Volkswagen luxury car unit Bentley is stopping production at its plant in central England for seven weeks from early March to April to better match supply to demand, a spokesman confirmed on Friday.
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Germany and the European Commission have failed to reach an agreement on a law that shields carmaker Volkswagen from takeover, Germany's justice minister said on Thursday.
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Volkswagen's 2008 earnings and sales will be higher year-on-year, but the first quarter of 2009 could see Europe's biggest carmaker sink into the red, its finance chief told a newspaper Friday.
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Volkswagen's Spanish unit Seat has unveiled a Leon-based petrol/electric hybrid prototype with 'Twin Drive' technology.
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Volkswagen's Spanish unit Seat has unveiled a Leon-based petrol/electric hybrid prototype with 'Twin Drive' technology.
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Due to worsening economic conditions, FAW-Volkswagen Automotive has postponed a plan to boost annual production capacity in Chengdu, China, to 350,000 units.
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Former Fiat executive Luca De Meo's planned move to a top marketing job at Volkswagen group could be delayed by a non-compete clause, industry sources said.
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Volkswagen's Audi and Seat brands are cutting production in response to the global downturn in new-car sales.
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Volkswagen is putting two thirds of 92,000 employees in Germany on short-time working for five days next month. VW is cutting production as global new-car sales plunge in the deepening economic downturn.
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Volkswagen has scheduled a period of short-time working in some sections of its German plants for 'week 9' (23-27 February) in a move affecting about two-thirds of its 92,000 workers in Germany.
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With the latest Golf GTI MkVI just around the corner, Auto Express is preparing an unmissable look back at every generation of Volkswagen's legendary hot hatch. Here's an exclusive preview...
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Volkswagen's light commercial vehicle operations, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles will reduce its workforce.
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Porsche has launched a mandatory takeover offer for Scania. It is obliged to do so by Swedish law because it has increased its stake in Volkswagen to more than 50%. VW in turn owns 69% of Scania.
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The roadster concept Volkswagen debuted at the auto show here last week will be built, if Porsche and Audi want it too.
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Volkswagen is taking its TDI technology to the marine industry to give boat owners a powerful and efficient engine option. The carmaker is gearing up to present two boats- the "Frauscher 909 Benaco" and the "Greenline 33"- at the Dusseldorf International Boat Show this weekend. Each boat is powered by a different Volkswagen group Turbo Direct Injection engine.
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Volkswagen plans to sell its Polo small car in the U.S.
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Volkswagen plans to sell its Polo small car in the U.S. VW development chief Ulrich Hackenberg said the automaker plans to sell the car in the U.S. to take advantage of American buyers' increasing enthusiasm for smaller, fuel-efficient cars.
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Initially launched at the Los Angeles show last fall, the Touareg will be available this year with a clean diesel powertrain in North America.
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Ford of Europe said it was Europe's second biggest selling brand after Volkswagen in 2008 despite its new-car sales falling by 7.4 percent in its major markets. Ford's sales in its main 19 markets fell by 115,200 units to 1.
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Fiat group executive Luca De Meo is joining Volkswagen as group head of marketing, industry sources have said.
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