The crisis engulfing Volkswagen is not simply a bad year on the balance sheet. It is another tremor in the slow unraveling of the industrial order that once defined Europe. Operating profit has collapsed to €8.9 billion,...

Denso, a major supplier to Toyota, has made a bid to acquire Japanese chipmaker Rohm in a deal that could be worth about $8.3 billion. If completed, the acquisition would strengthen Denso’s position in power management semiconductors, which are widely...

The Volkswagen Group finds itself at a crossroads. The company’s leadership, embodied by Thomas Schäfer and CEO Oliver Blume, speaks of efficiency and cost-cutting as though they are moral imperatives, yet behind the rhetoric lies the stark reality...

Ford Motor Company has announced a recall of approximately 4.3 million pickup trucks and SUVs in the U.S. due to a software defect that can cause trailer brakes and exterior trailer lights to fail. The affected...

BMW is in advanced talks with the European Commission about a potential minimum pricing mechanism to replace EU tariffs on its China-made Mini battery-electric vehicles. The discussions involve setting a minimum import price that would address EU concerns over...

What we’re seeing with Aston Martin is a textbook case of a corporation trying to reconcile profit expectations with global market pressures. They’re announcing up to 20% job cuts from a workforce of around 3,000, aiming to...