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Normally, we should have just reported the story on Daimler AG's announcement that it has selected the Smart's plant in Hambach, France, as the location for future series production of the plug-in electric Fortwo and stayed at that...
- Mercedes Confirms Production Version Of Sls Amg E-cell All-electric Supercar At Detroit Motor Show
Mercedes-Benz showcased its SLS AMG E-Cell concept car at the Detroit Motor Show, however, the big news wasn't the presentation of the all-electric supercar but the announcement that it will enter production within the next couple of years. "The...
- Mercedes-benz Reshuffles Production, Next C-class To Be Built In Bremen And U.s. Plants From 2014, No Lay-offs In Sindelfingen Until 2020
Daimler AG's management and workers have reached an agreement to preserve jobs at the firm's Sindelfingen plant in Germany until the end of 2019 following the automaker's decision to reorganization its worldwide production network and discontinue...
- All-electric Smart Fortwo With Tesla Li-ion Batteries To Enter Production In November
The first examples of Smart's second-generation Fortwo Electric Drive will roll off the production line at the firm's Hambach plant in France in mid November, the company announced today. Initially, the all-electric Smart that is powered by a...
- Daimler Sells 9.1% Stake To Abu Dhabi Firm As German Automaker Searches For Cash
In a move that many analysts see as a need to raise some much needed cash during a time of deepening global recession, Mercedes-Benz' parent company Daimler announced that it has sold a 9.1% stake worth €1.95 billion (US$2.65 billion) to Aabar...
- Smart Fortwo Celebrates 10th Birthday
The miniscule Smart ForTwo is celebrating its 10th birthday this month as the first model rolled off Daimler’s assembly line in Hambach, France on July 2, 1998. The Smart ForTwo began as the brainchild of Swatch CEO Nicolas Hayek who joined forces...
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Caption This; Rich Uncle Pennybags Meets Sarkozy...
Normally, we should have just reported the story on Daimler AG's announcement that it has selected the Smart's plant in Hambach, France, as the location for future series production of the plug-in electric Fortwo and stayed at that...But once we saw this picture of Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars shaking hands with French President Nicolas Sarkozy during a visit at the Hambach plant, our mind automatically switched to comic mode and well, let's just say that things like "Rich Uncle Pennybags -aka Mr Monopoly- meets life-size caricature of Sarkozy" and "Now we know why Daimler builds the Fortwo in Hambach" kept us amused for a while ...
- Mercedes Confirms Production Version Of Sls Amg E-cell All-electric Supercar At Detroit Motor Show
Mercedes-Benz showcased its SLS AMG E-Cell concept car at the Detroit Motor Show, however, the big news wasn't the presentation of the all-electric supercar but the announcement that it will enter production within the next couple of years. "The...
- Mercedes-benz Reshuffles Production, Next C-class To Be Built In Bremen And U.s. Plants From 2014, No Lay-offs In Sindelfingen Until 2020
Daimler AG's management and workers have reached an agreement to preserve jobs at the firm's Sindelfingen plant in Germany until the end of 2019 following the automaker's decision to reorganization its worldwide production network and discontinue...
- All-electric Smart Fortwo With Tesla Li-ion Batteries To Enter Production In November
The first examples of Smart's second-generation Fortwo Electric Drive will roll off the production line at the firm's Hambach plant in France in mid November, the company announced today. Initially, the all-electric Smart that is powered by a...
- Daimler Sells 9.1% Stake To Abu Dhabi Firm As German Automaker Searches For Cash
In a move that many analysts see as a need to raise some much needed cash during a time of deepening global recession, Mercedes-Benz' parent company Daimler announced that it has sold a 9.1% stake worth €1.95 billion (US$2.65 billion) to Aabar...
- Smart Fortwo Celebrates 10th Birthday
The miniscule Smart ForTwo is celebrating its 10th birthday this month as the first model rolled off Daimler’s assembly line in Hambach, France on July 2, 1998. The Smart ForTwo began as the brainchild of Swatch CEO Nicolas Hayek who joined forces...