Bugatti chief to stand down
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The head of Volkswagen's Bugatti division, which builds one of the world's most powerful and exclusive sports cars, is to stand down, according to a report in Der Spiegel to be published Sunday.
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Michael Schumacher announces he will quit Formula One at the end of the season.
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The president and chief executive of French auto group PSA Peugeot Citroen, Jean-Martin Folz, intends to retire in the first quarter of next year, the company has said.
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Italy's choice for a European Commission post, who sparked an uproar with his comments on homosexuality and women, said Saturday he will step aside.
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Manfred Bischoff, the German co-chief of EADS' supervisory board, is to step down early next year.
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LONDON, October 18  - German automotive giant, BMW (BMW.ETR), has announced the resignation of its Rolls-Royce luxury cars unit head, Karl-Heinz Kalbfell, who had assumed his position just five months ago.
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The top U.S. auto safety official, a  man often seen as a thorn in the side of Detroit's Big Three  automakers, said on Tuesday that he expects to keep the post  under the Bush administration's second term.
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The surf-and-skate retailer's executive resigns, possibly to go off and buy Rossignol.
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David Richards is to stand down as the team principal of British American Racing as part of a deal announced yesterday which sees Honda take a 45% stake in the Brackley-based formula one team worth in the region of Â£90m.
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Bernie Ecclestone, the 73-year-old former used-car dealer who became a billionaire by managing Formula One motor racing, faces a revolt by business partners and team owners that may end his grip on the sport after 23 years.
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ChryslerÂs top sales executive, Joe Eberhardt, is leaving to take a retail position at the American operation of Mercedes-Benz.
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The possibility of Michael Schumacher   announcing his retirement hangs over Sunday's Italian Grand   Prix.
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Hewlett-PackardÂs longtime chief financial officer, Robert P. Wayman, will give up the post and his seat on the companyÂs board at the end of the year.
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Italian legend Paolo Maldini says he will retire at the end of the season.
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Francisco Codina will retire on Nov. 1 as the automaker tries to stem a prolonged decline in U.S. sales.
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Arts & entertainment: The often controversial head of exhibitions at the Royal Academy in London, is to step down after 31 years
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The Viry technical director is aiming for perfect reliability through to the final race of the year. Beginning this weekend in Monza.