The automotive industry is in a state of flux at the moment - more so than any other year. There is a push for new technologies yet the factories are still geared to building older designs and several refreshed models from the big three in the US are putting pressure on the foreign manufacturers. Earlier this year, Nissan announced that it was trimming shifts at one of its … [Read more...]
Gilbern
Gilbern was one of my favourite cars when I was younger - mainly because I was born and raised in Wales and this company was for a time, a local success. Gilbern was one of a handful of cars manufactured at a time when many low volume manufacturers used glass fibre for the body shells. In the 1960s and 1970s there were many kit car builders in the UK and many moved to volume … [Read more...]
New Plans for ARDC and SMSP
Here are MW Towers, we received a press release from The Australian Racing Drivers Club, having held a membership for several years. It was a great piece of news - and one that shows that an election is due: the cash was being splashed around! Here is the link to the press release. In summary though:There will be a multi-million dollar investment package that will provide … [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...]
Update on Faraday Future
Last year, Motoring Weekly wrote an article about the state of Faraday Future and how they were looking forward to a rosy future because they had secured a backer and had a factory in Nevada being built. August was a great time to be at Faraday with their FF-91 about to head into full scale production. In December, all that changed. The funding had dried up - which was a … [Read more...]