PSA and GM Scrap Plans for Large Sedan - Will Work on Small Petrol Engines
20 Dec 2012, 12:58 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The initial plan, when GM and PSA got together and decided to collaborate, was to jointly-develop the next Citroen C5 and a replacement for the Opel Insignia, which would ultimately end up being bui...
Europe Says Bye-Bye to the Stunning Citroen C6
17 Dec 2012, 11:59 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / French cars have a certain appeal which you either get, or you don’t. This aspect has not been very evident in recent years, as the major French automakers have gotten all Germanic over the la...
Opel CEO Says Talks Between GM and PSA Are Going Well
17 Dec 2012, 11:05 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The PSA Peugeot-Citroen group has been in talks with GM for several months now, trying to find some sort of solution for poor sales in Europe. It was said that the two automakers would first build t...
European Car Sales Reach Dreaded 19-Year Low
17 Dec 2012, 08:34 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We had heard about the dreaded 19-year low which was expected to hit the European car sales sector in 2012, and since all the industry news we have recently posted about the Old Continent have been ...
Citroen Launches PureTech Three-Cylinder Engines
12 Dec 2012, 18:36 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Citroen has taken to downsizing its supermini engines again, and has announced the introduction of a three-cylinder engines under the PureTech name. These will be available in the C3, DS3 and C-Elys...
Peugeot Cuts Another 1,500 Jobs in France
12 Dec 2012, 14:44 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / PSA Peugeot Citroen announced recently that that it want to shrink its workforce by 11,200 people, or 17%, over the next couple of year in order to deal with one of the worst slowdowns in recent his...
EU and Japan Start Free Trade Agreement Talks
30 Nov 2012, 16:27 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / More bad news for Europe’s carmakers and their employees today, as the EU has started negotiations with Japan about a free trade agreement, which could flood the market with cheaper imports. ...
European Car Market Continues Decline in October
19 Nov 2012, 09:17 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While the rate of decline may have slightly improved in October, the European car market still went down further, last month, with all of the major automakers suffering double-digit declines. In the...
Peugeot Pushes 301 Sedan to Try And Turn a Profit
14 Nov 2012, 16:36 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While Peugeot’s 301 is not in the same low-cost league as the Dacia Logan, and it is not a direct competitor for it, PSA are hoping to boost their profits and get a share of the low-cost marke...
GM Deal in the Doldrums - PSA in Talks with Tata Motors
14 Nov 2012, 16:17 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / With the announcement that more advanced talks between GM and the PSA group would be ceasing for the next two years, due to the uncertain economic climate of Europe, we thought the French giant woul...
PSA and GM Give Up on Talks of Deeper Collaboration
14 Nov 2012, 10:44 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While GM and Peugeot had big plans, to make everything from superminis and large sedans, to crossovers and SUVs, it seems that they have moved too quickly in making all those future plans, as talks ...
Head of Mitsubishi France Calls Industry Minister a “Retard”
29 Oct 2012, 14:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We never knew him personally, but this head of Mitsubishi Motors' independent French dealer network, Jean-Claude Debard, seems like a very outspoken an passionate person. It’s always a sh...
PSA, GM to Develop Common Replacements for 107, C1, Agila
29 Oct 2012, 12:41 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / PSA Peugeot Citroen and General Motors last week announced they have taken steps toward their new Global Strategic Alliance. The two parties will work together on producing no less than four common ...
Mitsubishi to Produce i MiEV Electric Cars for Peugeot
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors Corporation recently signed an agreement with French group PSA Peugeot Citroen in order to supply i MiEV electric cars. Although it's not yet confirmed, it ...
Fiat-PSA Considering Major Tie-up
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Since the financial recession is far from being over, global automakers turn to desperate moves in order to survive in the automotive industry without slashing production and firing employees. Follo...
PSA to Replace Honda in Formula 1?
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ross Brawn's nightmare might soon come to an end. According to several media reports in Belgium – most of it being rumors – the PSA Group is allegedly considering buying Honda'...
Coulthard Warns: Button Might Be Forced Out!
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Jenson Button might be sidelined for the upcoming year, should Ross Brawn & Co fail to secure a buyout by the end of the winter. And that's not us talking, but freshly-retired F1 driver Dav...
PSA Deny F1 Interest
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Following consistent rumors in the Belgian media concerning a future buyout of Honda's F1 team, Group PSA dismissed the possibility of pumping money into an F1 project in the near future. PSA P...
PSA Renegotiates Contracts with Suppliers to Cut Down Costs
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / If last years' prices for aluminum, copper, oil, palladium, steel and other raw materials have gone crazy and represented an obstruction in PSA's plan to cut down costs, the new year shows...
PSA Group to Develop New Low-Cost Vehicle
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alexandru Stan / As the crisis takes its toll on the auto industry with thuggish force, makers are steadily pushed against a spiked wall with sharpen poles bristling with the imminence of collapse. This is how a rep...