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REPORT: Trio of top Toyota execs to retire

According to Automotive News, three of Toyota's group vice presidents will be leaving the company in less than sixty days. Steve Sturm, 28 years with the company, oversaw strategic research and planning for the Americas as well as corporate communications. Dave Danzer is a 24-year veteran and headed strategic and product planning. Environmental and public affairs were headed by Irv Miller, who's been a Toyota associate for 29 years. Long-tenured group VPs don't generally just get up and leave, especially not in unison, so we assume their ... Read more →

Global search reportedly on to find successor for Ratan Tata Jonathon Ramsey

Three years ago the retirement age for Tata's holding company was upped to 75. Although Ratan Tata is only 71, there is no obvious successor to take his place at the head of India's global ...

REPORT: Kimi Räikkönen set to retire from F1 after 2009 season Sam Abuelsamid

Rumors are heating up that Ferrari Formula One driver Kimi Räikkönen will walk away from the grand prix circus at the end of the 2009 season. If the 2007 World Champion does quit, it would ...

REPORT: Wagoner gets $8.2M severance + $74,030 annually w/benefits... for life Chris Shunk

When Rick Wagoner was forced out of his position as the CEO of General Motors last March, he left with a severance plan that included $22 million paid out over the course of a few years, plus a ...

REPORT: UAW Chief Ron Gettelfinger confirms retirement in 2010 Chris Paukert

Despite rumors to the contrary, United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger is getting off the merry-go-round in 2010. The embattled union head honcho had been rumored to be considering seeking a ...

Ford, UAW reach tentative retiree health care trust fund deal 9 months ago on Autoblog

Ford Motor Company says it has reached a tentative deal with the UAW regarding modifications to the Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Association (VEGA) pact, the union's retiree health care trust. While specifics are not yet being divulged, the Blue Oval says that it has agreed to make up to half ...

GM performance guru John Heinricy retires 1 year ago on Autoblog

Over the past two decades, John Heinricy has probably done more to enhance the performance image of General Motors than any other single individual. From the perspective of a petrol-head, Heinricy has for many years held what is probably the coolest job at GM as the director of the Performance ...

Mercedes design head stepping down 1 year ago on Autoblog

Over the last three decades, there's been a common thread making Mercedes designs instantly recognizable and a lot of credit for that belongs to MBZ design boss Peter Pfeiffer. After forty years at Mercedes-Benz, and thirty years overseeing design, Pfeiffer is headed for retirement within the next ...

GM ups the ante on employee buyouts 1 year ago on Autoblog

GM is making better, more attractive vehicles, yet after losing nearly $40 billion in 2007 (most of which was an accounting adjustment, mind you), the Detroit automaker still has a lot of work to do to become profitable again here in the States. Even though GM shed 34,000 jobs in 2006, the company ...

Schumacher to Schumacher: Time for a break, junior 2 years ago on Autoblog

Talk about airing your family's dirty laundry in public. Michael Schumacher has made a public statement to his kid brother Ralf, urging him to consider taking a sabbatical from F1. The news comes hot on the heels of a less-than-spectacular test Ralf undertook for Force India, the team formerly ...

6,400 Chrysler hourly workers want buyout, 40% more than planned 2 years ago on Autoblog

Back in late February we reported on Chrysler's early retirement and separation program that the automaker hoped would help it shed 13,000 jobs over the next three years. The company was planning on saying goodbye to about 5,700 hourly (read: union) workers this year, of which around 1,000 would be ...

Steve Saleen retires from Saleen Inc. 2 years ago on Autoblog

Steve Saleen has announced his official retirement from Saleen, Inc., the company he founded 23 years ago that has grown into one of the best specialty vehicle manufacturers in the world. Apparently Steve is happy with the team he's assembled to manage the business in his place, and will be stepping ...

BREAKING: Chrysler Group reveals details of union worker buyouts 2 years ago on Autoblog

This afternoon the Chrysler Group and the UAW released a statement revealing details of the early retirement and separation programs that will help the automaker reach its goal of shedding 13,000 jobs. Two-thousand jobs being eliminated are salaried positions, and we brought you details on those ...

BREAKING: Chrysler reveals details on white-collar "separation packages" 2 years ago on Autoblog

This afternoon Chrysler revealed more details on one part of its plan to extensively reduce its workforce by 13,000 workers between now and 2009. The details today concern the 2,000 salaried workers that will be leaving the company. Chrysler hopes it can entice at least 1,000 of those salaried ...

Rumors: Schumacher to lead Ferrari 2 years ago on Autoblog

The motorsport press rumor mill is grinding away at full speed on a juicy bit of gossip and speculation that Michael Schumacher is being groomed to take over as head of Scuderia Ferrari. After his retirement, Schumacher took on a role as a special advisor to Ferrari chief Jean Todt. It was supposed ...

What to get the man who has... an island: Michael Schumacher's custom Harley retirement gift 3 years ago on Autoblog

The crown prince of Dubai has already pledged to give ex-F1 racer Michael Schumacher his own man-made island called "The World", so what other man-made gift can top that as a retirement present? The Ferrari Clienti, a group of folks who buy and race classic and late model Ferrari competition cars, ...

Michael Schumacher: For the man that has everything... 3 years ago on Autoblog

It's over. There will be no 8th world championship and no constructor's title. Some might consider it depressing, while others just look at it as anti-climatic. Regardless, Michael Schumacher has left Formula One. But what do you give one of the greatest racing drivers of all-time as a retirement ...

4,000 Ford workers take buyout 3 years ago on Autoblog

During a conference call yesterday, FoMoCo's President, Mark Fields, announced that over 4,000 workers would take early retirement from the Ford-owned Visteon plant in Michigan. Employees had until last Friday to make their decision and of the 10,400 workers currently employed at the plant, ...

It's Job Fair Day at FoMoCo! 3 years ago on Autoblog

It's not usually a good sign when your boss starts talking to you about what you want to do with the rest of your life. If they start leaving the help wanted classifieds on your desk, things are really getting bad. If they actually bring in a number of other employers to recruit amongst their ...

Everybody knows Buick is automotive prune juice except for GM. Discuss. 3 years ago on Autoblog

If  Autoblog readers will permit a bit of shameless self-promotion, this writer has just penned a new editorial on a radical re-think for General Motors' rudderless Buick nameplate. Recent offerings like the Lucerne and LaCrosse have shown promise, but are unlikely to be enough to give the ...






Autoblog Podcast #157: Mike Levine trucks along with us.

Mike Levine from PickupTrucks.com joins Chris, Sam, and Dan this week and gets a chance to talk about cars, too! 

 
 

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