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BMW is considering reintroducing range extender technology for future electric versions of the X5 and 7 Series, driven by surging demand in major markets—especially China and the US. Ferdinand Porsche developed the first range-extender system...
By DCB Editorial
December 3, 2025
Let’s be clear: Jaguar is a dead brand shambling toward its inevitable grave. The Type 00 might fool some into thinking there’s life left in the corpse, but it’s nothing more than a brief, pathetic...
By Chris Ward
December 2, 2025
Ola Källenius, CEO of Mercedes-Benz, is under intensifying pressure as investors demand a radical pivot. His 2022 strategy, “The Economics of Desire,” which bet the company’s future on ultra-luxury models like Maybach, AMG, and the...
By Charles Partos
December 2, 2025
Kia is being investigated for failing to address repeated warnings regarding safety defects in its fuel tank design. Kia America is recalling 250,547 K5 vehicles in the U.S. due to damaged fuel tanks that pose...
By DCB Editorial
November 21, 2025
The Nexperia dispute in the Netherlands is a small but telling episode in the theatre of global corporations, a drama that could have easily unravelled into economic self-destruction. A Cold War-era law, dusted off and...
By Anthony Henson
November 19, 2025
With long-standing corporate friends like Pirelli’s Executive Vice Chairman, Marco Tronchetti Provera, Ferrari doesn’t need the proverbial enemy. Nevertheless, Tronchetti offered a stark reminder of what he perceives as the uneven global appetite for luxury...
By Brian Denton
November 14, 2025