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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Volkswagen has been known for buying stakes in companies and later on gobbling them, making them a part of their automobile empire. But this is not going to happen with Suzuki as Mr. Osamu Suzuki has made it very clear through his blog. Ferdinand Piech (the person at the helm of things at VW) was [...]

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 [...]

Volkswagen has all of a sudden become ambitious. The German automaker not only wants to become the biggest car maker in the world by 2018 but also one of the leading car manufacturers in India. Thus the company plans to launch a small car which would be smaller than the Polo and positioned below it. [...]

Volkswagen has tied up with BU Bhandari to open its second dealership in Pune. The company also launched the new Passat and the Vento IPL edition at the inauguration of the dealership. Volkswagen now have a total of 71 dealerships in 57 cities across India. BU Bhandari Is New Volkswagen Dealer

Originally conceived in the aftermath of WW2, the Volkswagen Camper Van quickly became a popular and iconic symbol of the 20th century, with very few changes being made to its design over the centuries. At first known as the Volkswagen Type 2 Transporter, (the Volkswagen Type 1 is better known as the Volkswagen Beetle) the [...]