Headlines for Saturday, December 8, 2012

Daimler's Smart factory: A very German and French operation

A visit to Smart's car production plant in France offers a first-hand look at how the Daimler subsidiary gets two different cultures to work together. Read More »

Lexus bankrolls extra episode of Food Network's 'Restaurant Impossible'

Viewers of the special airing Sunday of "Restaurant: Impossible" on the Food Network will see two chefs with ties to Lexus alongside muscle-bound host Robert Irvine. Read More »

China's Wanxiang wins auction for U.S.-backed A123

China's largest maker of auto parts won a politically sensitive auction for A123 Systems, a bankrupt maker of batteries for electric cars that was funded partly with federal government money, the investment banker for A123 said on Saturday. Read More »

Zetsche streamlines Daimler with EADS sale to catch BMW, Audi

Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche moved forward in his plan to concentrate company efforts on carmaking this week by overseeing the sale of shares in EADS. Read More »

The stuff that trumps more mega-hyper-data

You don't have to be in the auto biz for long to notice the steady creep of … more. More facts, more data, more choices, more comparables … more information at hand to make decisions. Oh yeah, are there ever moredecisions. Read More »