Volkswagen Group Sells Over 8 Million Vehicles in 2011
12 Jan 2012, 15:37 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / When it came time to count it eggs, Volkswagen Group found that 2011 was an incredibly successful year for them as deliveries increased 14.3 percent compared to the previous year, easily topping the...
Volkswagen Group Reveals Massive Five-Year Investment Plan
16 Sep 2011, 12:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen, Europe’s largest automaker has announced a massive €62.4 billion investment plan for the next five years, as they will focus on bringing new cars, more environmentally friendl...
Bentley Aims to Keep W12 Engine, Plug-In Hybrids Expected
26 Aug 2011, 08:21 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / When referring to Bentley, first things we have to mention are its one-of-a-kind styling and the finest materials combined to offer a true gentleman’s delight when hitting the road in one of t...
Volkswagen Donates $1 Million To Martin Luther King Foundation
24 Aug 2011, 12:57 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / A $1 million donation was announced by the Volkswagen Group of America Inc. to the Washington D.C. Martin Luther King Jr National Memorial Project Foundation. It is worth mentioning the fact that th...
New CEO Takes the Helm of The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers
9 Aug 2011, 12:55 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers a trade group of 12 vehicle manufacturers including BMW Group, Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company, General Motors Company, Jaguar Land Rover, Mazda, Merc...
VW Group Reaches 4 Million Vehicle Deliveries
13 Jul 2011, 10:00 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / Volkswagen Group managed to exceed car and SUVs deliveries of 4 million cars for the first time, fact made possible by a growing demand in all markets. Also, deliveries in June took an up-course by ...
Volkswagen and GAZ Sign Agreement to Assemble Cars in Russia
15 Jun 2011, 11:35 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen announced yesterday that it has managed to sell over 2 million of its cars to customers across the globe in the first five months of the year, and emerging markets like China and Russia p...
Volkswagen Group Delivers Almost 2 Million Vehicles in Q1 2011
15 Apr 2011, 12:51 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / A couple of days ago, Volkswagen Passenger Cars announced a substantial sales increase during the first quarter of the year, with 1.23 million cars delivered, which is 10.4 percent more than the 1.1...
Volkswagen Group Sold Over 3.5 Million DSG Gearboxes
25 Mar 2011, 08:49 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen’s Double Shift Gearbox has proven a true success story for the carmaker on the global market. A total of 3.4 million units have been produced at the Kassel Plant alone for the group...
Porsche Has an Engine Ready for Alfa Romeo
15 Mar 2011, 09:46 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Despite the fact that negotiations between Volkswagen and Alfa Romeo have stalled, it looks like the German company already has big plans for the future sportscar range of the Italian carmaker. A...
Volkswagen Set For Another Record Year
11 Mar 2011, 15:26 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Following the most successful year in its history, Volkswagen wants to continue this year and to further expand its market position. During the group's annual press conference, which took place...
Bugatti Sedan to Use Audi A8 Platform
3 Jan 2011, 15:21 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Volkswagen has developed a new production plan within the group and each of the brands included in what could become the number one carmaker by 2018 are expected to contribute, more or less, to futu...
Wolfgang Durheimer Succeeds Dr. Paefgen at Bentley and Bugatti
29 Nov 2010, 14:46 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen is making executive changes to the leading Porsche AG management team, as well as to Bentley’s and Bugatti’s. A new Head of Volkswagen Group Motorsport, together with a Head o...
Audi Flirts with the Hybrid Market
24 Nov 2010, 11:31 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Audi's plans of introducing a plug-in hybrid vehicle by 2014 surfaced today, showing no signs of the German automaker slowing its electrification program. Having displayed numerous concepts sur...
Volkswagen Group's Matryoshkas...
10 Oct 2010, 15:33 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / ...Matryoshkas are Russian dolls, usually made out of wood. Alas, that's not the interesting part about them. They all come in sets - usually five or more – and the curious bit is the fac...
Wolpert Becomes Head of VW Group Product Management
27 Aug 2010, 10:56 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Volkswagen Group announced that Klaus-Gerhard Wolper, who currently holds the Porsche Cayenne manager position, has been appointed head of the product planning and management of the Group. Th...
Volkswagen Plans Buying Italdesign Giugiaro
19 May 2010, 10:32 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Volkswagen is planning to buy a controlling stake in Italdesign Giugiaro S.p.A., Italy’s largest design and engineering firm, according to two industry sources quoted by the Automotive News Eu...
VW Group Sales Up 21 Percent in the First Four Months of 2010
18 May 2010, 07:34 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / The Volkswagen Group posted its sales results for the first four months of 2010. Europe’s largest automaker recorded a 20.9 percent growth compared to the similar period of 2009, selling 2.34 ...
Skoda to Showcase Fabia RS+ and Octavia RS+ at Worthersee
8 May 2010, 09:54 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Next week’s GTI tuning event at Worthersee is promising to be a real treat for Volkswagen Group fans. VW will bring two special Golf GTIs, Audi will showcase seven custom Audi A1s and Skoda wi...
170 HP TDI Engine for the Audi TT Coupe and Roadster
6 May 2010, 14:09 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / The refreshed Audi TT Coupe and Roadster equipped with the 2.0 TDI diesel will go on sale in Europe this summer. Prices in Audi’s home market start from EUR34,850 for the Coupe and EUR35,900 f...