Volkswagen named Thomas Schmall as the new VW brand board member responsible for components – a key post that carries with it the potential for political friction with the carmaker’s powerful German unions.
Tesla Model S beats out Porsche in U.S. Consumer Reports survey
Tesla drivers were more likely than Porsche owners — or anyone else — to say they’d buy their cars again in this year’s edition of the closely watched Consumer Reports buyer survey.
Toyota expands Takata air bag recall in Japan, China
By Mari Saito and Chang-Ran Kim
Toyota said on Thursday it would call back 190,000 more vehicles to replace potentially defective air bags made by Takata Corp, and Japan’s regulator said it may change its recall system to better respond to what it called an “unprecedented” crisis.
Takata resists U.S. recall order, ignores Toyota crisis lessons
By Chang-Ran Kim
Takata Corp’s resistance to a U.S. order to expand a recall of its air bag inflators is likely driven by a need to protect itself from legal liability, but risks longer-term business damage by alienating the public, experts say.
