The history article this week is about DAF, a truck maker who branched out into car making after thinking about how they use the propulsion methods of their metal working machines. The company was founded in 1928 by Hubert Van Doorne and his brother, Wim, as a metalworking shop and were financed by a local businessman to start manufacturing commercial vehicles. Hubert had … [Read more...]
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Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Crisis Update
It's been an interesting few months for the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance. As we have described before, it seems that Nissan were getting more uncomfortable being the revenue generator of the group yet had no voting rights, so couldn’t progress any of their plans inside the alliance. Then when Carlos Ghosn was arrested on financial fraud charges, the wheels literally … [Read more...]
Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance Crisis
Recently Motoring Weekly wrote an article about the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance that described the history of the loose grouping of manufacturers and the marques associated with them. This was to set the scene for this article about the management crisis that has enveloped the alliance. Back in November of last year, Carlos Ghosn, the CEO of the Alliance and the … [Read more...]
The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance
Over the years Motoring Weekly has discussed conglomerates of marques such as British Leyland Motor Company and American Motors Corporation where the parent company swallows several manufacturers to find cost savings by sharing parts and designs. Another way to do this is to have an alliance where the ownership of each entity is still open and where there is no true … [Read more...]
The Issues Around Car and Government Emissions
With voting soon to happen on 3 continents: the US Presidential Election, the UK’s decision on Brexit and the Australian General Election, we are all used to lots of emissions coming from Governments - mostly hot air and empty promises. We have also seen Governments around the world attack the car industry for failing to deliver on their own emissions test. Last year when … [Read more...]