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Audi And Porsche Are Recalling Almost 300,000 Vehicles Sold In the USA
Audi And Porsche Are Recalling Almost 300,000 Vehicles Sold In the USA

15 May 2017, 14:20 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Audi and Porsche, two subsidiaries of the Volkswagen Group, have expanded an existing recall campaign with almost 300,000 units. They want to replace a flange

 
Skoda Celebrates a Production Milestone: 1.5 Million Third-Gen Octavias
Skoda Celebrates a Production Milestone: 1.5 Million Third-Gen Octavias

3 May 2017, 08:32 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / People used to say that a product is selling like hot cake when it was doing well on the market. Skoda's third-gen Octavia might be the new metaphor for success

 
Ducati Might Be Sold By the Volkswagen Group To Overcome Dieselgate, Rumors Say
Ducati Might Be Sold By the Volkswagen Group To Overcome Dieselgate, Rumors Say

28 Apr 2017, 16:25 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Volkswagen Group subsidiary Audi AG hired a company last year to do an internal review. Some sources claim that the auditors suggested selling Ducati

 
Skoda Confirms the Karoq, a Compact SUV That Replaces the Yeti
Skoda Confirms the Karoq, a Compact SUV That Replaces the Yeti

28 Apr 2017, 09:19 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Skoda has published a few pictures of the Karoq, along with a few specifications of its upcoming compact SUV. This is the Yeti's replacement

 
First Book About Dieselgate Identifies Whistleblower, His Lawyer Says No Comment
First Book About Dieselgate Identifies Whistleblower, His Lawyer Says No Comment

23 Apr 2017, 11:03 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / The first book about Volkswagen's emissions scandal will be available next month, and those who read it say that the whistleblower's identity is revealed

 
Bentley And Porsche Will Work Together To Save Money for the Volkswagen Group
Bentley And Porsche Will Work Together To Save Money for the Volkswagen Group

14 Apr 2017, 14:16 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / The leaders of the VW Group have decided to ask Porsche and Bentley to share some of their components and resources to help save money for the mother company

 
Audi and Porsche Sign Platform Sharing Deal, This Should Be Good For Everyone
Audi and Porsche Sign Platform Sharing Deal, This Should Be Good For Everyone

5 Apr 2017, 15:22 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Audi and Porsche have simultaneously published press releases today announcing their decision to team up on developing shared vehicle architectures

 
Bentley Tests 2019 Flying Spur Using Porsche Panamera-Based Mule
Bentley Tests 2019 Flying Spur Using Porsche Panamera-Based Mule

20 Mar 2017, 10:23 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Bentley is testing the mule of the upcoming Flying Spur, but it is using a heavily modified Panamera body for the job. It employs the MSB platform

 
Volkswagen's MEB Platform Could Generate Up To 30 EVs By 2025
Volkswagen's MEB Platform Could Generate Up To 30 EVs By 2025

18 Mar 2017, 14:17 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / The Volkswagen Group may be the world's biggest automaker, but it does not fare well with EVs. It plans a big offensive by 2025, which implies launching 30 EVs

 
Investigators Raid VW's Law Firm, The Automaker Threatens To Sue
Investigators Raid VW's Law Firm, The Automaker Threatens To Sue

17 Mar 2017, 16:14 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Jones Day, the law firm hired by Volkswagen to conduct an internal investigation, was raided by German investigators. The automaker threatens with legal action

 
Volkswagen Gets Sued by Major German Customer Over Dieselgate
Volkswagen Gets Sued by Major German Customer Over Dieselgate

6 Feb 2017, 17:57 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Deutsche See, a German fish distributor, has filed a lawsuit against Volkswagen for misrepresenting its vehicles as being "eco-friendly." The firm has 500 VWs

 
Volkswagen's European Production Affected By Low Demand For Some Models
Volkswagen's European Production Affected By Low Demand For Some Models

25 Jan 2017, 15:09 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Volkswagen's Passat is experiencing a smaller demand than anticipated, which could lead to more days of pause. Hungarian workers could strike, a report says

 
Volkswagen Agrees to Pay the DOJ $4.3 Billion Over the Dieselgate Fiasco
Volkswagen Agrees to Pay the DOJ $4.3 Billion Over the Dieselgate Fiasco

11 Jan 2017, 09:20 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Volkswagen has confirmed an agreement with the Department of Justice regarding a fine of $4.3 billion over the Dieselgate fiasco

 
Audi R8 Base Model Might Get Turbocharged V6 Instead Of 2.5-Liter Inline-5
Audi R8 Base Model Might Get Turbocharged V6 Instead Of 2.5-Liter Inline-5

3 Jan 2017, 10:22 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Audi is no longer expected to fit the R8 with a 2.5-liter inline-five cylinder engine for its base version. Instead, a 2.9-liter V6 is expected

 
Volkswagen Wants To Hire 1,000 International IT Experts Over The Next Few Years
Volkswagen Wants To Hire 1,000 International IT Experts Over The Next Few Years

30 Dec 2016, 10:26 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Volkswagen has pledged to hire about 1,000 IT experts from across the world. They will work to develop new technologies, and will coordinate digitalization

 
Porsche Wins Another Court Battle Regarding Its Failed Takeover of Volkswagen
Porsche Wins Another Court Battle Regarding Its Failed Takeover of Volkswagen

23 Dec 2016, 12:42 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Germany's Federal Court of Justice has dismissed a billion euro claim from Porsche regarding the Volkswagen takeover. An American company sued Porsche and lost

 
The 19th Millionth Skoda is a White Fabia
The 19th Millionth Skoda is a White Fabia

19 Dec 2016, 15:37 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / 25 years since it was bought by the Volkswagen Group, Skoda upped the ante from 5 million vehicles produced since 1905 to 19 million

 
Volkswagen's Arteon Four-Door Coupe Could Get a SEAT Version
Volkswagen's Arteon Four-Door Coupe Could Get a SEAT Version

9 Dec 2016, 09:27 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / SEAT might introduce a new four-door model in its range by 2020. The Spanish brand might get a version of Volkswagen's Arteon four-door coupe

 
Skoda Isn't Coming to the U.S.: “We May Be Crazy, But We’re Not Mad”
Skoda Isn't Coming to the U.S.: “We May Be Crazy, But We’re Not Mad”

8 Dec 2016, 09:22 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If you were hoping for Skoda to arrive in the United States, it seems that the higher-ups at the Volkswagen Group are against it

 
Volkswagen Has New Strategy For The Next Decade, Focus Is On SUVs And Electrics
Volkswagen Has New Strategy For The Next Decade, Focus Is On SUVs And Electrics

25 Nov 2016, 14:24 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Volkswagen has presented its strategy for the next decade, named Transform 2025+. The company plans a major overhaul, and it wants to be an EV leader