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Jul
24th

GERMANY: Volkswagen sales slip over H1

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The Volkswagen Group has said that it had delivered 5% fewer vehicles in the first six months of 2009 over the same period last year. However, the German automaker noted that it outperformed the general marketplace and gained market share. Full story...
Jul
24th

Volkswagen’s first-half car sales drop 5 percent to 3.1 million

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Volkswagen group's global vehicle sales fell 5 percent to 3.1 million in the first half, but the company's nine brands, which will soon include Porsche as a 10th marque, boosted market share. By comparison, General Motors Co.' Full story...
Jul
24th

VW’s first-half sales drop 5% to 3.1 million

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Volkswagen group's global vehicle sales fell 5 percent to 3.1 million in the first half, but the company's nine brands, which will soon include Porsche as a 10th marque, boosted market share. By comparison, General Motors Co.' Full story...
Jul
24th

VW’s first-half car sales drop 5% to 3.1 million

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Volkswagen group's global vehicle sales fell 5 percent to 3.1 million in the first half, but the company's nine brands, which will soon include Porsche as a 10th marque, boosted market share. By comparison, General Motors Co.' Full story...
Jul
24th

GERMANY: Stock market nervous over Porsche-VW plans

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The corporate drama that is the Porsche-Volkswagen affair, which yesterday saw the departure of Porsche chief executive officer Wendelin Wiedeking after 16 years with the company and the move to merge the sportscars brand into the VW portfolio, put the stock market to confusion. Full story...
Jul
23rd

GERMANY: Boards approve VW and Porsche merger

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Volkswagen's supervisory board has backed the creation of an integrated automotive group with Porsche under the leadership of VW whose management board will now begin talks with the sportscar maker's new chiefs to jointly draw up final details. Full story...
Jul
23rd

Piech gets upper hand bid to merge Volkswagen and Porsche

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Volkswagen Chairman Ferdinand Piech tightened his grip over Porsche on Thursday after the sports car maker's CEO was ousted following a power struggle to keep Porsche independent. Full story...
Jul
23rd

VW Chairman Piech gets upper hand

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Volkswagen Chairman Ferdinand Piech tightened his grip over Porsche on Thursday after the sports car maker's CEO was ousted following a power struggle to keep Porsche independent. Full story...
Jul
23rd

GERMANY: Porsche’s Wiedeking steps down

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As widely speculated, Porsche SE chief executive officer Wendelin Wiedeking has left the sportscar maker after 16 years, the latest twist in a corporate drama which started with Porsche's audacious attempt to buy the mighty Volkswagen AG and is likely to end in a merger of the two after debts spiraled out of control. Full story...
Jul
23rd

Macht replaces Wiedeking as Porsche CEO

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Porsche conceded a months-long power struggle to Volkswagen by axing its CEO Wendelin Wiedeking and finance chief Holger Haerter. Full story...
Jul
23rd

Macht replaces Wiedeking as Porsche CEO; Haerter goes

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Porsche conceded a months-long power struggle to Volkswagen by axing its CEO Wendelin Wiedeking and finance chief Holger Haerter. Full story...
Jul
23rd

Porsche axes CEO; sets stage for merger with Volkswagen

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Sports car maker Porsche conceded a months-long power struggle to mass-market rival Volkswagen by axing its CEO. Porsche said it would raise at least 5 billion euros ($7 billion) in equity as the two prepared for a merger. Full story...
Jul
23rd

Porsche axes CEO, sets stage for VW merger

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Sports car maker Porsche conceded a months-long power struggle to mass-market rival Volkswagen by axing its CEO. Porsche said it would raise at least 5 billion euros ($7 billion) in equity as the two prepared for a merger. Full story...
Jul
23rd

Porsche’s Wiedeking falls on failed bid to take over Volkswagen

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Volkswagen chairman Ferdinand Piech once said of Wendelin Wiedeking that the one thing the CEO of sports car maker Porsche lacked was a real failure. Not any more. Full story...
Jul
23rd

Porsche’s Wiedeking falls on VW gamble

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Volkswagen chairman Ferdinand Piech once said of Wendelin Wiedeking that the one thing the CEO of sports car maker Porsche lacked was a real failure. Not any more. Full story...
Jul
23rd

Volkswagen and Porsche: How do they match up?

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Porsche Automobil Holding SE axed its CEO and said it will seek at least 5 billion euros (about $7.1 billion) in fresh funds, setting the stage for a merger of the German sports car maker with mass-market rival Volkswagen AG. Full story...
Jul
23rd

Macht replaces Wiedeking as Porsche CEO; Haerter goes

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Porsche conceded a months-long power struggle to Volkswagen by axing its CEO Wendelin Wiedeking and finance chief Holger Haerter. Full story...
Jul
21st

GERMANY: VW-Porsche deal may be held up by tax bill

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Porsche SE is likely to hold back on a decision to merge with Volkswagen AG at its board meeting on Thursday as the holding company's controlling families can't agree on measures to reduce debt, according to people familiar with the situation. Full story...
Jul
21st

MEXICO: VW confirms new compact for Puebla plant

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Volkswagen will start production of a new compact car at its plant in Mexico early next year following a US$1bn investment, according to Otto Lindner, head of the company's operations in the country. Full story...
Jul
21st

VW to produce new compact sedan in Mexico

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Volkswagen will begin assembling a new compact car at its plant in Mexico early next year following a $1 billion investment, a senior executive said. Full story...
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