Made in Germany | The Auto Industry The Motor of the German Economy is Sputtering
Made in Germany | The Auto Industry The Motor of the German Economy is Sputtering
Germany’s car industry is in crisis: in Wolfsburg, Volkswagen has let temp workers go; BMW has halted production lines in Munich; Daimler in Stuttgart is forcing its staff to take a vacation, and in Rüsselsheim Opel has asked Chancellor Angela Merkel for financial assistance.
Calls for government aid to help automakers develop more fuel-efficient cars are growing. At the moment, most auto industry executives aren’t even willing to wager a guess what the year 2009 will bring. But Made in Germany’s intrepid Carmen Meyer travelled to southern Germany, the home of Daimler and Porsche, and visited an automotive supplier there. She was also on hand for a speech about the future of the automotive industry by Daimler chairman Dieter Zetsche.
VW produced in Mexico are for US consumption.
It is cheaper to produce them and then ship them to the US and south America but they are still made using German engineering.
Please just calm down and stop BSing. Cook up a tea maybe. Read a book or watch a movie.
America got of this industry at the right time, Cars are going to be like any other hardware in the future. Look at Nokia. That is future. This industry is going through radical change.
Lol
Today I’m a homeless. But tomorrow I’m going to be the one of the richest one on d earth
@tinramm you do know that the ford escort is designed and produced in cologne do you?
there is nothing american about it, it was designed by a german
Bullshit. Quit spewing out crap.
BUT LIFE IN GERMANY VERY EXPENSIVE AND POOR CANT MAKE HIS SITUATION GOOD
Yes, the german government gives a lot of taxpayers money in order to keep Opel german factories open, while they close others and fire workers in the rest of Europe (Antwerp, in Belgium, yesterday). This is so "europeanly" supportive!! When the car overproduction is exposed again, we will the reaction of governments