To save costs, the German operations of Volkswagen group's Skoda and Seat brands will move into a single building. Currently, Seat Germany employs 150 staff in Moerfelden, 15km west of Frankfurt.
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Bentley's Geneva show star, the Continental Supersports, is the Volkswagen-owned brand's fastest and most powerful car and also its first flexfuel model.
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Assembly lines at some Volkswagen plants in Germany fell silent on Monday as Europe's biggest carmaker switched to a short working week for the first time in 26 years.
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German automaker Volkswagen has just announced that they'll be participating in a project featuring fuel cell vehicles started in Sacramento, California. Volkswagen will be hitting American shores with 16 Passat Lingyu prototypes, designed in China and seen for the first time at the Beijing Summer Olympics.
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German automaker Volkswagen has just announced that they'll be participating in a project featuring fuel cell vehicles started in Sacramento, California. Volkswagen will be hitting American shores with 16 Passat Lingyu prototypes, designed in China and seen for the first time at the Beijing Summer Olympics.
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In these times of yo-yo gas prices and growing environmental concerns in the auto industry, diesel fuel is starting to look more and more appealing. Several automakers have come up with clean diesel engines, like Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz with BlueTEC. Gas-oil also seems to have a bright future.
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German automaker Volkswagen has just announced that they'll be participating in a project featuring fuel cell vehicles started in Sacramento, California. Volkswagen will be hitting American shores with 16 Passat Lingyu prototypes, designed in China and seen for the first time at the Beijing Summer Olympics.
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In these times of yo-yo gas prices and growing environmental concerns in the auto industry, diesel fuel is starting to look more and more appealing. Several automakers have come up with clean diesel engines, like Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz with BlueTEC. Gas-oil also seems to have a bright future.
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Volkswagen has confirmed it has taken EUR2bn (US$2.5bn) of guarantees from the German government's bank rescue fund.
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Volkswagen has taken 2 billion euros ($2.5 billion) of credit guarantees from the German government's bank rescue fund. VW said that the guarantees will refinance car loans and secure credit lines to dealers and customers.
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Shanghai Volkswagen (SVW) is the latest Chinese maker to significantly reduce its car prices in order to win business amid slower demand.
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India's Motherson Sumi Systems plans to complete the purchase of troubled rearview mirror maker Visiocorp by the end of the month. Formerly called Schefenacker, Visiocorp is a key supplier to Ford Motor, General Motors, Volkswagen and Daimler.
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Sales of the Volkswagen Golf were supposed to suffer last year ahead of the arrival of the new sixth-generation model last autumn.
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Volkswagen group's union chief Bernd Osterloh has joined the four-person inner council of Porsche Automobil Holding, the body that oversees the Porsche-Piech family's 51 percent stake in VW group.
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Sales of the Volkswagen Golf were supposed to suffer last year ahead of the arrival of the new sixth-generation model last autumn.
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After selling over 26 million units worldwide, including 400,000 in Canada, the Volkswagen Golf is back for a sixth generation. While executives of the German automaker talk about an evolution rather than a complete transformation, they did have a few surprises in store for journalists during the model's North American premiere at the CIAS in Toronto.
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This week, Auto123.com features the following road tests: The Volkswagen Passat wagon, a car that proves that luxury and flexibility can indeed coexist. The Honda Pilot, a spacious SUV that's as fun to drive as it is to ride in. The Mazda6 GT, a sedan that combines elegance and performance. Check out our video dedicated to the 2009 Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto, the biggest auto show in the country.
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Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn criticized a French government auto sector rescue plan on as protectionist.
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