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Blessings in Disguise
Alexander Winton in 1897 turned his company from production bicycle into Automobile company and named it Winton Motor Carriage Company . He was indeed an automobile pioneer in North America Continent, a year later he sold about 22 motor vehicles including to an unhappy consumer– James Ward Packard. On August 13, 1898, James Packard purchased…
Club Four
Club Four was an alliance of 4 European Commercial Vehicle manufacturers: Saviem, Volvo, DAF and Magirus-Deutz, which was formed in 1974 in order to reduce their production cost of trucks. This alliance was so effective that other heavy vehicle manufacturers were forced to join this union indirectly. IVECO was created in 1975 after the merger…
What the hell happened to Cadillac
Cadillac brand was synonymous with success and luxury in the most capitalist country—the US. The brand dominated the US market, outselling all luxury cars in the US for decades. Just in 1980, nearly one-third of all luxury cars sold in the US was Cadillac. Before COVID its market share dwindled in Less than 7%., and…
Stellantis N.V.
Stellantis N.V. is a conglomerate automotive alliance formed in 2021 on the basis of a 50-50 merger between Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and PSA Group, headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands. As of May 2021, Stellantis is the sixth-largest automaker in the world, after Volkswagen Group (1st ), Toyota (2nd ), the Renault–Nissan–Mitsubishi Alliance (3rd) , General Motors…
DODGE
Dodge is an American Automobile brand originally was known as the Dodge Brothers Company which initially started as a machine shop by Horace Elgin and John Francis Dodge brothers in the beginning of 20th century, Dodge was a great supplier of parts and assemblies to Detroit-based automotive industries like Ford, GM and others. They began…
The Good Guys Always Win!!?????
In 1931 Mr. Hans Ledwinka made an honest mistake which changed the automotive industry dramatically, he basically had shown his latest design “T77” to his best (so called) friend; his latest design T77 for “Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau-Fabriksgesellschaft” (now known as TATRA Trucks a.s. in Czech Republic) was a revolutionary in its day, aerodynamic (known then in…
The new alliance between Volvo Trucks and Isuzu
The new alliance between Volvo Trucks and Isuzu in 2019 would be one of newly series Auto Alliances in recent years which will be affecting Auto Parts sector in near/far future, especially in light/middle commercial vehicles market. At last Volvo have finally transferred fully ownership and sales distribution of UD (AKA Nissan Diesel) trucks to…
AKA International Truck Brand
As July 1st of 2021, Navistar (AKA International Truck Brand) became part of newly formed Traton Group which is a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group and one of the world’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturers, with its MAN, Scania, Volkswagen Truck & Bus and 25% ownership in Sinotruk China, considering annual sale of 190,200 vehicles and…
LCV (light Commercial Vehicles)
LCV (light Commercial Vehicles) Market is essential to many Automotive manufactures, it shares many platform with Passenger Vans and Minibuses which makes their market share so important to many Automakers; Since these Automakers indirectly bound with new/old alliances just like Stellantis and ISUZU-Volvo, and the Club Four to optimize their production capacities and costs, consequently…