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Sep
28th

BRAZIL [updated]: VW refreshes the Gol Rallye

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Volkswagen Brazil first launched a sporty Rallye version of the Gol, Brazil's best-selling model for the last 24 years, in 2004 during the third generation model run. The fourth generation launched in 2007 also included a Rallye version and now there's a fifth generation edition as well. Full story...
Sep
28th

BRAZIL: VW updates the Gol Rallye

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Volkswagen Brazil first launched a sporty Rallye version of the Gol, Brazil's best-selling model for the last 24 years, in 2004 during the third generation model run. The fourth generation launched in 2007 also included a Rallye version and now there's a fifth generation edition as well. Full story...
Sep
28th

2011 New Cars: Europe

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2011 New Cars: Europe
2011 New Cars: Europe - Automobile Magazine
Exotic-Filled 2010 Followed by Quiet 2011

The 2011 model year is looking like a fairly quiet one for the major European players. The Volkswagen group has new bookends, with a redesigned Jetta and the Sybaritic Bentley Mulsanne- plus a fresh Audi A8 in between. Both Swedish carmakers enter 2011 with new owners and new sedans- the Saab 9-5 and the Volvo S60- to celebrate their new leases on life, and, of course Fiat returns with its tine 500.


Photo Gallery: 2011 New Cars: Europe - Automobile Magazine


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Sep
28th

GERMANY: VW chief unlikely to stay on beyond 67

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Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn reportedly plans to retire in the next three to four years. Full story...
Sep
28th

2011 VW Touareg Hybrid won’t be available in Canada

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Volkswagen of America announced that the 2011 Touareg lineup will include three powertrains - a supercharged hybrid with 3.0L V6 TSI, a 3.0L V6 TDI Clean Diesel and a gas-powered 3.6L V6 FSI. The hybrid variant won't be available in Canada, however. Thomas Tetzlaff, Public Relations Manager at VW Canada, told Auto123.com: "We have decided to launch our hybrid solution with the Jetta in 2012. It represents volumes that we can support properly." Full story...
Sep
27th

VW to cover maintenance costs for sludge-damaged engines under proposed settlement

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Volkswagen has agreed to pay maintenance costs under a proposed settlement in a class-action lawsuit over sludge-damaged engines in 479,768 VW and Audi models. Full story...
Sep
27th

2010 Volkswagen Routan SE w/RSE and Navi, an AW Drivers Log:

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COPY EDITOR CYNTHIA L. Full story...
Sep
27th

New Porsche SUV could be called Cajun:

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Volkswagen AG CEO Martin Winterkorn said a new Porsche small SUV will be brought to market soon as part of plans to expand the sports car brand's lineup to boost sales. Full story...
Sep
24th

Collectible Classic: 1979 – 1985 Mazda RX-7

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Collectible Classic: 1979 - 1985 Mazda RX-7
Collectible Classic: 1979 - 1985 Mazda RX-7 - Automobile Magazine
The rotary rocket that revived the affordable sports car category.

Mazda's timing was perfect. In the late 1970s, British and Italian sports car makers were hanging by their fingernails, C3 Corvettes were aging ungracefully, Datsun's lovable Z-Car was evolving into the foppish 280ZX, and Porsche's 924 suffered from a hodgepodge of Volkswagen and Audi components. So the Mazda RX-7 that arrived in the spring of 1978 (as an early '79 model) was the answer to unspoken sports car dreams: it was attractive, fun to drive, and -- with a sticker as low as $6395 -- bargain priced. As a bonus, the RX-7 was powered by a rotary engine, which at the time was only one step down from a turbine as a source of wonder and amazement.


Photo Gallery: Collectible Classic: 1979 - 1985 Mazda RX-7 - Automobile Magazine


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Sep
24th

FOCUS: The Hungarian auto market

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Volkswagen unit Audi AG has announced plans to invest almost EUR900m in its Hungarian operations during the next three years, as it expands its production plant in Gyor. just-auto, with the help of Business Monitor International, takes the opportunity to look deeper into the Hungarian auto market. Full story...
Sep
24th

US: VW meets 712 North America dealers

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Volkswagen of America is meeting its 582 US and 130 Canadian dealers to prepare them for the new 2011 Jetta, which arrives in showrooms today (24 September). Full story...
Sep
23rd

MEXICO: Volkswagen to build Mexican engine plant

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The Volkswagen Group is to open a new plant in Silao in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato as part of its long-term expansion strategy, the company has said. Full story...
Sep
22nd

VW will build $550 million engine plant in Mexico

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Volkswagen AG will start building a $550 million gasoline engine plant in Silao, in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, next month. The plant will be completed by 2013 and have a capacity of 330,000 engines a year. Full story...
Sep
22nd

VW to build engine plant in Mexico to supply Tenn. factory, source says:

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Volkswagen AG plans to announce Wednesday that it will build an engine plant in Mexico to supply vehicles assembled in North America, a source at the company's assembly plant in Puebla said. Full story...
Sep
22nd

Porsche-style stealth takeovers are targeted in bill before German cabinet

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Cabinet approved legislation making it more difficult for stealth takeovers such as Porsche SE's 2008 acquisition of shares in Volkswagen . Full story...
Sep
22nd

Future products: Ownership change may revive 2 small Porsches:

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Now that it's owned by Volkswagen, Porsche reportedly is planning two small vehicles that the German sports car maker's previous management had nixed. Full story...
Sep
22nd

Product diversity drives VW’s growth target

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Volkswagen Group's lofty ambition to become the world's biggest automaker, overtaking Toyota, is based on an aggressive push of new products in a variety of segments. New vehicles in the pipeline for the U.S. Full story...
Sep
22nd

VW to build engine plant in Mexico to supply U.S. factory, source says

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Volkswagen AG plans to announce today that it will build an engine plant in Mexico to supply vehicles assembled in North America, a source at the company's assembly plant in Puebla said Tuesday. Full story...
Sep
21st

VW to build engine plant in Mexico to supply U.S. factory, source says

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Volkswagen AG plans to announce tomorrow that it will build an engine plant in Mexico to supply vehicles assembled in North America, a source at the company's assembly plant in Puebla said today. Full story...
Sep
21st

VW to build engine plant in Mexico to supply Tenn. factory, source says

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Volkswagen AG plans to announce tomorrow that it will build an engine plant in Mexico to supply vehicles assembled in North America, a source at the company's assembly plant in Puebla said today. Full story...
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