The Volkswagen Group finds itself at a crossroads. The company’s leadership, embodied by Thomas Schäfer and CEO Oliver Blume, speaks of efficiency and cost-cutting as though they are moral imperatives, yet behind the rhetoric lies the stark reality...

Europe’s automotive industry stands at a crossroads, besieged by global competition, fragile supply chains, and rising protectionism. The European Union, in its fervor to lead the world in decarbonisation, has set targets so rigid and...

The coordinated and illegal bombing by the United States and Israel on Iran — and the murder of the country’s head of state, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — did not merely redraw a geopolitical map. They...

What we’re seeing with Aston Martin is a textbook case of a corporation trying to reconcile profit expectations with global market pressures. They’re announcing up to 20% job cuts from a workforce of around 3,000, aiming to...

A company in distress often begins by rearranging its own mirrors, hoping the reflection will look healthier than the balance sheet. That is where Aston Martin now finds itself. Chairman Lawrence Stroll, the world’s poorest billionaire, presiding over...

The balance sheets of the global auto industry are beginning to read like obituaries. For Mercedes-Benz, the latest earnings are not merely disappointing—they are diagnostic. They expose an industrial order straining under the combined weight of...