Volkswagen

VW To Think Blue At Expo, No Up! Showcase

December 14, 2011

Volkswagen has released in a press release today its theme for the 2012 Auto Expo. The German car maker has adopted a Think Blue, Drive Blue theme, where in the company will be focusing on environment friendly and fuel efficient technology. The Volkswagen Passat was launched early this year and is equipped with BlueMotion Technologies. [...]

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Volkswagen Plans New Crossover

December 10, 2011

The German auto giant, Volkswagen is planning on launching a small crossover vehicle which will be positioned below their compact SUV, the Tiguan. This was announced by the design boss of the company Mr. Walter De’Silva. The crossover is currently Europe’s fast growing demand and Volkswagen doesn’t have a suitable product to cater to the [...]

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VW To Make India A Global Export Hub

December 9, 2011

The German auto giant, Volkswagen is aiming to increase its volume of component exports from India in the coming years for its global operations. The company has a target of tripling its annual component sourcing from the country to over 300 million euros (Rs. 2074 crores) in a period of 3 to 5 years. To [...]

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VW Confirms Production Version Of XL1 Concept

November 1, 2011

The German auto giant, Volkswagen had showcased their Super Efficient Vehicle (SEV) concept called the XL1 at the Qatar Motor Show this January. Now, Martin Winterkorn, the CEO of Volkswagen group has announced that the development plans for the XL1 concept are under way and we can expect the production version of this vehicle in [...]

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Suzuki To Remain Key For Volkswagen

October 28, 2011

Volkswagen is gearing all up to race to the leadership position in global sales overtaking Toyota and GM this fiscal year and at this juncture, it could weighing the relevance of Suzuki at the back of its mind. The current fiscal year is going in favour of Volkswagen because of the suspension of production activities [...]

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Volkwagen To Surge Past Toyota As Biggest Car Maker

October 28, 2011

The German auto giant, Volkswagen AG is likely to head past Toyota as the world’s largest car maker in the current fiscal year. The German company which accounted for one third of the total global sales in the year 2010 is likely to rise by 13% to 8.1 million vehicles this year. The report is [...]

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Volkswagen To Bring Seat To India

October 15, 2011

The German auto giant, Volkswagen is contemplating on bringing its Spanish brand, Seat to the Indian shores to increase its foothold on the rapidly emerging market. The VW brand can benefit in the economies of scale with the introduction of the Seat brand in India since they share many common parts and platforms. This will [...]

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Volkswagen May End Up Buying Suzuki

September 21, 2011

Just few days back the Volkswagen-Suzuki alliance turned sour as things were not working out for them. Surprisingly we now hear new news which say that Volkswagen may end up buying Suzuki. Volkswagen is planning to acquire Suzuki Motor’s operations which are based out of Japan. Suzuki Motors is the parent of Maruti Suzuki and [...]

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Volkswagen Suzuki Joint Venture Gone Sour

September 12, 2011

Volkswagen and Suzuki are having a feud over words and looks like things are getting dirtier. The companies had signed a pact in 2009 wherein Volkswagen would provide Suzuki with Hybrid and Electric car technology but till date the joint venture is yet to start working with each other. With India being a young and [...]

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Volkswagen Rolls Out 1 Lakhth Car From Chakan

July 8, 2011

Volkswagen has roll-out of the 1 lakhth car from its manufacturing plant in Chakan, Pune. The production of the 100,000th car has taken the German automaker 2 years to achieve. The 1 lakhth car to roll out was a Volkswagen Vento from the final check point at the plant. Just five months ago, Volkswagen rolled [...]

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