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Volkswagen Introduces Standard Dab Radio From Polo To Phaeton

Volkswagen Introduces Standard Dab Radio From Polo To Phaeton

Volkswagen is tuning in to customer demand and fitting DAB radios as standard on all models from the Polo to the Phaeton, giving buyers not only a wider choice of radio stations but also a higher quality of sound. ... Continue reading

SEAT Reveals Ibiza CUPRA Concept

SEAT Reveals Ibiza CUPRA Concept

SEAT has presented its Ibiza CUPRA Concept at a recent Volkswagen Group media event that signals the start of the Beijing International Motor Show. The Ibiza CUPRA was showcased as a close-to-production concept car that heralds a new generation of the iconic CUPRA model. The Ibiza CUPRA shows the SEAT DNA in its most c ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Group Continues To Be Number One In European Key Account Business

Volkswagen Group Continues To Be Number One In European Key Account Business

The Volkswagen Group has confirmed its leadership in the five largest individual EU markets, Germany, Great Britain, France, Spain and Italy ... Continue reading

Audi, Chevrolet, and Volkswagen Rate Highest in Automotive Advertising 'Best Practices' With Messages of Efficiency and Innovation

Audi, Chevrolet, and Volkswagen Rate Highest in Automotive Advertising 'Best Practices' With Messages of Efficiency and Innovation

Phoenix Marketing International, a Honomichl Top-50 market research firm, has reported findings that reveal "best practices" in automotive advertising for all of 2011 across multiple vehicle segments and ad media types. The analysis was conducted using quantitative and qualitative data collected from over 148,000 evalu ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Increases Customer Deliveries Worldwide To End Of April By 6.1 Per Cent

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Increases Customer Deliveries Worldwide To End Of April By 6.1 Per Cent

In the first four months of the year the Brand delivered 174,200 light commercial vehicles worldwide. This represents a year-on-year growth of 6.1 per cent compared to the same period last year ... Continue reading

Special Motorsports Event - 'Rat Pack' To Be Reunited For Scirocco R-Cup Race At Brands Hatch

Special Motorsports Event - 'Rat Pack' To Be Reunited For Scirocco R-Cup Race At Brands Hatch

The Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup will welcome some extra special drivers at Brands Hatch (18 - 19 May) when Damon Hill, Mark Blundell, Perry McCarthy, Julian Bailey, Martin Donnelly and David Brabham join the regular line up for the ultra competitive one make race series. ... Continue reading

Deliveries By Volkswagen Passenger Cars Brand Up 9.4 Per Cent To 1.81 Million In Period To April

Deliveries By Volkswagen Passenger Cars Brand Up 9.4 Per Cent To 1.81 Million In Period To April

Deliveries by the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand in the first four months of the year increased by 9.4 per cent to 1.81 (January - April 2011: 1.66) million vehicles. ... Continue reading

Corning DuraTrap AT LP Filter Selected by Volkswagen Group for New MQB Platform

Corning DuraTrap AT LP Filter Selected by Volkswagen Group for New MQB Platform

Corning Incorporated announced today that Volkswagen Group is equipping select MQB models with the new Corning DuraTrap AT LP 300/10 filter, the latest advancement in Corning's DuraTrap AT family of diesel filter products. 'This application reinforces our commitment to build on Corning's proven DuraTrap AT filter techn ... Continue reading

Amarok Assembly To Begin At Volkswagen's Hanover Plant

Amarok Assembly To Begin At Volkswagen's Hanover Plant

Today Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG, the Prime Minister of Lower Saxony David McAllister, and the Lord Mayor of Hanover Stephan Weil, together with Chairman of the Volkswagen General and Group Works Councils Bernd Osterloh and Dr. Wolfgang Schreiber, Speaker for the B ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Fleet Focuses Expert Eye On Customer Satisfaction

Volkswagen Fleet Focuses Expert Eye On Customer Satisfaction

Volkswagen Fleet Services is focusing more than ever on its customers this year, with a unique on-going survey that is designed to find out exactly what contract hire and leasing customers want, and how the organisation can work best to help them. ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Reports 31.5 Percent Increase In April U.S. Sales

Volkswagen Reports 31.5 Percent Increase In April U.S. Sales

Volkswagen of America, Inc. (VWoA) today reported 37,525 units sold in April, a 31.5 percent increase over prior year sales, 38 percent increase year-to-date and the best April since 1971. "The demand and enthusiasm for our products continues at a strong pace and we are beginning to see the fruits of our investments pa ... Continue reading

Volkswagen of America to Offer Customers 4-Year Subscription to SiriusXM Traffic Beginning with Select Model Year 2013 Vehicles

Volkswagen of America to Offer Customers 4-Year Subscription to SiriusXM Traffic Beginning with Select Model Year 2013 Vehicles

Sirius XM Radio and Volkswagen of America, Inc. today announced customers who purchase 2013 model year vehicles equipped with RNS 510 and RNS 850 navigation systems will receive a 4-year subscription to SiriusXM Traffic, providing access to traffic speed and flow information along with accident information to assist dr ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Group Plans Expansion Of Commitment In China

Volkswagen Group Plans Expansion Of Commitment In China

The Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and the Federal Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel yesterday visited the Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg. ... Continue reading

Simplify Fleet Lists With The Aid Of Volkswagen's New Emissions Guide

Simplify Fleet Lists With The Aid Of Volkswagen's New Emissions Guide

Volkswagen Fleet Services has launched a new CO2 emissions price list, making it simple and quick for a fleet manager or driver to find a car that suits their needs. ... Continue reading

Volkswagen at 2012 Beijing Motor Show

Volkswagen at 2012 Beijing Motor Show

Volkswagen is lifting the lid on the E-Bugster concept car at the Beijing Motor Show, which opens its doors to the press on Monday 23 April. ... Continue reading

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