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Headcount Reductions at Mercedes Car Group in Germany Reductions of 8.500 jobs at Mercedes Car Group in Germany Charges of € 950 million for DaimlerChrysler are to be compensated Earnings outlook 2005 remains unchanged Stuttgart – Today, the Board of Management of DaimlerChrysler AG has set a reduction target of 8,500 jobs for the Mercedes Car Group Business Division. The Supervisory Board has authorized the Board of Management for the provision of the required funds. The headcount reductions are to be achieved in the course of the next twelve months by means of voluntary termination agreements. These headcount reductions are indispensable. They will contribute to significant improvements in the competitiveness of Mercedes-Benz through an increase in productivity. This and the attractive Mercedes-Benz product range are two major requirements for the long-term success of Mercedes Car Group. The measures will also contribute to the sustained safeguarding of production at the location Germany. DaimlerChrysler continues to stand by the “Future Safeguarding 2012“ agreement signed in 2004 without reservations; in the case of headcount restructuring measures, the agreement provides for voluntary terminations as a first step. All arrangements of the agreement negotiated with the employee representatives are being implemented on a consistent basis. The decision of the Board of Management and the Supervisory Board will lead to charges of €950 million. The major portion of the charges will be posted in the fourth quarter of 2005. The charges are to be compensated by extraordinary income as well as from improvements in the ongoing operative business. Therefore, the profit outlook for the Group for the year 2005 remains unchanged: DaimlerChrysler continues to expect a slight increase in operating profit compared with the prior year (€5.8 billion), excluding charges related to the realignment of the smart business model. I licenziamenti saranno soft e con prepensionamenti. Il costo sarà pari 950 milioni che saranno conteggiati soprattutto nel quarto trimestre ( già nei primi 6 mesi Mercedes perde 942 milioni di euro a fine 2005 ne perderà il doppio). I costi di ristrutturazione saranno coperti dalla vendita di Mtu friedrichsafen ( produttori di motori per barche ed aerei) che frutterà a Daimlerchrysler 1,5 miliardi di euro circa.

Insieme alle immagini che hai postato non c' erano photoshop della versione suv?

Forse qualcuno le ha già postate, sono dei rendering di stern http://www.stern.de/sport-motor/autowelt/erlkoenige/532065.html?nv=sb http://www.stern.de/sport-motor/autowelt/erlkoenige/532065.html?nv=fs&nv=fs&zz=1127816764&cp=2

http://www.auto-motor-sport.de/news/auto_und_produkte/neuer_vw_scirocco_wind_of_change.92098.htm Dovrebbe essere un coupè su base Golf a partire da 20.000 euro. Motori a partire dal 1.4 170 cv. Prevista uscita 2008

Artcolo da forbes.com la porsche ha confermato Update 7: Porsche Plans to Acquire Stake in VW 09.25.2005, 01:24 PM Luxury sports car maker Porsche AG said Sunday it plans to acquire a stake of about 20 percent in Volkswagen AG, a move aimed at strengthening ties between the automakers and preventing a future hostile takeover of Volkswagen. Porsche said Volkswagen has become "a significant supplier for about 30 percent of our sales volume" as well as "an important partner in development." The two companies worked together to develop Porsche's Cayenne sport utility vehicle and Volkswagen's Touareg. They recently announced that they, along with Audi AG, were forming an alliance to develop hybrid engines. "With this engagement, we want to secure our business relations with VW and also safeguard in the long term a significant part of our future planning," Porsche chief executive Wendelin Wiedeking said in a statement. Stuttgart-based Porsche said it hoped the investment would enable it to head off any future hostile takeover of Volkswagen by investors "who do not have the longterm interests of VW as their aim." That scenario could arise if the European Court of Justice rules against a German law that effectively protects the company, Europe's largest automaker, from such a takeover. "Our planned investment is the strategic answer to this risk," Wiedeking said. "This 'German solution' that we are seeking is a significant precondition for the stable development of Volkswagen AG" and for the two companies' future cooperation, he said. Porsche said it was in contact with Volkswagen's management and did not plan to take over the company. Volkswagen welcomed Porsche's move, which it said supported its "independent business policy." "A stable shareholder structure is very important" in the long term, it added. The European Commission took Germany to court last year over the VW law. It has long argued that the decades-old law goes against the grain of the 25-nation bloc's single market principles, although German politicians claim it helps ensure stability at the company. The Commission objects to provisions of the 1960 law privatizing Volkswagen that cap a shareholder's voting rights at 20 percent, regardless of the number of shares held, and requires a majority of 80 percent for "important decisions." The state of Lower Saxony, where VW's Wolfsburg headquarters is situated, is currently the biggest shareholder, with a stake of 18.2 percent. A 20 percent stake would currently cost Porsche more than euro3 billion (US$3.6 billion). Porsche said it could finance the purchase with "available liquidity," but did not elaborate. Porsche said its investment would not reach the 30 percent threshold that, under German law, would require it to make a public takeover offer for Volkswagen. Volkswagen shares rose late last week amid rumors that a large investor was building up a stake in the company. On Friday, they closed up 3.4 percent at euro51.86 (US$62.49). Germany's biggest industrial union, IG Metall, welcomed Porsche's move to protect Volkswagen. "This is good for the company and good for Germany as an industrial location," union spokesman Georgios Arwanitidis told the daily Frankfurter Rundschau.

Der spiegel lo dà per certo. A me sembra strano anche per il fatto che Pech adesso è il capo del supervisory board di Vw ed è anche principale azionista della Porsche. Ci sarebbe un conflitto di interessi dato che così diventerebbe anche il primo azionista di Vw.

Seat non la vendono è solamente una voce. E' possibile che ci sia una ristrutturazione ma non la venderanno. Volkswagen è alle prese con gravi problemi di costi che non le permettono di guadagnare abbastanza sui modelli che produce. Certo dire che è alla vigilia di una crisi mostruosa è una inesatta forzatura. Basta vedere un pò i conti semestrali. http://www.volkswagen-ir.de/fileadmin/vw-ir2/dokumente/berichte/2005/Interim_Report_January-June_2005.pdf Le consegne nel secondo trimestre sono aumentate del 5% ( nei primi 6 mesi del 1,7%). I profitti operativi nei primi sei mesi sono aumentati del 61,6% arrivando a 1,375 miliardi di euro. Secondo Acea.be in europa le vendite del gruppo sono aumentate del 4,8% e la quota di mercato è passata da 17,7% a 18,6%. Se vuoi sostenere che la Vw è in crisi nera porta delle prove. I problemi più importanti per il costruttore sono i mercati cinese ed americano ed il problema dei costi. L' arrivo dell' ex manager Chrysler Wolfgang Bernhard sarà di grosso aiuto per la risoluzione dei prblemi di Vw. Come altre case il gruppo di Wolfsburg è in difficoltà però sicuramente non è nella situazione di altri gruppi che sono in rosso.

According to German magazine "Der Spiegel" Porsche is preparing to become the main shareholder of Volkswagen by buying 20 percent of the stakes. Main reason for that move is that Porsche is afraid of the dependencies through the common developments (Cayenne/Touareg and hybrid technology) and the possibility of an unfriendly takeover of Volkswagen. In this case, it's most likely that Volkswagen will be separated and Porsche will lose the influence on the technology. This scenario would be impossible after the rumored buy-in of Porsche, because Porsche (20 percent), the country of Lower Saxony (18.2 percent) and VW (13.1 percent) would always have the majority of the stakes. Traduzione in inglese. La cifra 20% non è casuale perchè c' è la famosa legge Vw. Nessun azionista di Vw non può esercitare più del 20% del diritto di voto qualsiasi quota abbia.

http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,376547,00.html Pare che la Porsche voglia comprarsi il 20% della Volkswagen. D' altronde il capo del consiglio di sorveglianza di Vw Piech è anche l' azionista principale di Porsche.

Pisctesrieder è il ceo di Volkswagen non c' entra niente con Bmw. Il target era di 80.000-90.000 vetture ho un repubblica auto del luglio 2004 che lo dimostra. Il target era prudenziali i risultati sono ottimi anche perchè la serie 1 ha un a sola versione non sono ancora arrivate sw, coupè e cabrio.

Volkswagen sta adottando una linea molto più dura con i sindacati. Lo scontro tra Ig metall e Bernhard sul sito di produzione del suv medio ne è esempio. Articolo di automotive news Crunch time as VW's Bernhard clashes with union Volkswagen's Wolfgang Bernhard faces a showdown with unions that could determine if he is worth the 800 million euro rise in the carmaker's shares he triggered with his arrival as head of the VW brand. A restructuring specialist versed in streamlining companies, the former star manager at the Chrysler group delivered in late August an unusual ultimatum for a company that has long relied on consensus building with its workers. Either its powerful German works council agrees by Monday to build the new Golf-based SUV at reduced wages, or VW will make it in Portugal, where it would save more than 1,000 euros on each SUV it produces. With shares in Europe's largest carmaker breaching the 50 euro mark on Thursday for the first time in more than three years, the market is banking on Bernhard sending a broad message to investors -- that he is serious about reining in costs, that he won't pull his punches, that he is the real deal. "The decision on the Golf SUV is crucial for management credibility on cost-cutting and it could even signal the end of VW's in-house wage agreements," said Patrick Juchemich of Bank Sal. Oppenheim. The only German carmaker to negotiate wage deals itself for its 103,000 staff at six western German plants, VW pays about 11 percent more than domestic peers -- including Audi, the group's highly-profitable premium unit. Volkswagen has stepped up the rhetoric, announcing this month it would cut "several thousand" jobs in Germany, even if some 1,000 jobs were secured by building the Golf-based SUV, known as Marrakesh, at its main plant in Wolfsburg, Germany. An outcome in his favor would underline Bernhard's commitment to achieving a gross earnings improvement of 7 billion euros ($8.6 billion) by 2008 from the VW brand alone, the bulk of which will come from cost cuts. "It will be an indicator of what Bernhard is capable of doing and how -- whether he will reach a solution in partnership with the works council or whether he'll reach for the crowbar," an auto analyst at WestLB said. "He could do quite a bit of damage if he is too tough. He depends on a good working relationship with the works council." German engineering trade union IG Metall sharply criticised the ultimatum, which it said had broken an accord reached last year that swapped job guarantees for labor cost concessions. But whereas regional union boss Hartmut Meine has said Bernhard was "obviously looking for conflict", VW's new works council chairman Bernd Osterloh -- whose reputation is as a hardliner -- found a softer tone that suggested employees were less eager to provoke the VW executive. "I think we're approaching each other and hope that in the foreseeable future we can come to a sustainable compromise," Osterloh said in a statement on Thursday, adding talks were "tough, but constructive". A Volkswagen spokeswoman confirmed a decision would be made on Monday, Sept. 26, as planned but would not comment further. STRONG BARGAINING POSITION Shareholders' hopes rest on the shoulders of Bernhard, who has been frank about the problems at Volkswagen. The day his appointment was announced in early October, VW's market value rose nearly 8 percent or 830 million euros. When media reports subsequently surfaced that incoming DaimlerChrysler CEO and ex-Chrysler chief Dieter Zetsche wanted to lure back his former number two, the stock promptly fell. Christoph Stuermer, analyst at industry forecaster Global Insight, believes VW could be looking at a solution akin to what Porsche did with its Cayenne SUV, which is mainly built in Slovakia with the finishing touches made in Leipzig. This would reduce the bulk of labor costs while ensuring that at least part of the vehicle is produced domestically. "Considering that only 1,000 jobs in Wolfsburg are at stake, Volkswagen could very well be planning to manufacture the Marrakesh in Portugal or another low-wage location to cut manufacturing costs, but locate final assembly of the vehicle in Wolfsburg," Stuermer said. "That would calm the works council and allow VW at the same time to market the SUV as 'Made in Germany'," he continued. Debt analyst Maria Bissinger of Standard & Poor's warned that VW's unfavorable cost structure will remain a challenge for the medium term, but the tough stance Bernhard is taking has encouraged the market that progress is being made. "We think the problems are being addressed," she told an auto industry conference this week. WestLB believes that labor will back down in view of the competitive pressures coming from VW's other low-cost plants such as in Slovakia, where it builds the full-sized Touareg SUV. "VW's negotiating position is quite strong, and what other choice does the works council have? They know themselves that they are too expensive," the bank's analyst said.

E' vero. Sull' ultimo numero di auto motor und sport c' era scritto che la roadster su base concept R era stata bloccata per motivazioni di costi. Cmq c' è Bernhard adesso che è un ottimo tagliatori di costi, non vedo molti problemi. La vera novità sarebbe il suv su base Polo.

http://www.autobild.de/aktuell/meldungen/artikel.php?artikel_id=9760 Nell' ultima copia di autobild. E' interessante che ne faranno versioni coupè, roadster e suv.

106.000 dipendenti circa. In questa cifra non sono compresi dipendenti delle aziende partecipate da Vw cioè europcar e Leaseplan. L' utilizzazione delle fabbriche tedesche di Vw è solo del 75% e alcune di esse ( ad esempio Emden che produce la Passat) non riescono a fare profitti esportando nei mercati aerea Nafta.

Bernhard ha detto che questa cifra è campata in aria. In effetti 30.000 sono troppi, credo che 10.000 sia il numero giusto.

Certo, però le Malibu negli usa vanno abbastanza bene vendono 20.000 unità mensili. Forse negli Usa a causa dei prezzi della benzina ci sarà un ritorno alle s.w. da qui dovrebbe venire l' interesse per la Croma.

Su questo modello ( e i derivati suburban e Gmc) Gm si gioca il suo futuro. Non mi sembra che abbia niente di innovativo ma ad inizio 2008 dovrebbe montare l' ibrido dual mode di Daimlerchrysler-Bmw-Gm

I gusti di design tra europei e americani sono molto diversi. Loro per Crossover intendono la Pacifica e il Ford Freestyle che sono ben diversi dalla Croma anche se il concetto di segmento è quello.

Scusa di che cosa mi dovrei scandalizzare? Che la Punto sia l' auto per la salvezza di Fiat lo dicono tutti mica solo quelli di autoweek. La battuta della croma non è affatto strana. I giornali anglosassoni danno molti giudizi tranchant sulle automobili, non c' è niente da meravigliarsi. Auto car magazine definì la Phaeton qualche anno fa "a pointless car" ( un auto senza alcuna utilità). Inoltre perchè da cittadino italiano dovrei scandalizzarmi per i giudizi di giornali stranieri su prodotti italiani? Certo non credo che se i giornali stranieri ci attaccano per i guai Antonveneta, Bnl, Parmalat, Cirio, Fiat etc... noi dobbiamo scandalizzarci. E' interessante dell' artcolo la visione che hanno gli americani dei prodotti europei e dell' auto. per loro l' auto è quasi un gioco ed una passione.

Significant vuole dire significativa non per forza bella. Se leggi l' articolo i giornalisti oltre ad apprezzarne l' estetica dicono che è un auto fondamentale per il rilancio Fiat. La compass se leggi nei forum statunitensi di autoweek, autoblog, carspyshots.net ( quelli che frequento ) è piaciuta parecchio.

Sì ma se hai letto bene con Fiat non sono stati molto gentili.

Ecco il link http://autoweek.com/article.cms?articleId=103202

L' importante rivista americana Autoweek ha premiato le più belle vetture esposte a Francoforte. Ecco il resoconto. Best in Show: Porsche Cayman S Porsche called Frankfurt the Cayman's "world debut," except it has been on the cover of every car magazine from here to Shanghai, including this one, and we've driven it. Twice. Oh well, Frankfurt was the first time the Cayman was seen at an auto show. So why did we name it our Best in Show? Because it's sexy as hell, that's why—and looks far better in the sheetmetal than it does in photos, which don't even begin to capture its aggressive stance, strong rear shoulders and arching roofline. Something more than a Boxster, and a little less than a 911, the Cayman is a Boxster-based, mid-engine coupe using a 3.4-liter flat six developing 295 hp and 251 lb-ft, linked to a six-speed manual gearbox, good enough for 60 mph to arrive in 5.4 seconds. Cayman promises 911-like torsional rigidity, better-than-911 balance, and a $59,695 sticker. U.S. sales start next spring. Others considered: BMW Z4 Coupe, Jaguar XK Coupe, Mercedes-Benz S-Class Most Significant: Fiat Grande Punto The 2006 Grande Punto is the most important car ever to the survival of Fiat Auto. We know partly because everyone here kept telling us this. With the terrible Croma ("Just remove the r!") introduced last March bound to fail, the pressure is on this fresh-look Punto compact to carry on the success of the Nuova Panda. The Giugiaro design—looks like a mini Maserati in the face, no?—ushers in the new company look. This complete redo is vastly better than the car it replaces. Besides its significance as a post-General Motors company-saver, the Grande Punto is injecting a mess of fun into this economy segment with a range of interior and exterior color choices that out-cute any Smart car. Fiat also showed the nasty side of the Grande Punto with a rollicking Rally Super 2000 Abarth version aimed at the World Rally Championship in two years' time. Others considered: The growing Chinese presence Best Concept: Jeep Compass At the European introduction of the seven-passenger Commander, Jeep unveiled two different concepts: Compass and Patriot, each with a distinct buyer in mind. Only one is an AutoWeek Editors' choice and that's the hot-rodded Compass. Built on the coming Dodge Caliber small-car (future Neon) platform, the U.S. street-racing Jeep fan will get a 2.4-liter gas mill fitted to a 103.7-inch wheelbase. Compass' high level of fit-and-finish is the first clue it's in the product plan; the second comes from suppliers who say it's a done deal. We won't see the 2.0-liter diesel in the U.S., but it still comes with sporting looks and tough stance as standard. Do you think this would make a fine off-road racer, maybe with a turbocharged engine under a big hood scoop? How about a Paris-Dakar runner? Execs confess that those discussions have been held. Others considered: Opel Antara, Citroën SportLounge, Renault Egeus, Hyundai Accent SR Most Fun: Mitsubishi Concept-Sportback In Europe, five-door premium hatchbacks are the rage, so what's a car company to do? Mitsubishi's Concept-Sportback is the Japanese automaker's answer to that question, as well as to the larger question of whether Mitsubishi has a survival plan in the wake of DaimlerChrysler's decision a year ago to forego additional investment in the company. You bet Mitsubishi has such a plan, and this future product is at its heart. Designed in Germany, Concept-Sportback rides on a world platform capable of many derivatives, from the new Outlander to a Volkswagen Golf-sized hatchback. With its 200-plus-hp four-cylinder global engine as one powerplant option, front- or all-wheel drive, and a racy coupe-like rake to its rear window despite a practical and roomy high roofline, we like it as a future Evo, pitted against the Subaru WRX STI and other coming rally runners. Others considered: Fiat Punto Abarth, Smart Crosstown

Su http://www.detnews.com/2005/autosinsider/0509/19/A01-319217.htm E' una concept che sarà presentata al salone di Tokio. Prefigura una vettura di segmento B della Chrysler.

La mascherina assomiglia troppo a quella audi-Vw