The Germans at Audi have warned us about this situation before and it's now at a point where it's seriously becoming a problem for them. The part suppliers that deliver everything Audi vehicles need that can't be made in-house are really suffering and they are holding back deliveries for the four-ringed cars. The situation has gotten to this point, weirdly,...
For some reason, Renault decided there's no need to have a tire supplier. I mean, why outsource a job that you could take care of, without too much effort, in-house? It seems relatively simple to me, but it also seems completely absurd to car makers as none of them does this (well, not since Henry Ford anyway). Seriously, nobody makes...
I for one always reckoned that Mercedes' Maybach brand is the most straight forward and no nonsense one out there. For some reason or other, most of the journalistic media would prefer to mock it and favoring creations by Bentley and Rolls Royce to it. I understand the appeal of those cars but I don't understand why Maybach is failing....
