There is an excellent interview with Hugh Foden of Cummins over at just-auto.com. A synopsis is contained here in editor Dave Leggett’s blog – which, by the way, never fails to offer a reasoned and – at times – counter-intuitive take on the auto industry as a whole. As far as the Cummins interview goes, it makes some very interesting reading, not least in terms of a Tier 1 engine manufacturer and its survival plans.

Contrast the reasoned approach of Foden, and the somewhat vulgar bluster of Caterpillar’s George Taylor, and then choose which one to back. I’m not going to bet the farm on either, but I’d certainly be putting the mineral rights on Cummins.