Sixth-Generation VW Golf 1.4 TSI Ready for Chinese Debut
15 May 2009, 09:47 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The sixth-generation Volkswagen Golf, which was recently crowned the 2009 World Car of the Year, will also be launched in China in the near future but a specific date is yet to be revealed. Accordin...
Fiat's Luca de Meo Moves to Volkswagen
14 May 2009, 14:31 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Volkswagen has just announced that Luca de Meo, who has been working for Fiat, Alfa Romeo and Abarth, will join the German manufacturer and will become responsible for marketing at the VW Passenger ...
Electric Volkswagen up! Set for 2013
14 May 2009, 13:13 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Since all automakers are slowly migrating to electric cars, there should be no surprise that Volkswagen is preparing its very own electric model. But more importantly, the car is going to be based o...
The Porsche Wars: Playing Dirty
13 May 2009, 16:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The twisted tale Porsche finds itself wrapped in these days takes another turn today with rumors surfacing that the company has manipulated the market as it attempted to take over Volkswagen back in...
Piech: Fiat-Chrysler-GME, Three Sick People in One Bed
13 May 2009, 08:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Leaving aside the civil war he has to face at home against Wolfgang Porsche, Ferdinand Piech took a moment to look at what may become Volkswagen Group's most fierce competition: the possible Fi...
VW Debuts Small-Displacement Engines for Golf, Polo
13 May 2009, 07:58 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / There's no doubt small-displacements engines developing decent power combined with very low CO2 emissions and fuel consumption are the main target for most automakers nowadays. And Volkswagen m...
Volkswagen Golf 6 and Plus Get Accessorized
12 May 2009, 15:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The forecasted success of the 2009 World Car of the Year, the Volkswagen Golf 6, would not have been complete without some well-placed factory-produced accessories. Most of them are oriented towards...
The Porsche Wars: Piech's First Strike
12 May 2009, 10:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the most interesting developments in the automotive industry, the future Porsche-Volkswagen joint company, keeps to the track, hidden behind the glamorous moves Fiat is taking in the industry...
2010 Polo Is Already a Hit, VW Gets 13,000 Orders
12 May 2009, 09:26 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The economic recession encouraged new car buyers to migrate towards small cars and the new Volkswagen Polo is the living proof of this. According to data provided by the German manufacturer, it has ...
The VW-Audi-Porsche Joint Vehicle
11 May 2009, 10:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / We do mean joint...As in glued and bolted together. We are not sure what to make of this...how to call it? Lupo? Former/future Audi A2? Audi A3? Well, long story short, the car underneath the heavy ...
BMW Will Stand Alone
8 May 2009, 07:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / BMW has no plans to merge, or sell, or borrow, as Friedrich Eichiner, BMW CFO told The New York Times in an interview. In this new automotive frenzy, where Fiat joins with Chrysler and GM, where GM ...
Porsche and Volkswagen Will Merge
7 May 2009, 06:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As we told you in our past reports, the German luxury manufacturer is passing through some difficult times these days. Due to large debts both Porsche and Piech families have accumulated, the compan...
Volkswagen Scirocco GT TDI Released
6 May 2009, 15:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For all those of you out there who have enjoyed the release of the Volkswagen Golf 6 GTD, this latest news from the German manufacturer can do nothing than please you even more. Even if the new GT T...
Volkswagen Tries to Temper Fiat
5 May 2009, 15:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The tsunami Fiat has stirred with its aggressive moves in the automotive market has managed to raise voices from all over the industry. Following state officials or union leaders, Volkswagen's ...
“Meet the Volkswagens” Campaign Launched Today
4 May 2009, 16:59 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Following Audi’s example of TV spots that ‘hit and run’ the competition, Volkswagen launched today the ‘Meet the Volkswagens’ campaign, featuring Max, the 1964 black Be...
The Porsche Wars: Porsche Vs Piech
4 May 2009, 12:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Strange reports surfaced over the weekend, stating that the German luxury sports car manufacturer Porsche will be sold to Volkswagen, as part of an attempt to cut the debt of both the Piech and Pors...
Volkswagen Post Declining Q1 Results, but Does Not Panic
30 Apr 2009, 14:25 UTC · By: Tudor Raiciu / Unlike Daimler, Volkswagen seems to be quite relaxed with its financial results, perhaps too relaxed. The company announced that in the first three months of the year it delivered 1.40 million vehic...
Indian Plant Buzzes with German Excitement, Begins Volkswagen Polo Production
28 Apr 2009, 15:46 UTC · By: Tudor Raiciu / What do Volkswagen and India have in common? Apart from the new Pune plant, we can safely say that absolutely nothing. But since the aforementioned plant was inaugurated on March 31, there's en...
Volkswagen Idles Mexico Plants...
28 Apr 2009, 12:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / ...and this is not because of the pandemic swine flu which ravages the country. To one to blame is the same old economic downturn, which now forces the German manufacturer to stop production at its ...
VW Satisfied with Porsche Collaboration, Expects Strong 2009 Profit
24 Apr 2009, 07:28 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / German automaker Volkswagen is extremely pleased with the cooperation with Porsche, the parent company that owns a 51 percent stake, and said it expects strong performances in 2009, partially thanks...