Sorry to Disrupt: Valleywag Is Back

You’re doing it again. It’s only been a few years since we last met here, but you, Valley venture capitalist and Alley opportunist, are worse than ever. There will come a day when all the coddling and cheerleading you’ve become accustomed to curdles into rage and recrimination in the wake of another burst bubble, and…

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GM's Opel Claims They Don't Want Omelette Au Fromage

After on Monday, the French newspaper Le Monde reported that PSA (Peugeot-Citroën) is planning to buy the struggling Opel brand in order to get a chance against the Volkswagen Group, Opel released a statement claiming the French are talking bollocks.

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The French Are Losing Their Couilles (Balls)

This Wednesday, Citroën will end the production of its executive saloon, the weird and wonderful C6. The 250 people working on that line will be transferred to other tasks, but it will also result in the Mulhouse factory stopping completely for two days this month. In the long run, PSA is planning to fire 11,200…

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GM Buys 7% Of Peugeot In Platform-Sharing Alliance

GM has officially teamed up with PSA Peugeot Citroën In order to stop losing all the money they're earning in the rest of the world in Europe on Opel/Vauxhall. Or, to put it other terms, they've dumped their weirdo Swedish girlfriend and picked up a tiny underfed French woman to help raise a better family.

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Buckle Your Family Into The YouTube Ad Of The Year

The winner of the first YouTube competition for best ad worldwide was this public service announcement from England about wearing seat belts. C'mon, it can't be that good...what the...wow, no, I'm fine, it just got really dusty in here. [Copyranter]

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DOT Unveils Anti-Distracted-Driving Website, We Lose Focus During…

In 2008, 5,870 people were killed in car crashes while eating or talking on the phone. The government wants you alive, so it recently launched the public-service site Distraction.gov. In other news OH LOOK SOMETHING SHINY

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Today Show Finally Finds Scary British Texting-While-Driving PSA

Remember that British anti-texting ad? The Today Show's found it and they're going nuts. Donny Deutsch just said TV stations need to show the video like, around-the-clock. It's the biggest Welsh hit since Tom Jones.

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