Fiat Secretly Negotiated Alfa Romeo Sale to VW
2 Dec 2010, 11:34 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Beside the alliances formed in the auto industry and the turnaround plans established by several carmakers out there, one of the major topics of the year would be the sale of Alfa Romeo to Volkswage...
VW Announces New Management Changes
30 Nov 2010, 14:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Getting ready to enter 2011 in force, German manufacturer Volkswagen announced today a new set of management changes, this time with the appointment of two women as a perfect mean to represent the i...
Suzuki to Use India as Key Export Market
30 Nov 2010, 12:00 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / India has always been an important market for Suzuki, mostly thanks to the local partnership with Maruti, but the Japanese manufacturer is now trying to fully benefit from this particular country. S...
Senator Gives VW Heads Up on UAW
30 Nov 2010, 00:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If you think the recently released Wikileaks diplomatic cables are embarrassing to say the least, then wait to hear about what Tennessee Republican senator Bob Corker had to say about the UAW and a ...
Martin Winterkorn to Head VW Until 2016
29 Nov 2010, 23:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The way in which the current chief executive officer of Europe's largest carmaker, Martin Winterkorn, handled the operations of the giant group seems to have landed him another term ...
Volkswagen Ready for the Race of Champions
27 Nov 2010, 07:39 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / As the 2010 Race of Champions is about to debut, Volkswagen is ready to offer the world’s top racing drivers its eco-friendly Scirocco R-Cup race car. We are talking about a vehicle that ma...
VW Personnel Trained in Augmented Reality
26 Nov 2010, 14:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The level of technological advancement we reached in our age is perhaps more visible in the automotive world than it is in any other field of the heavy industry. For carmakers, having the right tech...
Volkswagen Powers Homes
25 Nov 2010, 10:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's not all about cars when it comes to Volkswagen, apparently. The German manufacturer, together with Energy supplier LichtBlick, have announced today the installment of the first EcoBlue nat...
Portuguese VW Employees Go on Strike
25 Nov 2010, 08:56 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / We really don't think that this is what Volkswagen hopes to hear while struggling to become the world's number one carmaker, but its Portuguese employees went on strike yesterday to protes...
2012 Volkswagen Beetle Teased by Oprah
22 Nov 2010, 22:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Germans from Volkswagen apparently have managed to learn something from Ford and their innovative method of paving the way for the new Fiesta. Surrounded by glamor, adorned with a bit of Oprah a...
VW to Use BorgWarner Turbochargers for Diesel Engines
18 Nov 2010, 14:41 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / In order to increase performance and cut emissions as much as possible on diesel engines, German manufacturer Volkswagen turned to BorgWarner to equip its 2.0-liter diesel engine with regulated two-...
2010 L.A. Auto Show Photos Surface
17 Nov 2010, 14:53 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / As this year’s edition of the Los Angeles Auto Show is revving its engines in preparations for the first press day, the event’s twitter account is bringing us two live photos from the ev...
Volkswagen to Start Chinese EV Production by 2014
17 Nov 2010, 14:27 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / As we all know by now, Volkswagen intends to become the world's number one carmaker in a few years so, in order to reach this highly-optimistic goal, it tries to take advantage of each major ma...
Volkswagen Jetta Gets H&R Treatment
16 Nov 2010, 08:19 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Volkswagen Jetta is as fresh as a car can be, with the model still offering us that newborn baby sensation. However, this doesn’t mean that tuners are waiting to get their hands on the car...
Volkswagen Launches New Passat Campaign
12 Nov 2010, 09:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Presented at the 2010 Paris Auto Show in late September, the new generation Volkswagen Passat is getting ready to meet its future buyers through a new marketing campaign created by the German manufa...
VW Golf blue-e-motion Wins the RAC Future Car Challenge
8 Nov 2010, 16:12 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Over the last few weeks, multiple automotive producers have announced their participation to the UK’s RAC Future Car Challenge, an eco automotive competition that is aimed at finding the most ...
New Volkswagen Caddy Makes Its Way into the UK
8 Nov 2010, 15:18 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Volkswagen Commercial Vehicle is introducing the new Caddy range to the UK market. The company has decided to use a special marketing campaign that use the “Brilliant Made Better” strapl...
Volkswagen Golf Named ACFO Fleet Car of the Year
6 Nov 2010, 08:50 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Volkswagen’s UK division is now celebrating, as the Golf has received the ACFO (Association of Car Fleet Operators) Fleet Car of the Year award. The members of the UK’s premier organizat...
Volkswagen's Plan Going... as Planned
28 Oct 2010, 07:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Back in 2009, when most of the automotive industry players were caught up with more or less impressive efforts to save their own skin, the Germans from Volkswagen planned big. Their goal calls for t...
Volkswagen Jetta Launches in Europe
27 Oct 2010, 05:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German manufacturer Volkswagen announced today the launch of the new interpretation of the Jetta model in Europe, four months after the vehicle's unveiling in Times Square, New York. In Europe,...