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Feb
13th

VW labor leader settles feud with Porsche CEO

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Volkswagen's top labor leader Bernd Osterloh said he and Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking will work together to get their companies through the worst of the economic downturn. Full story...
Feb
13th

GERMANY: VW and Toshiba to collaborate on electric drive

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Volkswagen and Toshiba have signed a letter of intent to cooperate on the development of electric drive units and the accompanying power electronics for Volkswagen's planned New Small Family. Full story...
Feb
13th

VW, Ford gain market share as European sales fall 27% in Jan.

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Volkswagen and Ford grew their share of the European market during a dismal January for all carmakers that hit rivals Toyota, Renault and GM among the hardest. Data published from ACEA showed a 27 percent collapse in new registrations last month. Full story...
Feb
13th

VW and Ford gain European market share in January

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Volkswagen and Ford grew their share of the European market during a dismal January for all carmakers that hit rivals Toyota, Renault and GM among the hardest. Full story...
Feb
13th

Volkswagen, Toshiba to develop electric car

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Volkswagen will team up with Toshiba to develop an electric-powered version of its subcompact Up concept car after signing a letter of intent on Thursday. Full story...
Feb
13th

VW and Toshiba to jointly develop electric vehicles

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Volkswagen AG and Toshiba have just signed an agreement to collaborate on the development of electric engines and all the electronics involved in future electric vehicles. The two will also develop high-density battery systems for this next generation of electric vehicles, and are currently fine-tuning the lithium-ion battery technology. Full story...
Feb
12th

Volkswagen, Toshiba to develop electric car

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FRANKFURT, Feb 12 (Reuters) -- Volkswagen will team up with Toshiba to develop an electric-powered version of its subcompact Up concept car after signing a letter of intent on Thursday. Full story...
Feb
12th

Volkswagen teases with sketch of new sedan for Tennessee factory:

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Volkswagen AG on Thursday released a sketch of the mid-sized sedan that will be built at VW's factory now under construction in Chattanooga, Tenn. Full story...
Feb
12th

VW releases sketch of car to be built in Tenn.

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Volkswagen AG today released this sketch of the mid-sized sedan that will be built at VW's factory now under construction in Chattanooga, Tenn. The mid-sized sedan, which has yet to be named, will be slightly larger than the Passat. Full story...
Feb
11th

UK: Bentley cuts 220 jobs

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Volkswagen-owned British luxury carmaker Bentley has followed up earlier production cuts by axing 220 jobs, or almost 6% of its British workforce, and temporarily cutting pay 10% for remaining staff. Full story...
Feb
11th

GERMANY: VW sales fall in January

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Volkswagen passenger car sales worldwide fell 14.1% year on year in January to 246,700 while group sales were off 21.3% to 382,000, the automaker said on Wednesday (11 February). Full story...
Feb
11th

GERMANY: Automakers want incentives extended

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Volkswagen's chief wants to persuade the German government to extend a car purchase incentive scheme after sales rose at the end of January. Full story...
Feb
11th

VW will keep growth aims despite poor Jan. sales

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Volkswagen will keep its long-term growth targets despite poor January sales, but the company sees no improvement soon in the dire global automotive market. Full story...
Feb
11th

2010 Volkswagen Golf at the Toronto Auto Show

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In 2006, Volkswagen was about to launch the fifth-generation Golf in North America. Hit by nostalgia, however, they decided to revive the Rabbit nameplate, hoping that it would attract some extra attention. After just three years, VW's compact hatchback will be renamed the Golf yet again, as the car gets an extensive makeover. Full story...
Feb
11th

2010 Volkswagen Golf at the Toronto Auto Show

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In 2006, Volkswagen was about to launch the fifth-generation Golf in North America. Hit by nostalgia, however, they decided to revive the Rabbit nameplate, hoping that it would attract some extra attention. After just three years, VW's compact hatchback will be renamed the Golf yet again, as the car gets an extensive makeover. Full story...
Feb
10th

ContiTech supplies lifetime diesel timing belt to VW

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The ContiTech Power Transmission Group has developed a timing belt for lifetime use on Volkswagen AG's common-rail diesel engines, the supplier says. Full story...
Feb
10th

Wolfgang Bernhard returns to Daimler:

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Wolfgang Bernhard, the hard-driving executive who was forced out of Volkswagen and DaimlerChrysler, has rejoined Daimler to be the head of its Mercedes-Benz van group. He starts the job on April 1. Full story...
Feb
9th

2009 Volkswagen Passat Wagon 2.0T Comfortline Review

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The Volkswagen Passat is one of those vehicles that fail to inspire at first glance yet their classic elegance becomes more and more apparent as you approach them. Clearly, company designers showed restraint when they penned the lines of this midsize family wagon, focusing instead, and understandably so, on the all-important little details. Full story...
Feb
6th

Sales at Volkswagen unit Audi plunge in January

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World sales by Volkswagen's premium Audi division slumped 28 per cent in annual terms to 56,000 cars in January in a fresh sign of the serious troubles of the world automotive industry, the division disclosed Friday. Full story...
Feb
5th

CHINA: FAW-VW postpones Chengdu expansion

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FAW-Volkswagen has postponed the capacity expansion of its Chengdu plant, probably to the year of 2011, the Xinhua news agency has reported. Full story...
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