Porsche Closing on Qatar Deal
27 Jun 2009, 10:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German sports car manufacturer Porsche is getting close on signing a deal with investment funds in Qatar as, according to recent reports, the negotiations between the two parties have entered the fi...
Suzuki, VW Shares Up After Tie-Up Talk
26 Jun 2009, 15:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As we reported earlier today, rumors regarding a possible tie-up between Volkswagen and Suzuki started surfacing after a person close to the matter told Reuters "Volkswagen are first discussin...
2010 Volkswagen Polo Out for Grabs
26 Jun 2009, 10:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After a couple of months of some serious waiting, German manufacturer Volkswagen will debut tomorrow, on the German market, its latest generation Polo. Volkswagen says it has already received some 2...
Volkswagen Eyes Suzuki Alliance
26 Jun 2009, 10:34 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The economic turmoil has seriously shaken the auto sector and, beside the well-known sales of popular brands - Opel, Saturn, Saab and even Volvo - automakers around the globe tend to join forces to ...
Audi Q3 Plant Breaks Ground
24 Jun 2009, 10:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Spanish manufacturer Seat has today set the corner stone for the future bodywork workshop at the Martoreli plant, where the new Audi Q3 will be built starting 2011. Seat takes great pride in the fut...
Skoda Up for Sale?
23 Jun 2009, 12:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / While the Porsche-Volkswagen wars keep on making the headlines, another manufacturer owned by VW is getting ready to pack and leave the group. According to a report by autosblog.fr, a Korean manufac...
Porsche Re-Applies for State Loan
23 Jun 2009, 08:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After at the end of the last week German manufacturer Porsche was denied access to a state guaranteed loan, the company has today re-applied to state controlled KfW bank for the badly needed 1.75 bi...
VW Halts Part of Mexican Plant
22 Jun 2009, 14:13 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / In spite of fairly decent financial results in this difficult economic environment, Volkswagen announced it will suspend the work of a part of its Mexican plant starting next week. The partial closu...
Porsche Plans Entry-Level Model
22 Jun 2009, 12:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If sales go bad, think outside of the box... This is probably how German sports car manufacturer Porsche must have done when deciding to go for an entry level model. Translation: an affordable Porsc...
VW May Loan Porsche, May Not...
22 Jun 2009, 12:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The struggle of German sports car manufacturer Porsche now seems to rely on the performances its now rival Volkswagen will have throughout the second quarter of 2009. According to Hans Dieter Poetsc...
VW Scirocco by HS Motorsport
22 Jun 2009, 09:17 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / In case the numerous aftermarket Scirocco flavors already available out there are not enough to satisfy your tuning needs, let's try one more time. This time we're offering you a customize...
Volkswagen Best Supplier Awards
21 Jun 2009, 08:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Whereas some manufacturers in the US have gone to battle with their parts suppliers, German manufacturer Volkswagen found both the time and the money to award their best suppliers during the “...
Volkswagen Praises Cash for Clunkers
20 Jun 2009, 17:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / We have already seen a wide range of manufacturers stepping forth and thanking the US government for the approval of the so called cash for clunkers bill and we will probably see more as time passes...
VW America Opens High-Tech Parts Distribution Center
19 Jun 2009, 09:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Volkswagen America announced yesterday the opening of what they like to call their most advanced parts distribution center in Jacksonville, Florida. The center spreads on 260,000 square feet and cos...
Porsche CEO Corners Board Members
19 Jun 2009, 09:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A type of civil war has started these days within German sports car manufacturer Porsche, as the company is yet to solve its financial problems. Porsche's CEO, Wendelin Wiedeking has stepped up...
Spyshots: Volkswagen Phaeton Facelift
18 Jun 2009, 09:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It seems there's no stopping German manufacturer Volkswagen this year. If you have been paying attention, you know by now that not even a week has passed without the Wolfsburg based company doi...
Porsche Confirms It Backs Qatar Deal
17 Jun 2009, 19:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As we reported a few hours ago, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani, Qatar's prime minister told the Gulf Times that his country is expecting a definitive answer regarding Qatari involvement in Ge...
Volkswagen's Youth Soccer Mobile Tour Has Begun
17 Jun 2009, 12:12 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / As the official automotive partner of Major League Soccer (MLS), Volkswagen has started a mobile marketing tour to promote its product family at local youth soccer tournaments across the United Stat...
Qatar to Decide on Porsche in Two Weeks
17 Jun 2009, 10:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The outcome of a possible deal between German manufacturer Porsche and Qatar based investors may be announced in two weeks time, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani, the country's prime minister t...
Volkswagen Golf Plus BiFuel Launched
12 Jun 2009, 12:45 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / And here we go again... Volkswagen has just released a new special version of the Golf Plus which runs on LPG and is especially aimed at cutting CO2 emissions and fuel consumption. The German manufa...