China's Auto Industry Meltdown: The Last Shall Be First?

Mike Smitka, economics / Washington and Lee First to exit, that is. The rush to enter China has led to a market with too many players with ...

VW, UAW

While I prepare a post on Mitsubishi Motors (I began going through financial statements a couple weeks back) let me point to a post by Jared...

China: The Domestic and the Global Industry

In October 2013 sales in China reached 1.92 million units – see the China Auto Industry Association statistics page for details. That's...

Toyota as Number One

...remember Japan as Number One?... I'm just back from a meeting of the Japan Foundation American Advisory Board, where part of the disc...

The Industry in the face of the Euro's (partial) demise

...Eurxit and beyond... The Euro as currently configured is not sustainable, from both an economic and from a political perspective. Spain c...

Volkwagen Up! concept photos

The Up! concept was unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show. It is the newest, smallest Volkswagen model however, the spacious interior seats f...

VW unveils New Passat

Volkswagen has unveiled the new Passat BlueMotion at the Geneva Motor Show. The car is said to be the most fuel-efficient production Passat ...