Volkswagen

At the 32nd International Vienna Motor Symposium, the Chairman of the Volkswagen Group, Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, announced that the Volkswagen Group will be going into production with a range of important models with plug-in hybrid technology starting in 2013/14.   The electric car will impact the future of individual mobility in crucial ways – and Volkswagen is spearheading this ...

Volkswagen announced in Wolfsburg that the automaker will start contesting the WRC with Polo R WRC starting in 2013.   We have invited you to join us here in Olbia to announce Volkswagen’s entry in the World Rally Championship starting in 2013. – These were the words used by Volkswagen Management Board Member Dr. Ulrich Hackenberg as he declared Volkswagen’s ...

Last year, Volkswagen 5-year warranty with unlimited mileage was introduced in Malaysia. Now on 23 April 2011, Volkswagen Group Malaysia (VGM) announced the Volkswagen 5-year premium roadside assistance to value-add on top of it.   In a statement, Mr Andreas Prinz, Managing Director of VGM said: These exclusive programmes by VGM are our way of ensuring that our customers and ...

The new 2012 Volkswagen Beetle was unveiled today at events held simultaneously in New York City, Berlin and Shanghai. The New Beetle is a more aggressive take on an icon of cuteness.   According to Volkswagen Global Marketing Director Luca de Meo said We worked on the entire packaging of the car, engine, trunk, interior, everything. Take a close look ...

  The above is the report from J.D. Power and Associates – 2011 U.S. Vehicle Dependability Study (VDS). The statistics is work based on Problem per 100 Vehicles in North America.   Based on the reliability survey ranks Mini last and it is not surprising us that Porsche is more reliable than Toyota. Frankly, the real Porsche is really solid ...

At the 81st Geneva International Motor Show, Volkswagen presents the new Golf Cabriolet. This cabriolet four seater has an innovative soft top with an electro-hydraulic drive that opens the Golf’s top in just 9.5 seconds.   The new Volkswagen’s styling follows that of its hard-top three-door counterpart, but it shows a high level of independence with a new rear section, ...

Yesterday, the German automakers Daimler and Volkswagen posted the 2010 sales figures, with emerging markets such as China seeing big demand for Mercedes-Benz, Audi and Volkswagen vehicles.     VW, Europe’s biggest automaker, said sales of its own nameplate models topped 4.5 million for the first time ever, an increase of 13.9 percent from 2009. The group, which aims to ...

  The Supervisory Board of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft has extended the contract of Management Board Chairman Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn by a further period of five years.   Winterkorn is to head Europe’s largest carmaker until the end of 2016. Winterkorn became Chairman of the Management Board on January 1, 2007 and his current contract expires on December 31, 2011.