Volkswagen
Rabbit: among '2009 Top 10 Coolest New Cars Under $18,000' by KBB
June 23, 2009Third year in a row for Volkswagen Rabbit Volkswagen of America, Inc. announced that the Rabbit has once again been named one of the "Top 10 Coolest Cars Under $18,000" by Kelley Blue Book (www.kbb.com), a top rated consumer web-site that...
Volkswagen participates in national hydrogen road tour
August 21, 2008Volkswagen's Hydrogen Fuel Cell concept vehicle, the HyMotion Tiguan, will travel from Portland, Maine to Los Angeles, Calif. over the next 13 days as part of the National Hydrogen Road Tour, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, the California...
- August 12, 2008
Press Release - Russian customers can now also purchase the Tiguan, which, like the Passat and Jetta, is produced at the Volkswagen plant in Kaluga. “The decision to build the Tiguan locally is an indication of the strategic importance of the Russian...
Volkswagen prepared Scirocco for Nurbourgring
May 29, 2008The concern Volkswagen presented the road version concept of the racing coupe Scirocco, which got a “GT24”. From Motor Authority reports it was showed at the tuning show in Austria, in the same time as the racing brother Scirocco the first...
Volkswagen installs Electronic Stabilization Program across the line in 2009
April 21, 2008Volkswagen of America, Inc. announced that its Electronic Stabilization Program (ESP) will be standard equipment on every 2009 model year Volkswagen vehicle – passenger cars, sport utility vehicles, and minivans. By offering ESP as a standard feature...
Volkswagen sales in China up 29 percent
September 24, 2007Volkswagen Group announced that its sales in China jumped nearly 29 percent in the first eight months of 2007. Su Weiming, vice president of Volkswagen Group China, said the German automaker expected to sell 800,000 VWs this year, along with 65,0...
Volkswagen eyes a 20 percent stake in troubled automaker Proton
September 13, 2007According to an official familiar with the negotiations, German auto giant Volkswagen is eyeing a 20 percent stake in loss-making carmaker Proton, and talks will soon secure a partnership. He told AFP on condition of anonymity that Proton and Volkswagen...
Volkswagen's 2Q, 1st half net soars
July 29, 2007Europe's biggest automaker by sales, Volkswagen AG, said that its sales were boosted by cost-cutting efforts at home in Germany in the second quarter and first six months of 2007, and that profit results showed better than expected sales in Europe and...
Proton shares down as carmaker moves closer to a deal with Volkswagen
July 24, 2007After hitting a high of 6.10 ringgit earlier in the day following a report saying that it was one step closer to a deal with German auto giant Volkswagen, Malaysian carmaker Proton shares closed lower, at 5.70 ringgit. Second Finance Minister Nor Mohamed...
Ford's China 2007 vehicle shipments seen up 30 pct
July 18, 2007Ford Motor Co. a relative newcomer to China, will rise its vehicle shipments capacity up to 30 percent this year to meet growing demand, an industry source told Reuters. The source added that Ford is expected to ship 300,000 to 350,000 vehicles to...