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Tuned 2009 VW Scirocco by JMS
Tuned 2009 VW Scirocco by JMS

13 Mar 2009, 09:39 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Just like we've said in the past, the new Volkswagen Scirocco looks incredibly good and designing an aftermarket package to improve this already-appealing appearance can turn out to be a waste ...

 
Aftermarket 2009 VW Scirocco By Caractere
Aftermarket 2009 VW Scirocco By Caractere

9 Mar 2009, 09:28 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Anybody who is somebody in the auto industry has to show its goodies at the Geneva Auto Show, so Caractere rushed to unveil its new tuning package for the 2009 Volkswagen Scirocco. In fact, the whol...

 
J.D. Power and Associates: Mercedes No. 1 in Used Vehicles Satisfaction
J.D. Power and Associates: Mercedes No. 1 in Used Vehicles Satisfaction

8 Mar 2009, 09:20 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The recently released J.D. Power and Associates 2009 New Zealand Vehicle Ownership Satisfaction Study unveiled that Mercedes is the number one automaker when it comes to ownership satisfaction among...

 
Passat CC, Volkswagen's Only Best Selling Model
Passat CC, Volkswagen's Only Best Selling Model

4 Mar 2009, 14:19 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Certainly no one expected that automakers would score impressive results this year in the land where the financial crisis initially started and therefore, some of them seem content with their Februa...

 
Electric Cars Are "Far Away", VW CEO Says
Electric Cars Are "Far Away", VW CEO Says

4 Mar 2009, 09:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Martin Winterkorn, Volkswagen CEO, put a dent in environmentalists hopes for an all electric vehicle for the masses in the near future, as he said yesterday in Geneva these types of vehicles are ver...

 
2010 Volkswagen Polo Photos and Details
2010 Volkswagen Polo Photos and Details

3 Mar 2009, 08:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The next generation Volkswagen Polo will be unveiled by the German manufacturer at the 2009 Geneva Auto Show, set to start in two days. The event will be a good opportunity to take a closer look at ...

 
Skoda, SEAT to Cut More Costs, Share a Single Office Building
Skoda, SEAT to Cut More Costs, Share a Single Office Building

26 Feb 2009, 08:52 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The economic recession is still making victims in the automotive industry and, even if most automakers around the world already applied massive cost-cutting plans meant to help them cope with the re...

 
Olympic Volkswagen Passat Lingyu Fuel Cell Fleet Demostrations
Olympic Volkswagen Passat Lingyu Fuel Cell Fleet Demostrations

23 Feb 2009, 11:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Volkswagen Group of America announced today that 16 Passat Lingyu vehicles will participate in fleet demonstrations at the California Fuel Cell Partnership in Sacramento. The fuel cell vehicles are ...

 
VW Receives 2 Billion Euro Credit
VW Receives 2 Billion Euro Credit

19 Feb 2009, 19:01 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Volkswagen today received 2 billion euros (approximately $2.5 billion) of credit guarantees from the German government. The money are sourced from the German government's bank rescue fund and w...

 
Volkswagen Golf Remains Most Popular Car in Europe
Volkswagen Golf Remains Most Popular Car in Europe

16 Feb 2009, 11:47 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The automotive industry, no matter if we're talking about the European, the North American or the Middle East markets, undoubtedly faced the most difficult times in history, with the recession ...

 
VW's Union Boss Bernd Osterloh Gets Seat on Porsche Council
VW's Union Boss Bernd Osterloh Gets Seat on Porsche Council

16 Feb 2009, 09:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The most outspoken critic of Volkswagen's (VW) takeover by Porsche, Bernd Osterloh, has managed to get a seat on the four person council of Porsche Automobil Holding, the overseer of Porsche�...

 
Porsche Mandatory Offer for Scania Complete
Porsche Mandatory Offer for Scania Complete

13 Feb 2009, 16:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Porsche's mandatory takeover offer for Scania, made on February 3rd, was completed today, as the German automaker announced it acquired 7.9 percent of the Swedish truck manufacturer. At that ti...

 
Volkwagen and Toshiba Join Forces for an Electric Vehicle
Volkwagen and Toshiba Join Forces for an Electric Vehicle

13 Feb 2009, 10:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Germans and the Japanese will join forces once again in an attempt to take over the world... Well, not the real world, but the electric drive units one. Volkswagen and Toshiba have signed a lett...

 
2009 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible Blush Announced
2009 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible Blush Announced

13 Feb 2009, 08:09 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Volkswagen Beetle has always been a fairly appealing model, with steady sales in various regions of the world. Because of that, every single limited edition that may come out seems to be particularl...

 
Sportec SC 350 VW Scirocco Released
Sportec SC 350 VW Scirocco Released

12 Feb 2009, 14:22 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Swiss tuner Sported rolled out was seems to be one of the first customized versions of the new-generation Volkswagen Scirocco, an aftermarket model that sports numerous upgrades including engine per...

 
China Beats US at Car Sales
China Beats US at Car Sales

11 Feb 2009, 13:59 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Although many doubted the potential of the world's biggest continent to beat US when it comes to car sales, it seems that the impossible turned into possible and China vehicle sales managed to ...

 
Bentley Fires 220 Employees
Bentley Fires 220 Employees

11 Feb 2009, 08:54 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / As the financial crisis continues to hit automakers across the world, many of them are forced to drastically cut costs by laying off employees in order to survive. Unfortunately, Bentley is no excep...

 
Bumblebee 2 to Be on Display at Chicago
Bumblebee 2 to Be on Display at Chicago

9 Feb 2009, 10:20 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Transformers was indeed a good action movie and we're not saying that just because Megan Fox and Shia LaBoeuf played in it. As we're sure you remember, the movie brought us a “reinca...

 
How Self-Parking Cars Work
How Self-Parking Cars Work

5 Feb 2009, 16:34 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Parking a car in a crowded city can prove to be your worst nightmare sometimes, especially when you're in a hurry and the only parking spot you'll find is on Mars. Sometimes, fortune may s...

 
Gary Akin Steps Aside as Suzuki Sales Boss
Gary Akin Steps Aside as Suzuki Sales Boss

5 Feb 2009, 09:15 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / It has almost become a fashionable trend among automakers' top executives to back off their management positions during the financial downturn. Thus, Gary Akin, vice president of sales with...