New Audi A7 Sportback to Get RS Version
6 May 2010, 11:17 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Audi’s incoming A7 Sportback is undergoing the final stages of development, preparing for the world premiere at the Paris motor show this September. According to Autocar, UK sales will start i...
Volkswagen Polo to Receive an R Version
4 May 2010, 06:58 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Volkswagen’s performance division, R GmbH, plans to get its hands on the Polo, according to Autocar. After the Scirocco R and the Golf R, which are already on sale, the engineers at “R G...
U.S. Production Not a Priority for Audi
22 Apr 2010, 13:44 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Audi has denied speculation that it intends to produce and sell a new model in the US following the increasing sales registered in the last quarter. There had been rumors the German automaker could ...
Audi RS5 Confirmed for the USA, Sales Start in Summer 2011
21 Apr 2010, 10:22 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Audi has decided to bring the RS5 coupe to the United States as well, according to Inside Line. A product marketing contact from Quattro GmbH, the high performance division that builds the RS models...
Volkswagen Group Reports a 24.6 Increase in Worldwide Sales
18 Apr 2010, 10:22 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / The Volkswagen Group reported sales of 1.73 million vehicles worldwide in the first three months of 2010, up 24.6 percent compared with the same period last year. "There are clear signs of...
Official: Flavio Manzoni Becomes Ferrari’s Chief Designer
13 Jan 2010, 09:39 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Flavio Manzoni has been appointed Director of Design at Ferrari. The news in not new, as this decision was previously known, but the information is now officially confirmed. Manzoni will have the...
Bugatti Trademarks 16C Galibier Sedan
23 Dec 2009, 16:52 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Volkswagen Group has submitted a trademark application for the design Bugatti 16C Galibier concept, as reported by carscoop.com. The application was submitted to the World Intelectual Property Or...
VW Confirms Buying Karmann Assets
20 Nov 2009, 16:03 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Volkswagen officially announced it is going to buy assets of German contract carbuilder Wilhelm Karmann GmbH, in order to create a new manufacturing subsidiary that will eventually build a new car m...
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...
Volkswagen Announces Major Chinese Expansion
12 Sep 2009, 15:03 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / China is undoubtedly a key market for several carmakers out there and Volkswagen makes no exception to this rule. The German brand has just announced that it will invest no less than 4 billion euros...
Volkswagen Increases First Half Market Share
24 Jul 2009, 14:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Europe's largest car manufacturer is hard at work trying to catch up with Toyota, as the company already announced it plans on becoming the no. 1 manufacturer by 2018. With the soon-to-be addit...
Skoda Stops Production for First Generation Octavia
26 Feb 2009, 16:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Skoda decided to temporarily stop production of its first generation Octavia due to sales decline in key markets, Autonews reported. Poor results in Russia, Ukraine and Romania forced the Czech manu...
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 ...