Porsche Creates Own Procurement Department
16 Mar 2011, 06:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As the struggles of 2009 are slowly slipping into oblivion, German sports car manufacturer Porsche is experiencing new levels of popularity among the people in the market for a new car around the wo...
Skoda Plans New Models
15 Mar 2011, 08:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As part of the Volkswagen Group, Czech manufacturer Skoda has to do its best to help the mother company achieve its goal of becoming the number one auto maker in the world by 2018. And, judging by t...
Volkswagen Golf 6 Cabriolet on the Road to Freedom
15 Mar 2011, 08:18 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen has recently released the first official video of its new Golf 6 Cabriolet model. As you would expect, there’s a few references to the original model (for pedigree), a young (target...
VW on Track to Become No. 1
14 Mar 2011, 16:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Without any doubt, the plan announced by German group Volkswagen at the height of the economic crisis, in 2009, is working like a charm. Set on becoming the largest auto maker in the world by 2018, ...
Soccer Moms Beware: Volkswagen Recalling 12,612 Routans
11 Mar 2011, 14:43 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / According to a recent statement made by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Volkswagen is recalling 12,612 Routan minivans for an ignition fault. This is exactly the same issue that ...
Volkswagen Denies Interest in F1, NASCAR
11 Mar 2011, 09:07 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Apparently, Volkswagen Group's potential involvement in Formula 1 is not going to happen. Despite several allegations that the German carmaker is considering a foray into the Great Circus as a ...
Volkswagen Sets New Record For First Two Month of the Year
9 Mar 2011, 10:07 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / 2010 was a very difficult year for the whole industry but, with the help of scrappage schemes and government incentives, European carmakers managed to survive. The end of the year brought the first ...
The Force of Unintended Acceleration. Toyota Parody
3 Mar 2011, 10:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If the words unintended and acceleration put together mean anything to you, then you have a pretty good idea of what they mean. For two years now, for reasons as mysterious as the pyramids themselve...
Geneva 2011: Volkswagen Bulli Concept · Live Photos
2 Mar 2011, 11:30 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Aside from the Beetle, Volkswagen’s Microbus is probably the most iconic vehicle from the German carmaker’s past. When we said a couple of months ago that a new bus was in the works, the...
Geneva 2011: Giugiaro Tex Concept · Live Photos
1 Mar 2011, 20:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A little while ago, the famous design company Italdesign Giugiaro was acquired by the ever expanding Volkswagen group, currently engaged in a determined pursuit of the world's number one auto m...
Geneva 2011: Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet · Live Photos
1 Mar 2011, 12:21 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A successful attempt from Volkswagen to try and bring summer to our hearts sooner than projected, the new Golf Cabriolet is a true show-stopper at this year’s Geneva Auto Show. Coming with a s...
Giugiaro Presents Tex in Geneva
1 Mar 2011, 06:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Being at its first project for Volkswagen, Italdesign Giugiaro is trying its best to impress and show that the money spent by the German auto maker will be worth the effort. And, judging by the look...
Giugiaro GO! at the Geneva Auto Show
1 Mar 2011, 06:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The first concepts created by Italdesign Giugiaro for the new owner company Volkswagen are ready to meet the journalists, and soon the visitors, at the 2011 Geneva Auto Show. The first of them, the ...
Volkswagen Microbus Reborn, Christened Bulli
28 Feb 2011, 20:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With the 2011 Geneva Auto Show about to start in the cold Switzerland, the world is watching, eager and excited, to see how the coolest of the coolest and the finest of them all will present themsel...
Seat IBX Concept First Photos
27 Feb 2011, 20:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The most important week for the automotive industry in Europe in this beginning of the year is about to start, with the Geneva Auto Show getting ready to open its doors to a whole range of new, exci...
Record Profit for VW Last Year
27 Feb 2011, 08:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Nearly three months into the new year German auto maker Volkswagen reached the point when it needed to draw the line, add the numbers and post its financial results for last year. Luckily for the ca...
Volkswagen Reveals Amarok UK pricing
24 Feb 2011, 07:59 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen’s UK division has just released pricing details for the company’s exciting new pick-up, the Amarok, available in three trim levels. Thus, the base Startline model equipped wit...
2012 Volkswagen Passat to Boast Faurecia Elements
22 Feb 2011, 16:02 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / One of the biggest automotive suppliers in the world, Faurecia, is to lend its technology to the all-new 2012 Passat, which is to be built at Volkswagen's new Chattanooga, Tennessee, plant. The...
VW to Show Golf Convertible and Cabriolet in Geneva
22 Feb 2011, 14:02 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The 2011 Geneva Auto Show that opens its doors to the press next week seems to be the right occasion for Volkswagen to make another step towards its goal of becoming the world's number one carm...
Russian GAZ Draws VW into a Joint Venture
21 Feb 2011, 11:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With the outlook for the Russian market being positive, the auto makers who have big plans for the future now intend to include the country in their expansion measures. Volkswagen, the declared cont...