Tatra is claimed to be one of the oldest living automotive manufacturers even though they don’t make cars anymore, just trucks. The company that started the legacy, Ignatz Shustala and Company, was founded in 1850 to make horse-drawn carriages before branching out into railway wagons and carriages. In those days the Czech Republic didn’t exist - the area was inside the … [Read more...]
Toyota to Invest More in US
Last month Toyota made an important announcement for the US market - they plan to spend $749m to expand their business across five States - creating 600 new jobs along the way. In Alabama, they will expand their engine assembly plant base in Huntsville, adding the majority of jobs there. This, along with extra funding for parts manufacturing in Tennessee and Missouri will be … [Read more...]
Tesla’s Sales Changes
Here at Motoring Weekly, we have been following the rollercoaster ride that is Tesla and Elon Musk. They seem to be doing OK and then Musk opens his mouth and the stock slides and then they recover only for another announcement to drop the stock price again. Early in March they announced that they were going to close all retail outlets and concentrate on online sales because … [Read more...]
Peugeot To Lead New US Attack
The PSA Group has announced its intention to re-enter the US market - again. It last announced plans to analyse whether the US market was good for their brands three years ago. Now the company has said that it is committed to do it - in five years time! The PSA Group holds the rights to the Citroen, DS, Peugeot, Vauxhall and Opel marques and all of them in some form have … [Read more...]
Jack Griffith
The name Andrew Jackson “Jack" Griffith may not mean much to many people, however to sports car enthusiasts and classic car nuts, he was another genius although his name was initially made by copying someone else's idea! He was born in 1926 on Long Island in New York State and enlisted in the US Airforce in 1943 at the age of 17, being posted to Wisconsin. He met his wife … [Read more...]