2010 Geneva Auto Show: Opel Meriva · Live Photos
5 Mar 2010, 11:01 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Opel has just unveiled its new Meriva at the 80th Geneva Auto Show. Customers can already order the car in Germany as well as in several other European countries. The price starts at 15,900 Euros fo...
State Governments to Discuss Opel Aid
23 Feb 2010, 07:59 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors has already stated that it needs 2.7 billion Euros to restructure Opel but governments across Europe, including Germany, are yet to make a decision on the matter. However, according t...
New Volkswagen Touareg German Prices Released
22 Feb 2010, 10:07 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / German consumers who are planning to buy the new Volkswagen Touareg can already place their orders at dealerships across the country, with prices to start at 50,700 Euros. In fact, prices are depend...
Germany and Spain to Carefully Examine Opel Aid
10 Feb 2010, 07:58 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / While both Germany and the United Kingdom last week expressed their intentions to provide financial support for GM's Opel, Nick Reilly's yesterday statement changed plans a little bit. The...
Western Europe's Sales Up 15 Percent in January
8 Feb 2010, 09:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The number of vehicles sold in January 2010 in Western Europe are 14.9 percent higher than the same month of last year, according to a report by JD Power Automotive Forecasting cited by just-auto.co...
Opel to Keep Eisenach Plant Open
4 Feb 2010, 07:44 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / German manufacturer Opel will keep the Eisenach production facility alive, despite initial plans to suspend activity at the plant. After a meeting with Thuringia's prime minister Christine Lieb...
German Government Wants More Opel Money from GM
3 Feb 2010, 09:46 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / While General Motors goes further with its restructuring plan for Opel, the German government demands the US-based manufacturer to contribute with more money before receiving state loans to fund the...
Audi A3 Production Suspended
21 Jan 2010, 09:48 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / German manufacturer Audi will halt production of its A3 in February, following poor sales results in Germany. The Ingolstadt, Germany facility will halt production for one week, autoobserver.com rep...
Opel CEO Backs GM: Don't Attack It!
19 Jan 2010, 08:31 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Opel and Vauxhall CEO Nick Reilly announced a few days ago the new management team to revive the two companies, with some members coming from the US to represent GM when making critical decisions. I...
Bosch Predicts Sales Increase - Sustained by Growth in Emerging Markets
4 Jan 2010, 16:37 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Robert Bosch has released an optimistic 2010 sales forecast for its car parts core business. The company is expecting a 10% sales increase in this sector, based on growth in emerging markets and as ...
German Opel Sales Up 31 Percent in 2009
30 Dec 2009, 08:31 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Despite the huge problems it encountered in 2009, Opel's new registrations grew 31 percent in Germany during the current year, which means that GM's unit reached the highest level in four ...
Audi to Invest $10.5Bn by 2012
28 Dec 2009, 14:38 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Audi announced that its future plans include a 7.3 billion Euro ($10.5 billion) investment on plant upgrades, new products and technology research. Its purpose is expanding its number of customers, ...
Audi Crashes Through 100,000 Units Sold Mark...
18 Dec 2009, 13:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / ...in only two of its locations: its forums in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm. The German carmaker announced today the delivery of the 100,000th new car in Germany, marking the first time in its history ...
ZF Expects to Break Even in 2010
16 Dec 2009, 13:21 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The recession not only affected automakers, but their suppliers too. As things are looking better, German supplier ZF Friedrichshafen AG said it hopes to break even in 2010. "Growth at ZF ne...
VW Polo BlueMotion Order Books Opened
15 Dec 2009, 09:28 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Consumers who are looking to buy a Polo BlueMotion can now place their orders as Volkswagen recently opened the order books for the car shown for the first time at Geneva. Just like any BlueMotion m...
Honda Opens German Training Center
15 Dec 2009, 09:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese carmaker Honda announced it has opened, following a 15 million euro investment, a new training centre in Erlensee, Hesse. The center will take care of training sales associates and service ...
Porsche Rolls Out 10,000th Panamera
15 Dec 2009, 08:45 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Porsche recently announced that its Leipzig plant produced the 10,000th Panamera, a model that was purchased by a consumer in Singapore. Porsche intends to sell a total of 20,000 units per year, wit...
Chevrolet Cruze Irmscher Special Edition Package for Germany
11 Dec 2009, 10:08 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Chevrolet will introduce a brand new version of its popular Cruze in Germany, created in collaboration with German tuning house Irmscher. The so-called Irmscher Special Edition will be exclusively a...
Maybach in David LaChapelle's Vision
7 Dec 2009, 11:34 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Building a brand image has never been easy, but building an image for a car you’re trying to sell for half a million Euros is extremely difficult. Mercedes-Benz, however, managed to do that wi...
GM Expects Germany to Provide Support
7 Dec 2009, 09:58 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors is still holding talks with involved governments and, even if more and more rumors are claiming that Germany does not intend to provide money to the US-based manufacturer, the company...