few hundred meters. As soon as one vehicle comes into the range of another, they communicate automatically, exchanging information and messages. Groups of vehicles form a constantly changing network and ...
Safety Solutions.(Continental AG promoted its eCall services)(Brief article)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Leading supplier Continental is actively promoting its eCall service, which, it says, could save 2,500 lives each year in Europe. Continental is worried that the European Commission's eCall initiative has stalled, even though it is due to be implemented by 2010. The ...
The benefits.
Mar 02, 2009 ... What C2C and C2I can provide * Alerts for hazardous situations ahead * Warnings about road conditions such as ice * Pre-crash warning to vehicle systems * Route guidance * Diversions around jams * Warnings of emergency ...
Fioravanti: Italian design could benefit from global auto crisis.
Mar 02, 2009 ... Industry veteran says that coachbuilders are suffering from bad decisions of past The worst crisis for the auto sector since the Great Depression is accelerating the sunset for the Italian coachbuilding sector, which has been in trouble for years. The grim outlook ...
Countries try sales tax break to boost car sales.
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Lyle Frink Adjusting value added tax rates is one way that some European governments are trying to stimulate new-car sales. In the UK, the tax was lowered to 15 percent on all purchases, a decrease of 2.5 percentage points. Similarly, the Polish government is ...
Stylish, sexy, smart; More than 30 concept and production cars will make their world debuts this week.
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Mark Rechtin With car sales plummeting globally and little sign of life coming from any nation's economy, the 79th Geneva auto show could be seen as the modern equivalent of the string quartet on the deck of the Titanic. Automakers and design houses will use ...
Audi aims A4 Allroad at rugged set.
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Wim Oude Weernink The redesigned A4 Allroad gives Audi a more rugged-looking variant of the A4 Avant wagon with enhanced off-road capabilities. At 180mm, the Allroad's suspension is 70mm taller than the Avant's. This results in better ground clearance. The ...
BMW hatches a new type of 5 series.
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Wim Oude Weernink Based on the 5-series platform, BMW has developed a new concept for a five-door premium hatchback. BMW describes it as a Progressive Activity Sedan and calls the model the Gran Turismo. The concept GT is designed like a four-door coupe, with frameless ...
Aston Martin.
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Mark Rechtin Aston Martin has stuffed a 6.0-liter V-12 powerplant into its small coupe's engine bay. The V12 Vantage will be "the most potent production sports car in the marque's 95-year history, the automaker claims. The engine produces 510hp and 570Nm of torque, ...
Bentley.
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Bettina Mayer Displaying its green-performance credentials, Bentley will unveil a high-performance sports car with an engine that can run on E85, a blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline. Bentley said adapting the car to run on E85 was achieved by ...