Daimler Trucks North America has announced that they will be recalling certain models of the 2008 Sterling Acterra. Daimler Trucks is recalling 28,764 2001 through 2008 FCCC B2 and FS65 school bus chasis, FCCC FB65 conventional buses, and Sterling Acterra, Freighliner FLN, and business class M2 heavy trucks, built from January 26, 2000, through March 24, 2008, manufactured with arvinmeritor or axle alliance company 6,000 through 8,000 pound front axles

Automakers recalled nearly 15 million vehicles for repairs at dealerships last year, the government reported Thursday, an increase of about 30 percent over 2006.
Automakers issued 588 separate recalls involving 14.5 million vehicles in 2007, or about 30 percent more vehicles than the previous year, according to data released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In 2006, the industry recalled 11.2 million vehicles as part of 490 individual recalls.

smart (formerly MCC smart) is a brand of microcars and superminis based in Böblingen, Germany. It is marketed as the “smart” in all lower case, as in the logo. The current smart brand logo (seen on the right) denotes a C for “Compact” and an arrow for “forward thinking”.
The name of the company, part of […]

by Chris Shunk

In the history of big business, few mergers and takeovers can hold a candle to the $36 billion “merger of equals” that Daimler pulled off in 1998. When the dust settled, DCX stock was up in the stratosphere, and German executives were hailed as conquering heroes. Only nine years later, the folks from […]

DaimlerChrysler AG (ISIN: DE0007100000) is a German car corporation and the world’s fifth largest car manufacturer. DaimlerChrysler is an automobile , trucks manufacturer and financial services provider (through DaimlerChrysler Financial Services). The company also owns a major stake in aerospace group EADS.
DaimlerChrysler was formed in 1998 after Daimler-Benz (the manufacturer of Mercedes-Benz) (Baden-Württemberg) had acquired […]

by John Neff

After all the speculation and rumors, Volkswagen announced today that Wolfgang Bernhard will be leaving his post as Chairman of the Volkswagen brand and vacating his seat on Volkswagen AG’s Board of Management. A true professional to the end, Bernhard put in his two weeks and will be leaving on January 31st. The […]