Tag Archive for 'Germany'

Daimler: cutting in North America, not Germany

November 25th, 2008 by DaveAdmin

Andreas Renschler told the Associated Press that Daimler AG’s truck empire will not cut hours in its German plants, but could continue slashing Daimler Trucks North America, which includes the remains of Sterling and Freightliner. In contrast, Mercedes will be increasing its holiday shutdown and may cut working hours.
Daimler Trucks North America has already [...]

Tags: Daimler, factories, Germany, Sterling. Auto industry, Trucks

Dodge Viper sets new track record in Germany

September 5th, 2008 by DaveAdmin

The 2009 Dodge Viper ACR has broken the street-legal production car record at Germany’s Nürburgring race track, with a third-party certified time of 7 minutes, 22.1 seconds.
The 12.93-mile Nürburgring is a race track in Nürburg, Germany, built in the 1920s and considered by many to be the most demanding purpose-built race track in the world. [...]

Tags: Dodge Viper, Germany, Racing, record. Dodge, Racing