Electric Shock: Former longtime Ferrari engineer Mauro Forghieri, acclaimed by Grand Prix champion Niki Lauda as “a genius,” has left Lamborghini for Bugatti. He joined Lambo to design and develop a V-12 Formula One engine, which hasn’t enjoyed much success, and last year was requested by parent company Chrysler to lead an electric road car project…Tough at the Top: Despite record worldwide sales last year and best-selling status in Europe, Volkswagen is “in crisis,” according to new Chairman Daniel Goudevert. To cut research, development, and production costs, the Volkswagen-Audi Group is reducing the size of its workforce, and all its marques—including SEAT of Spain and Skoda of Czechoslovakia—will in the future share three common chassis platforms. Analysts reckon VW’s labor costs could be 35 percent higher than Japanese auto makers’,…
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MotorTrend (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 1993