MCG Executive Briefing for September 13, 2013

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This Lotus Esprit simulated submarine from the 1977 Bond flick The Spy Who Loved Me fetched nearly $1 million at an RM auction in London. Get all the latest auto industry news in the Exeuctive Briefing,   

 

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+  The UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust may force Chrysler Group LLC to go public unless Fiat increases its bid for the trust’s 41 percent share of Chrysler. More at Reuters.

+   General Motors simultaneously launched its 2015 full-size SUV line from New York and Los Angeles, with the Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban taking the East Coast and the GMC Yukon and Yukon XL the West. More at The Detroit Bureau.

+   The submarine Lotus Esprit from the Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me sold for $968,000 in an RM auction in London. More at Autoblog.com.

+   Kimi Raikkonen has returned to the Ferrari F1 team for a two-year stint, taking Filipe Massa’s former seat alongside Fernando Alonso. More at the UK Telegraph.

+  A majority of workers at the Chattenooga, Tennessee Volkswagen plant have signed untion cards, according to the United Auto Workers. More at MLive.

+   The Energy Department and the EPA have developed voluntary window labels for used cars that display gas mileage and carbon dioxide emissions. More at The Detroit News.

+   Fiat is planning a new Jeep plant in Guangzhou, China in a joint venture with Guangzhou Auto, according to Xinhua News. More at the Detroit Free Press.

+   More allegations of race manipulation have arisen from last weekend’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Richmond, with David Gilliland and crew accused of colluding with Joey Logano and Team Penske. More at National Speed Sport News.

 

For the previous Executive Briefing from September 9, click here.

 

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2 thoughts on “MCG Executive Briefing for September 13, 2013”

  1. In 1989, a Long Island contractor decided to buy the contents of a storage container. He paid under $100 and he didn’t know what was inside.

    But the next day, when he and his brother opened up the container, they saw a giant lump covered in blankets. When they pulled off the blankets, they saw a white sports car with no wheels and a dented roof. It was the famous James Bond submarine car from “The Spy Who Loved Me.”

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