Volkswagen Launches BlueMotion Technology Packages
5 Nov 2009, 07:17 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / As more producers promote hybrid technologies in order to get their vehicles to save more fuel and get the CO2 emissions lower, Volkswagen insists on their plans to achieve greener vehicles by downs...
Skoda Posts Q3 Profit
2 Nov 2009, 10:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Czech carmaker Skoda posted today its financial results for the third quarter of 2009, with numbers showing a 6.5 percent increase in vehicles sold than in the same period of 2008 (174,984 versus 16...
Spyshots: Volkswagen Touareg, Old vs. New
30 Oct 2009, 10:48 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Volkswagen is currently working on the next generation Touareg and today's spyshots are here to confirm it. But more importantly, this new pack of spyshots actually allows us to make a comparis...
VW Group - €1.5 Bn Operating Profit in First Nine Months
29 Oct 2009, 09:55 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Volkswagen Group generated an operating profit of 1.5 billion euro in the first nine months of the year, the company announced today, and the figures are not even including the profit posted by its ...
Volkswagen US Sedan First Sketch Released
29 Oct 2009, 08:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following the intense reports and speculation surfacing these past weeks on what would be the sedan considered by German carmaker Volkswagen for the US, the company's US division released today...
Volkswagen Deal with Karmann to Be Decided in Two Weeks
28 Oct 2009, 10:17 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Without founding, German coachbuilder and convertible roof-top specialist is about to close business in early November. The company had a real important relationship with Volkswagen in the past, and...
2010 Aussie Golf GTI Details and Pricing Released
27 Oct 2009, 11:05 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / German manufacturer Volkswagen had just released details on the Australian version of its sixth-generation Golf GTI model, powered by a 155kW/280Nm 2.0 TSI four cylinder and mated to a GTI 6 speed m...
VW to Open Automotive Innovation Lab at Stanford
26 Oct 2009, 12:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German manufacturer Volkswagen announced it will open an Automotive Innovation Lab (VAIL) at Stanford University last weekend. The new facility, still under construction, "will provide about 75...
Deutsch LA, New Advertising Agency for VW US
26 Oct 2009, 07:44 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The American division of Volkswagen announced that it is replacing the advertising agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky of Miami, which has been working with the renowned car brand since 2005, with Deuts...
New 1.2 TSI Engine Available on Polo, Golf and Golf Plus
23 Oct 2009, 12:21 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / In the new world order, caused by low budgets, ecology and fuel consumption, downsizing is everything. Yet the cars don’t really appear to be shrinking, but actually getting bigger with every ...
VW, First to Launch a Car Exclusively on a Mobile Device
22 Oct 2009, 13:05 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / German carmaker Volkswagen becomes the first auto manufacturer to use the App Store in order to launch a new vehicle. The model in question is the 2010 GTI, which is featured on the free version of ...
VW UK Commercial Vehicles Appoints New Head of Operations
22 Oct 2009, 09:00 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / German manufacturer Volkswagen announced that Matthew Bowden will be the one replacing Duncan Sands as Head of Operations in its commercial vehicles division, starting November 2009. Bowden, who wil...
Volkswagen to Take 49.9 Percent of Porsche
21 Oct 2009, 07:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Things seem to come into place for German carmakers Porsche and Volkswagen, as the latter announced today it will begin the merger process by taking, at first, a 49.9 percent stake in Porsche. After...
Volkswagen Starts Child Safety Campaign
20 Oct 2009, 11:59 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / German carmaker Volkswagen today announced that its Accessories division had started a campaign for child safety with a major child safety test. The company says that parents can report here on thei...
U.S. Volkswagen Soccer Champs Are from New Jersey
20 Oct 2009, 07:55 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / As an official automotive partner of Major League Soccer, the German manufacturer had launched the Volkswagen Junior Masters youth soccer tournament a couple of months back. Recently, Volkswagen...
Volkswagen, Steady Through the Crisis
16 Oct 2009, 14:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German group Volkswagen seems to have gotten the hang of the crisis and, as its sales and marketing vice president, Detlef Wittig says, steers "a steady course through the crisis". The gro...
Skoda Electric Car Considered
16 Oct 2009, 08:52 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Skoda is one of the brands that are keen on helping Volkswagen become the number one manufacturer by 2018 and, in order to achieve this goal, the company might start working on a number of new proje...
Volkswagen Eyeing Ducati Takeover?
16 Oct 2009, 07:32 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Volkswagen has already announced its optimistic plans to become the number one manufacturer by 2018 and, it might seem like the company's strategy might also include taking over motorcycle prod...
Stefan Gies Appointed VW Head of Car Chassis Development
14 Oct 2009, 14:19 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Volkswagen has just announced a new management change as 46-year old Prof. Dr. Stefan Gies has been appointed Head of Car Chassis Development at Volkswagen Group. The move will come into effect...
Chinese-Made VW Golf GTI Coming in 2010
14 Oct 2009, 10:03 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Volkswagen is really keen on expanding its presence in China and the recent reports on models to be launched in this continuously side of the market do nothing more than to confirm this statement. I...