Posted on January 22nd, 2010 • by David Zatz
General Motors has announced cutbacks at Opel, which a German union official, apparently unaware of Daimler’s history in the United States, declared to be a “declaration of war,” according to the Associated Press. The cutbacks would drop 8,300 jobs at money-losing Opel, which GM unsuccessfully tried to sell recently. A plant in Belgium has been [...]
Posted on November 25th, 2008 • by David Zatz
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 [...]
Posted on September 5th, 2008 • by David Zatz
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 [...]