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Volkswagen Intends To Make Production 25 Per Cent More Environmentally Compatible By 2018

Volkswagen Intends To Make Production 25 Per Cent More Environmentally Compatible By 2018

As part of its "Think Blue. Factory." Initiative, the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand has set itself clear targets for the environmentally sustainable positioning of all its plants. ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Intends to make Production 25 Per Cent more Environmentally Compatible by 2018

Volkswagen Intends to make Production 25 Per Cent more Environmentally Compatible by 2018

As part of its "Think Blue. Factory." Initiative, the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand has set itself clear targets for the environmentally sustainable positioning of all its plants. ... Continue reading

Another Teddy Store Arrives on the Block - New Volkswagen Franchise to Create More Opportunities in the Bronx

Another Teddy Store Arrives on the Block - New Volkswagen Franchise to Create More Opportunities in the Bronx

Bronx businessmen Ted Bessen and Steven Risso did the seemingly impossible: in 2009, they purchased a Nissan dealership in the heart of the Bronx that had been closed for a year, and in two years' time, turned it into New York City's top Nissan dealership -- poor economy and all. Along the way, Teddy Nissan became the ... Continue reading

kbb.com Editors Name Top 10 Winter Driving Vehicles for 2012

kbb.com Editors Name Top 10 Winter Driving Vehicles for 2012

today announces the Top 10 Winter Driving Vehicles for 2012 The days are short, the nights are cold and the chances of encountering rain, snow, sleet or some other form of weather-related treachery during the course of any daily drive are at their peak. Â It just may be time for consumers to consider upgrading their c ... Continue reading

On The Pull Again... Volkswagen Scoops Third 2011 Top Towcar Award

On The Pull Again... Volkswagen Scoops Third 2011 Top Towcar Award

The Volkswagen Passat Estate has been named as the Top Towcar of the Year 2011 in a poll of caravan enthusiasts. This brings to three the number of overall Towcar of the Year awards claimed by the manufacturer this year. ... Continue reading

Stefan Sielaff To Head Volkswagen Design Centre In Potsdam From February 1, 2012

Stefan Sielaff To Head Volkswagen Design Centre In Potsdam From February 1, 2012

Stefan Sielaff (49), currently Head of Audi Design, has been appointed Head of the Volkswagen Design Centre in Potsdam effective February 1, 2012. ... Continue reading

Consumer Reports: 2012 Volkswagen Jetta GLI outscores 2012 Honda Civic Si

Consumer Reports: 2012 Volkswagen Jetta GLI outscores 2012 Honda Civic Si

PR Newswire YONKERS, N.Y., Dec. 21, 2011 Volkswagen Jetta GLI outscores Civic Si in head-to-head comparison YONKERS, N.Y., Dec. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- While earlier tests of the more-popular basic versions of the Honda Civic scored too low to be Recommended, the sportier Si version has earned a notably hig ... Continue reading

Lowest Insurance Group Rating For Smallest Volkswagen

Lowest Insurance Group Rating For Smallest Volkswagen

The new Volkswagen up! might come with a five-star Euro NCAP test rating and the kind of interior space that would shame many a car in the class above, but when it comes to insurance it's as small as its 3,540 mm long body, with a class-leading 1E group rating. ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Returns to the Super Bowl

Volkswagen Returns to the Super Bowl

Volkswagen of America, Inc. announced today it will advertise during the Super Bowl for the third consecutive year. Following the success of last year's two 30- second spots, Volkswagen will premiere one 60-second spot at the beginning of the third quarter of Super Bowl XLVI. The spot will feature the all-new Beetle, w ... Continue reading

2012 Volkswagen Golf TDI (Clean Diesel) Review

2012 Volkswagen Golf TDI (Clean Diesel) Review

2012 Volkswagen Golf TDI Engine: 2.0-liter Clean diesel turbocharged 4 Horsepower/Torque: 140 hp @ 4,000 rpm/236 lb.-ft. @ 1,75 rpm Transmission: 6-speed manual Wheelbase: 101.5 in. Length/Width/Height: 165.4 x 70.3 x 58.2 in. Tires: P225/45R17 H Cargo volume: 15.2/46 cu. ft. ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Group Vehicle Deliveries Continue on Track

Volkswagen Group Vehicle Deliveries Continue on Track

Global vehicle deliveries by the Volkswagen Group grew further in the period January to November, with the Group handing over 7.51 (January -- November 2010: 6.59; +13.9 percent)* million vehicles to customers. Europe's largest automaker therefore continued to outperform the world market (+5.3 percent). November was al ... Continue reading

Added Style Gives Limited Edition Caravelle Limitless Appeal

Added Style Gives Limited Edition Caravelle Limitless Appeal

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has announced details of a stylish special edition model for its luxury, executive Caravelle passenger carrying range, the Edition 25. ... Continue reading

2012 North American Car and Truck of the Year Finalists Announced

2012 North American Car and Truck of the Year Finalists Announced

Detroit MI December 15, 2011; The finalists for the 2012 North American Car and Truck of the Year were announced this morning at the Automotive Press Association meeting held at the Detroit Athletic Club in downtown Detroit. 2012 Ford focus 2012 Hyundai Elantra 2012 Volkswagen Passat 2012 BMW X3 2012 Range Rover Evoque ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Passenger Cars Brand Grows Vehicle Deliveries Further In Period To November

Volkswagen Passenger Cars Brand Grows Vehicle Deliveries Further In Period To November

The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand handed over 4.69 (January-November 2010: 4.18) million vehicles to customers worldwide from January to November 2011. ... Continue reading

Symbolic handover of Volkswagen brand pavilion to Autostadt

Symbolic handover of Volkswagen brand pavilion to Autostadt

The Volkswagen brand pavilion has now been officially handed over by Christian Klingler, Management Board Member of the Volkswagen Passenger Car Brand Responsible for Sales and Marketing, to Otto Ferdinand Wachs, Managing Director of Autostadt. ... Continue reading

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