Renault's Board of Directors Confirm F1 Stay
5 Nov 2009, 08:17 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Following Toyota's announcement regarding their non-existent Formula One plans for the future, the fear of F1 losing yet another manufacturer in 2010 loomed within the FIA. Renault were the tea...
Ex-Fiat CEO to Head Opel Under Magna Ownership
2 Nov 2009, 09:30 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / In case Magna finally manages to complete the Opel takeover and snatch control of the company, Herbert Demel, currently a top executive of the Canadian - Austrian partsmaker, is favorite to head the...
Lotus F1 Appoint New CEO, Riad Asmat
30 Oct 2009, 09:47 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Lotus F1 Team seem very determined to resolve the organizational issues within their team as soon as possible, in order to switch focus completely to the development of their 2010 challenger in Form...
GM's CEO Sees Brazil as Key Market
27 Oct 2009, 09:19 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson said Brazil is still playing a key role in the company's global strategy and admitted its willingness to continue the same plan and reinvest profits of the Br...
Simon Roberts Leaves Force India, Returns to McLaren
15 Oct 2009, 08:24 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Force India's Chief Operating Officer Simon Roberts will leave his position within the Silverstone based team at the end of the season to re-join McLaren Mercedes. The announcement was made by ...
Think Appoints New Board of Directors
12 Oct 2009, 08:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Electric vehicle manufacturer Think announced today it has appointed a new board of directors, as a result of the company's recent exit from under protection and its partnership with Ener1, Val...
Volvo CEO Won't Leave by Year End
9 Oct 2009, 07:34 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Volvo's parent company Ford Motor yesterday denied rumors that Stephen Odell, CEO of the Swedish manufacturer, will leave by the end of the company. The US-based carmaker described the rumors a...
Lotus Appoints New CEO: Dany Bahar
4 Sep 2009, 06:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / British manufacturer Lotus announced yesterday the appointment of its new CEO, Dany Bahar, effective October 1. Previously, Bahar was senior vice president with Ferrari, in charge of marketing, lic...
Peter Harbig to Head Honsel
26 Aug 2009, 13:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Peter Harbig, the former CEO of the one biggest independent automotive manufacturers in Germany, Karmann, will become the new head of automotive industry supplier Honsel, owned by Belgian holding RH...
Wendelin Wiedeking Missed Out on 140M Euros
26 Jul 2009, 17:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The recent departure of Porsche’s CEO, Wendelin Wiedeking, with a severance check of 50 million euros in his pocket, may be considered by Wiedeking as a defeat, given the latest reports which ...
GM Announces Executive Changes
16 Jul 2009, 08:51 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / As part of its reorganization plan, GM announced today three new leadership-appointments and retirements. Michael Millikin, 60, will be named vice president and general counsel starting July 20, whe...
Porsche CEO Corners Board Members
19 Jun 2009, 09:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A type of civil war has started these days within German sports car manufacturer Porsche, as the company is yet to solve its financial problems. Porsche's CEO, Wendelin Wiedeking has stepped up...
Former Chrysler CEO Iacocca Welcomes Marchionne
15 Jun 2009, 14:11 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Lee Iacocca, who led Chrysler as a CEO for no less than 13 years, welcomed Fiat's Sergio Marchionne at Chrysler and expressed their full support for the man who's now responsible for Chrys...
Ferrari Accuses FIA of "Grey Rules"
15 Jun 2009, 09:32 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / With the FOTA vs FIA dispute still on, Ferrari's CEO Luca di Montezemolo found it appropriate to launch another attack on Max Mosley and his ruling World Motor Sport Council on the already-reso...
Brawn GP to Push for Button Extension
25 May 2009, 08:47 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Brawn GP's CEO Nick Fry revealed that the Brackley based team will pull all the right strings in order to extend the contract of Jenson Button before the end of the season. Winner of 5 grand pr...
Carlos Ghosn Appointed President and CEO of Renault
7 May 2009, 08:07 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / At Renault's Annual General Meeting held on May 6, 2009, the Board of Directors named Carlos Ghosn the new Chairman of the Board of Directors and also appointed him President and CEO of Renault...
Next Chrysler CEO Won't Get More Than $500,000 a Year
6 May 2009, 13:13 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After the United States government has severely criticized officials of both General Motors and Chrysler for the big salaries they got while working within the two companies, the next Chrysler CEO w...
Ron Dennis Steps Down as McLaren CEO
16 Apr 2009, 10:39 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ron Dennis has officially ended all his duties with McLaren Mercedes inside Formula 1. The former McLaren team principal had announced he will make a statement on Thursday regarding his future plans...
Harley-Davidson Starts Reorganization, Names New CEO
7 Apr 2009, 08:41 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / It seems like White House speaker Nancy Pelosi's statement that "companies involved in the automotive sector must be ready for sacrifices" applies to the motorcycle industry as well a...
PSA's Streiff Fired, Varin to Take His Place
31 Mar 2009, 12:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It looks like the economic crisis is now taking its toll on the executives that were, until now, in charge with the biggest manufacturers in the world or their country. After Wagoner was kindly push...