Dominique Boesch, former general manager of Audi's Japan operation, was appointed managing director of the Audi sales division at Sino-German joint venture FAW Volkswagen Automobile Co on Sept 1, succeeding Johannes Thammer, who will take charge of Volkswagen's sales strategy in Germany. Boesch, 44, worked for Audi as sales manager in the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Turkey and France after joining the Volkswagen Group in 1991. He was in charge of Audi's Singaporean operation in 2003 and ... english.people.com.cn | 9/5/10 11:31 PM

Volkswagen has given the Golf, the Scirocco and the first-generation Touareg the R treatment.

www.topix.net | 9/4/10 12:01 PM

Ricky Gu and his 1972 Volkswagen Beetle, rebuilt to run only on electricity, during a pit stop near Ottawa.

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Volkswagen of America Inc. on Wednesday said U.S. sales slid 7.9% to 22,855 vehicles in August from a year earlier. The automaker said consumers continued to show interest in fuel eff... story.venezuelastar.com | 9/1/10 7:45 PM

SAO PAULO -(Dow Jones)- German automaker Volkswagen AG (VOW.XE) is expecting its sales in Latin America to pick up by 6% next year, the company's president for the Brazilian unit said Monday. "We will... story.venezuelastar.com | 8/30/10 5:39 PM

Utkarsh Parasrampuria, a Mumbai jewelry designer, has waited about three months to receive his new Volkswagen Polo.

www.topix.net | 8/29/10 2:36 PM

Volkswagen is poised to buy Porsche, a move that some people say could threaten the smaller carmaker’s high-end individuality.

www.nytimes.com | 8/28/10 9:52 PM

Former Opel boss Hans Demant is going to move to Volkswagen. story.venezuelastar.com | 8/25/10 2:26 AM

&$ &$ Volkswagen fans talk beside a dislayed car during the NYC Volkswagen Traffic Jam classic VW car show on the Governor Island in New York, the United States, Aug. 22, 2010. More than 75 vintage Volkswagens from the 1950s through the 1970s rolled onto Governors Island on Sunday for a car show and picnic. (Xinhua/Liu Xin) &$ english.people.com.cn | 8/23/10 10:30 AM

Volkswagen plans to bring back the $85,000 Phaeton to the U.S., where the sedan flopped and was withdrawn in 2006, as part of the German carmaker's aim of tripling its share of the world's second-largest market by 2018.

www.topix.net | 8/21/10 5:29 PM

Volkswagen Insurance Services products have been established in the Middle East, exclusively for customers of local VW showrooms. story.venezuelastar.com | 8/19/10 6:04 AM

Volkswagen is joining forces with Malaysia's DRB-Hicom to produce cars in the country.

www.topix.net | 8/18/10 1:16 AM

Volkswagen has made a deal with Malaysia’s DRB-HICOM to assemble and manufacture cars in the country. story.venezuelastar.com | 8/15/10 10:12 AM

First Published: 12:08 IST Last Updated: 12:10 IST Europe's biggest automaker Volkswagen is to join forces with DRB-HICOM, one of Malaysia's largest car distributors and importers, to assemble and manufacture cars in the country, a report said on Sunday.

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Following a two-week stoppage at its Bratislava plant, car-maker Volkswagen Slovakia recommenced full production on Monday, August 9, the TASR newswire reported.

www.topix.net | 8/12/10 1:36 PM

NEW DELHI -(Dow Jones)- The Indian unit of Volkswagen AG (VOW.XE) Thursday introduced a new Vento sedan priced between INR699,000 and INR923,500 as it looks to wean customers away from its main rivals... story.venezuelastar.com | 8/12/10 6:15 AM

SYDNEY -(Dow Jones)- Volkswagen Financial Services Australia on Thursday launched a three-year, fixed rate A$100 million note. The medium-term note is expected to price this week and marks the unit's ... story.venezuelastar.com | 8/12/10 4:04 AM

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The Volkswagen Group has completed its takeover of Italdesign Giugiaro (IDG) with the purchase of a 90.1 percent stake in the design studio. The shares in the company were purchased by Lamborghini - "owned" by VW Group member Audi - and the remaining 9.9 stake is still in the hands of the Giugiaro family. The buyout was originally reported back in May of this year and the studio/small volume manufacturer are now part of the ever-expanding auto conglomerate. The top management of the company, including founder/chairman Giorgetto Giugiaro and his son and vice-president Fabrizio, remain in place.

Volkswagen and IDG have a relationship going back decades, when the elder Giugiaro penned the 1970 Volkswagen Porsche Tapiro Concept as well as the first generation Golf and Scirocco. It's unclear if IDG will continue working with outside clients or will now dedicate itself to VW Group projects.



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&$ &$The third race in Volkswagen's Scirocco Cup China 2010 was held on the Chengdu International Circuit as part of efforts by the auto icon to enhance its sporty image. (Photos provided to China Daily)&$&$ German automaker Volkswagen Group will expand its import portfolio to meet the increasingly diverse demands of Chinese consumers, said a senior manager in its China operations rece ... english.people.com.cn | 8/9/10 4:01 PM

A Volkswagen Beetle has been converted to run on methane from human waste.



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German automaker Volkswagen Group will expand its import portfolio to meet the increasingly diverse demands of Chinese consumers, said a senior manager in its China operations recently. &$ &$The third race in Volkswagen's Scirocco Cup China 2010 was held on the Chengdu International Circuit as part of efforts by the auto icon to enhance its sporty image. Photos provided to China Daily&$&$ "With more mature marke ... english.people.com.cn | 8/9/10 2:21 AM

Car-maker, Volkswagen, today said it has sold 2,597 units in July in India. economictimes.indiatimes.com | 8/3/10 9:02 AM

Lower Saxony, the German state that owns a 20 percent stake in Volkswagen AG, plans to sell shares in the German carmaker to help narrow its budget deficit, Finance Minister Hartmut Moellring said in a telephone interview today. www.businessweek.com | 8/2/10 10:58 AM

It's hard to overstate the importance of the new Jetta to Volkswagen in the U.S. Jetta generates about half of VW's U.S. sales, and the redesigned 2011 Jetta must take the lead if VW is to hit its mark of trebling sales the next few years.

www.topix.net | 7/30/10 10:01 PM

Sales at Volkswagen AG motored ahead in the second quarter, thanks in part to strong demand from China and helping to push earnings sharply higher to euro1.25 billion , the company said Thursday.

www.topix.net | 7/30/10 12:45 AM

BERLIN - Sales at Volkswagen AG motored ahead in the second quarter thanks in part to strong demand from China, pushing the automaker's earnings sharply higher to €1.25 billion (US$1.6 billion)... story.venezuelastar.com | 7/29/10 10:03 AM

Volkswagen AG says its first-half net earnings surged to euro1.82 billion ($2.4 billion) as strong demand from China helped pushed sales higher. economictimes.indiatimes.com | 7/29/10 9:33 AM

Volkswagen AG, Europe’s largest carmaker, reported the biggest quarterly profit in 2 years on higher demand in China and the U.S. for the Golf compact and Audi A5 coupe. www.businessweek.com | 7/29/10 8:56 AM

Volkswagen's Concept BlueSport turbodiesel roadster was introduced at the 2009 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

www.topix.net | 7/29/10 6:50 AM

The Volkswagen Jetta is the company's best selling car in the U.S., and it has of late been revealed that the 2010 Jetta is the final branch in one evolutionary tree. The 2011 version is a thing apart, an all-new sapling pollinated by a rethinking of what the Jetta needs to be. The key words in that new philosophy are bigger, lighter, faster, with better fuel economy and better features. And for all that, it's also less expensive. This is not a connect-the-dots evolution of the Jetta. In truth, it should be called the Quantum Leap Edition.

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Volkswagen's design team does more than just vehicles. This is the Spaceleader watch-or should that be chronograph?-made in conjunction with Swiss horologists, Fortis.

www.topix.net | 7/27/10 7:36 AM

Volkswagen, Europe's largest car maker, is expected to report a second-quartr pretax profit of 1.059 billion euros ($1.36 billion), down 41 per cent from the year earlier, according to the average estimate of 16 banks and brokerages in a Reuters poll. economictimes.indiatimes.com | 7/23/10 7:39 AM

When you look at the 2011 Volkswagen Jetta, it seems to be a polarizing vehicle.

www.topix.net | 7/23/10 5:04 AM

July 22, 2010: The preparations for the production of New Small Family vehicle series in the Bratislava plant of Volkswagen Slovakia are progressing at full speed.

www.topix.net | 7/22/10 1:42 PM

Filed under: Budget, Sedan, Volkswagen, First Drive

For Volkswagen of America, it doesn't get more brot-und-butter than the Jetta . Forced into the shadow of the best-selling Golf , the refrain from Germany was always "Sell more Golfs!" To which VoA would steadfastly reply, "Americans don't want hatchbacks!"

This went on for over two decades until the corporate mothership finally recognized that its compact sedan was what the people wanted Stateside. So for 2011, the Jetta has been restyled, reformed and reinvigorated with a new purpose: to take on the Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla , not to mention the Mazda3 .

How? This story begins and ends with price. A 2011 Jetta in "S" trim will set you back just $15,995. Compare that to the 2010 model, which starts at $17,735, and the Civic and Corolla which clock in at $15,655 and $15,450, respectively. The "German premium" has finally been addressed. But at what cost? We trekked to San Francisco to find out.



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Although pedestrian crash safety was greatly improved by turning the entire car inside out, Volkswagen found occupants were turned into hamburger in any accident involving the new inside-out VW Fox .

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The general manager of one of Volkswagen's joint ventures in China has been killed in a car accident in the northwest of the country, the joint venture said Monday.The... feedproxy.google.com | 7/19/10 10:01 AM

Lovers of sleek cars would find the new Passat CC from the stable of Volkswagen a worthy car. Volkswagen said it has designed and equipped the Passat CC to compete for segment leadership against car from BMW, Mercedes and Peugeot. allafrica.com | 7/16/10 11:04 AM

Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive Co. Thursday signed an agreement to build its fifth assembly plant in east China's Jiangsu Province. The plant in Yizheng City has an annual production capacity of 300,000 vehicles, the carmarker said in a statement. The plant is expected to start operation at the end of 2012 and create more than 3,000 jobs, it said. Company executives declined to give further details, including the amount of investment. Shanghai Volkswagen is a joint venture between Ch ... english.people.com.cn | 7/15/10 9:56 PM

Volkswagen said it will build a new plant in China with an annual production capacity of 300,000 vehicles. online.wsj.com | 7/15/10 3:34 PM

In the first half of 2010, Volkswagen AG was able to boost sales in China by 46% after launching new models.

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Filed under: Detroit Auto Show, Spy Photos, Coupe, Budget, Europe, Volkswagen, Rumormill, Design/Style

Take a look at what Carscoop's managed to dig up . It seems Volkswagen's been busy securing patents for its New Compact Coupe . Do these filings mean Volkswagen is seriously considering the addition of a Jetta Coupe to the lineup? Probably. After all, the coupe concept VW teased us all with last winter looked very production-ready, and it was quite well-received.

The images here show that the car has evolved somewhat since we last saw it at the Detroit Auto Show . There's now a traditional-style grille and exhaust, indicating that gas and diesel iterations are obviously in the works for the launch. If and when we'll see a hybrid version in keeping with the Detroit NCC concept remains to be seen. So, keep your fingers crossed that these patents foreshadow a classy little coupe from VW. This is a sharp-looking ride, and since it's larger than the Scirocco , it just might find an audience here in the land of the free.




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When the Volkswagen unveiled its Polobased Vento saloon, we got to see and understand all that the German car maker is trying to do against established competition. It was an uplifting experienc... story.venezuelastar.com | 7/10/10 10:41 AM

Martin Winterkorn, the CEO of both Volkswagen AG and Porsche Automobil Holding SE, confidently stated that the $2 billion lawsuit initiated by several US hedge funds has not disrupted the integration of Porsche SE into VW.

www.topix.net | 7/10/10 3:08 AM

German auto giant Volkswagen is planning to invest $1 billion in Mexico over the next three years. story.venezuelastar.com | 7/8/10 1:30 AM

German auto giant Volkswagen is planning to invest $1 billion in Mexico over the next three years. story.venezuelastar.com | 7/8/10 1:30 AM

Volkswagen expands production capacity in Mexico Volkswagen+expands+production+capacity+in+Mexico 2010-07-07+12%3A23%3A38 mircea Volkswagen Group production continues on its growth path in Mexico.

www.topix.net | 7/7/10 6:46 PM

Porsche boss Michael Macht is to leave the firm as part of a reshuffle arranged by its new owner Volkswagen.

www.topix.net | 7/7/10 1:58 AM

VW is open to jointly developing products with Maruti Suzuki India to achieve synergy with Suzuki Motor Corp at the global level. Ford Figo | BMW X6 | Nissan Micra economictimes.indiatimes.com | 7/6/10 10:10 PM