Former Opel Managing Director Hans Demant will move to Volkswagen AG to take charge of international project coordination, VW announced today. Demant, who starts his new job Oct. 1, will report to VW CEO Martin Winterkorn.
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Volkswagen has named Ludger Fretzen (45) CEO of Volkswagen-Audi España effective 1 September. He is currently head of product marketing for Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand in Wolfsburg. He is moving to Spain to succeed Juan Manuel Baselga (61), who is taking retirement.
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Fiat S.p.A. is refusing a new round of Volkswagen AG overtures to buy its troubled sporty Alfa Romeo brand, company sources told Automotive News Europe.
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Fiat is refusing a new round of Volkswagen overtures to buy Alfa Romeo, company sources told Automotive News Europe. VW is on an acquisition spree to help its bid to topple Toyota as the world's No. 1 automaker.
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Replacing the Race Touareg 2, twice winner in 2009 and 2010 of the gruelling Dakar Rally and the first diesel-powered vehicle ever to win the event, the new Race Touareg 3 promises to be faster and more efficient while retaining the immense strength and durability of the outgoing car.
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We won't hide our love for wagons here at Auto123.com. We like the car-like driving dynamics married with the cargo space. You always need an everyday vehicle that can haul more than a golf bag (no pun intended), but an SUV or even a crossover might not suit your tastes.
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South African automobile manufacturers and a union representing auto workers have reached a deal on wages, ending a costly eight-day strike. The strike hit companies including Toyota, Ford, Volkswagen, General Motors, Nissan, BMW and Daimler.
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In today's News Brake: The Volkswagen Phaeton will return to the U.S., Barry Meguiar is in serious condition, and the Jeep Wranger is updated for 2011 . . . But Wait, There's More!
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VW plans to bring back the $85,000 Phaeton to the U.S., where the sedan flopped and was withdrawn in 2006, as part of the German carmaker's aim of tripling its share of the world's second-largest market by 2018.
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Potential strike action at Volkswagen's Puebla plant in Mexico has been averted following settlement of a wage dispute with its main union.
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Less than three years after key executives were convicted in a bribery and corruption case, Volkswagen Group has been named the most trustworthy of all companies in Germany's benchmark DAX stock index.
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Volkswagen and DRB-HICOM, one of Malaysia's largest car distributors and importers, have formed a venture to assemble and manufacture cars in the Asian country, local reports said at the weekend.
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Volkswagen Group said on Monday it sold over 4m vehicles from January to July, up 13.7%, although it cautioned the "operating environment" was becoming difficult.
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EDITOR WES RAYNAL: A delightful little ute, one I would happily drive every day. I've gone on record dozens of times about how much I like this engine and trans combo, and it works well in this car.
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Volkswagen AG warned that business is becoming "difficult" after reporting its weakest monthly growth rate so far this year. The world's third-largest carmaker said on Friday it had delivered 572,200 vehicles in July, up 2.
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Former Formula 1 driver and current Volkswagen's competition representative Hans-Joachim Stuck has been diagnosed with a blood clot in his head following an accident during the Scirocco Cup last month.
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Volkswagen AG Czech unit Skoda plans to shut production in all three of its plants in the Czech Republic, after weekend floods damaged its key supplier's factory, it said on Wednesday.
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Today's (10 August) formal acquisition by Volkswagen Group of the majority stake in Italdesign Giugiaro (IDG) will not lead to a severing of the Italian company's outsourcing business
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