SA Auto Customer Satisfaction Report
Dec 20, 2005
LONDON, December 20 -- Two Audi and two Volkswagen models rank highest in satisfying owners, according to the J.D. Power and Associates/CAR Magazine 2005 South Africa Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) Study(SM) released today. The four awards -- which are the most received by any manufacturer in the study -- are for th ... Continue reading
Volkswagen AG Licenses Immersion TouchSense(R) Technology
Dec 14, 2005
SAN JOSE, Calif.--Dec. 14, 2005--Immersion Corporation , a leading developer and licensor of touch feedback technology, today announced that Volkswagen AG (LSE:VKW) has signed a license agreement allowing use of Immersion technology for control panels in its passenger vehicles. The technology supplies tactile, or hapti ... Continue reading
Volkswagen Crafter: third generation light commercial vehicle
Dec 6, 2005
With the launch of the new light commercial vehicle, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles adds to its very modern product range. The model campaign which started three years ago with the new Transporter, and which was continued with the new Caddy, is being rounded off with the new LT. In April 2006 the new Crafter will start ... Continue reading
Volkswagen Jetta and Passat Named 'Top Safety Picks' by The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
Dec 5, 2005
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Dec. 4 -- The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has announced that the Volkswagen Jetta and Passat are "Top Safety Picks" for 2006. They earned this distinction based on their results in front and side impact tests plus their seat and head restraints that protect the neck in rear impact ... Continue reading
Dec 1, 2005
Report Says Chrysler to Build Minivans for VW in St. Louis
Nov 29, 2005
Washington DC November 29, 2005; The AIADA newsletter reported that Bloomberg said that Chrysler will build minivans for Volkswagen AG at its South plant in St. Louis. The VW minivans would be sold in the U.S. and exported abroad, though it is not known when production would start. A spokesman for Chrysler would not co ... Continue reading
World premiere of the CrossPolo at the Essen Motor Show
Nov 20, 2005
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Volkswagen and Scholastic Launch Online Voting Campaign to Increase Seat Belt Use Among Teens
Nov 18, 2005
Student-produced PSAs will debut nationally today on Fuse-TV, Winner will be selected through online voting at www.fuse.tv and www.vw.com AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Nov. 18 -- Volkswagen of America, Inc., and Scholastic are asking you to get involved and possibly save lives in the process. Tonight, Volkswagen kicks off votin ... Continue reading
DJ Report Says Volkswagen Closing in on Van-Making Deal With Chrysler
Nov 17, 2005
6:12 am ET BERLIN November 17, 2005; The AP reported that Volkswagen AG is close to agreeing on a cooperation deal to make commercial vans with DaimlerChrysler AG's U.S.-based Chrysler division, a VW manager told Dow Jones Newswires on Thursday. Chrysler will build a van for VW based on its Voyager model, said the mana ... Continue reading
Launch of Volkswagen's Eos convertible pushed back
Nov 15, 2005
Launch of Volkswagen's Eos convertible pushed back Production of Volkswagen's new Eos hardtop-convertible has been delayed, according to the automaker's hometown newspaper Wolfsburger Nachrichten as translated and cited by LeftlaneNews.com. The report indicates that production has been pushed from February, 2006, to su ... Continue reading
Volkswagen to Stop Selling Phaeton in U.S. in 2006
Nov 14, 2005
Nov. 14, 2005; Bloomberg reported that Volkswagen AG, Europe's biggest carmaker, will stop selling the $66,700 Phaeton sedan in the U.S. next year after failing to compete with luxury models from BMW and DaimlerChrysler AG's Mercedes-Benz. Volkswagen will pull the Phaeton out of the world's largest market, where it nev ... Continue reading
Volkswagen Removes Luxury Phaeton From U.S. Model Range
Nov 14, 2005
FRANKFURT, Nov 14, 2005; Reuters reported that Volkswagen will cut the top-of-the-line Phaeton executive sedan from its model range in the United States as of mid-2006, a spokesman for Europe's biggest carmaker said on Monday. The decision is a setback for Volkswagen's efforts to compete against models such as the Merc ... Continue reading
Johnson Controls: The New Passat - Perfection in the Details
Nov 8, 2005
BURSCHEID, Germany, November 8 -- - Johnson Controls Supplies Front Seats With Passive Climate Control, Standard Seats, Batteries, Homelink and Compass for the New VW Passat Johnson Controls , one of the world's leading suppliers of automotive interior systems, electronics and batteries, is contributing to the high lev ... Continue reading
2006 Volkswagen Passat V6 Review
Nov 3, 2005
Driving Down the Road With Carey Russ 2006 Volkswagen Passat V6 Volkswagen has long been known for its small cars, but up until 1998, few people even know that the VW made midsize sedans. Sales of the Dasher in the 1970s, the Quantum in the `80s, and the Passat in the `90s were virtually unnoticed in that most popular ... Continue reading
Volkswagen AG: Interim Report January-September 2005
Nov 3, 2005
WOLFSBURG, Germany--Nov. 3, 2005--Volkswagen AG (FWB:VOW) (LSE:VKW) (SWX:VOW) -- The development of the Volkswagen Group in the third quarter demonstrates that initial steps towards a fundamental improvement in performance have been successful. In a difficult environment, however, substantial efforts will be needed in ... Continue reading
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