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This Week -- Extra.
BMW confirms X1 plans
BMW plans to build the new X1 small sport/utility vehicle alongside the 1 Series and the 3 Series at its plant in Leipzig, Germany. The X1 is based on the 1 Series and will share some parts with the 3 Series. It's due in 2010 and will be smaller than the Mercedes-Benz B-Class.
An earlier decision made by BMW chairman Norbert Reithofer will see production of the second-generation X3 due in 2009 shift from Magna in Austria to BMW's plant in South Carolina. The free capacity at Magna will be used for production of the Mini Crossman, due for unveiling in concept form at October's Paris motor show.
Trouble at VW?
Volkswagen chairman Martin Winterkorn has indirectly threatened to resign if majority shareholder Porsche elects to control the German carmaker's day-to-day operations more closely.
In a verbal tirade apparently directed at Porsche chairman Wendelin Wiedeking, who has been criticized in many quarters for his alleged ...
- FILES - Picture taken on January 8, 2007 shows Wendelin Wiedeking...
- Picture from: Getty Images STAN HONDA July 23, 2009 700+ words
...Picture taken on January 8, 2007 shows Wendelin Wiedeking... Full Size JPG (2004 KB) FILES...Picture taken on January 8, 2007 shows Wendelin Wiedeking, CEO of German luxury sportscar...immediate effect" of its chairman Wendelin Wiedeking and financial director Holger Haerter...
- Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking (L) and Audi CEO Rupert Stadler...
- Picture from: Getty Images DANIEL KARMANN July 16, 2009 700+ words
DANIEL KARMANN Getty Images 07-16-2009 Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking (L) and Audi CEO Rupert Stadler... Full Size JPG (2770 KB) Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking (L) and Audi CEO Rupert Stadler chat during celebrations for German luxury...
- Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking attends celebrations for German...
- Picture from: Getty Images DANIEL KARMANN July 17, 2009 700+ words
DANIEL KARMANN Getty Images 07-17-2009 Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking attends celebrations for German... Full Size JPG (3072 KB) Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking attends celebrations for German luxury car maker Audi's 100th birthday on...
- THE FINAL SAY.(Final assembly)(Wendelin Wiedeking)(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: Automotive News March 12, 2007 700+ words
...will happen to all of the unemployed people? ... We have to work hard, and we have to find solutions to be able to employ people in our countries.'' Wendelin Wiedeking CEO, Porsche CAPTION(S): Wendelin Wiedeking, CEO, Porsche
- Wiedeking embodies Porsche's VW influence.(dialogue with Wendelin Wiedeking of...
- Magazine article from: Automotive News Stein, Jason January 29, 2007 700+ words
...s Cobo Center. Of the 69 questions posed to Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking during an hour-long group interview at the Detroit auto...that you have to dig day and night.'' CAPTION(S): Wendelin Wiedeking, Porsche
- Passenger car CEO, Wendelin Wiedeking.
- Magazine article from: Automotive News Europe August 26, 2002 700+ words
President and CEO, Porsche Wendelin Wiedeking of Porsche does things differently to most auto company bosses. Maybe that's the secret of his success. Wiedeking's 10th...
- Exit Wiedeking; Upheaval at Porsche.(Wendelin Wiedeking)
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) July 25, 2009 700+ words
...predictable end of a long battle IN THE morning of July 23rd, Porsche announced the departure of its chief executive, Wendelin Wiedeking, and its chief financial officer, Holger Harter. The German maker of sports cars thus succumbed to what had...
- The industry's scarlet letter: "W'.(NEWS)(Wendelin Wiedeking )(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: Automotive News July 27, 2009 700+ words
...First Katsuaki Watanabe lost his CEO job at Toyota, and then Rick Wagoner of General Motors was ousted. Now Wendelin Wiedeking bites the dust after 16 years in command at Porsche. Wiedeking, who succumbed to a power struggle, had been...
Source: HighBeam Research, This Week -- Extra.