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Daimler amd Geely ......are getting into bigger partnerships........ with each other ...smart EV etc....
and will be getting ............closer and closer as........... Geely is Daimler s gateway to cheap mass produced.... EV tech......
Daimler ...........will control............ AML...... and in the future using .....joint venture......... Daimler/Geely EV tech.......
Toby s departure of AMG was leaked...........at the end of May......as we know.....
it was stated.... he takes up his ....................new position to AML starting in August.......
Normally ...........in automotive design industry.......ANY leaving
personel are required....... to leave the premisses on the ....SAME..... day
of giving resignation........because of .....Design , trade secrets etc...etc...
Toby ....continued.... and stayed at AMG in his CEO role
until just before starting at AML in August.....
....wonder why.........
Palmer's... middle finger ....to Stroll and the board.....
was that ....embarrassing project ...Victor.... one off...
he did it as soon as he got ....wind he was being.... dumped...
I heard ....Poor ...Toby shakes his head .....in disbelief
everytime he walks past that model........
Boats , submarines... motorbikes....helicopters...
real estate.....one off.. school boy ..design projects....
all waste of......... AML.....valuable... resources...........
3300 .........best bike guy ........i knew was BMW bike chief Dave Robb............
crazy....but super nice..........walked with a limp.......because track...... bike crash......
knew everthing about about bikes........and more......
also Noah...as you know VW................ have paid out a lot in their .................financial trouble ... enough to make them re-think....even thou ............they still have invested a couple of ....................billion for diesel engines development ... for south america........
as you say they are moving to EV tech as are all Euro auto manufactures..........for Europe....................
hi Noah.........
VW ...group....always made loss with Bugatti..................even in development from early 2000 s .......
VW threw .....excessive amounts of.......... money at this project...........surprised they kept it for so long........
they will sell Lambo........but aparently VW....keep control.................because they make still.....money with Lambo......
alll the design modells were made in Munich....by WW-Audi Designers.................if any one is interested......
for sure ..AML will make EV car.......but ...maybe not for reasons most people think.......
EV ......sports tech....is much faster than normal ICE sports cars by 30 percent.....eg..EV 0...to 60 in 3.0 seconds.......
yes ........and ...many ..many.....watchers....with much...knowledge.........who ..I hope ....are willing
to jump in........................ and contribute to the bb..............................
well ......3300.........a lot good posters .....good info .....good vibe........on this bb.....
for ...................sure all good in ...............future...............
WILL...........not.............back down...........................
Rox....no........................
change of story........................................
as mentioned on this board a few times........
VW dieselgate .............................
real story...........
new .... CEO . ........Winterkorn...was an AS5 and had an the biggest ego.....in Germany.........
he wanted..... VW group to be world....supreme ....biggest... automotive company.....under his watch....
and actually he did it........for a short time.....
until he got busted for.....US..... diesel..emission scandal....
.....the US goverment ....did not want superior......
manufactured euopean cars flooding their market...taking ...profits.......
so....they made ...impossible ..............import ..........emission regulations...
for all automotive imports.....
hence .........VW.....emission scandal.....Yes it was wrong....
but ...remember the USA automotive market is the most
polluting nation on the planet....with their 4.......,5....6...thousand
CC engines.......
so its all down to......politics....in the end....
VW....did what they had to do ...to sell cars in the USA.........which also affected the rest of europe ....
so too did the rest of european manufactures follow....................
so....all......down to one man........VW ceo.........Winterkorn..................
which .....in turn ....has accelerated ......the political......the EV ....momentum in Europe..........by the big manufactures...
............nothing to do with .....saving the planet........unfortunately
so in a round about way....WinterKorn is saving....... the planet........
There will not...... be another... national lockdown.........
Media..... By Government advice......
Sccare.... Public... tacics.......
Death tolls.... way.... below. .. March.... April.... numbers.... local... lock... downs.... will be become....... normal........
All of Europe doing same.....
Patience.............
A few months ago.................... I heard a rumour ...........JLR....
are in big finacial trouble....even pre covid........owners Tata are begging ............Geely to take JLR
of their hands........
I guess TATA wish they could have their ...............Time And Time Again.......................
.............whos heard of ..................Chris Bangle.......................
CEO .........of............. BMW................ in early ninetys to 2010.....
BMW ..................were in Dire straits ....
He single............ handedly turned the............... company around.......
using his flame design process........
he was a crazy character ....he regularly wore baby blue suits s
red stetson........and red cowboy boots .....
and was ............funny as hell..............
but he turned.............. around BMW to a successful.................
company ..............to what you still see today........
now ....................Tobias Moers ...................is twice that man......and genuinely a
straight ..............solid guy... without all that hollywood bull....t
hes ................going do wonderful things........AML....
im............... really not worried ...............short term what the SP is doing......
Today is just a.... shift in US..world markets..........Patience...........
a lot of ..JOINT.... plans..... being made......in the back ground.....
....I saw my first up close... DBX today on the back of a wagon......
on the ........south German autobahn no.8.........
Yes its good ......very good....has an very........ imposing stance......
good to see....... deliveries going far and wide......
its going to sell well.....very well....Im sure....
Marek Reichman has got it very....right...... It must have .......did very well at the clinic trials.....
clinic trials....
is when auto manufactures send a design model to a
"test clinic" ....they want to get feed back on the design..
before the design termin is finished so they can still tweak
the finished design....
.... a number of potential customers..eg 50 to 100 people....
for example... SUV customers ........are in a large room..hanger....
alongside the .........DBX model and all other suv models in this range
from other.......... auto manufacturers...... all the cars are de-badged manufacture
identity ,removed.
a detailed........questionnaire is filled out by........... all people on what they like, dislikes of each model.
This info is then used to.......... tweek the design...
and tells.............. the marketing if they have................ got it right....
the........ DBX............ is going to sell very well........as others have also said.........