





Financial crisis causes its first car-making victims: Opel and BMW temporarily stop production, Ford starts firing people
Opel representatives declared that this way, car deliveries would decrease by 40,000 by the end of the year. In Saarlouis, Ford fires 204 employees, a Ford spokesperson declared quoted by Deutsche Presse Agentur on Tuesday. The 6,500-staffed Saarland factory produces some 392,500 cars for export.
BMW in Leipzig sees fit to shut down its factory for one week, at the end of October which will translate into 2800 cars undelivered. BMW's decision is a reaction to the market's evolution, a spokesperson of the company declared.