Volkswagen Brand

VW Golf sales rise 28% to keep it Europe's top selling car

March 7, 2014 06:01 CET
The VW Golf retained its position as Europe's best-selling car after sales grew 28 percent in January.... Read More »

 

2014 GENEVA AUTO SHOW

VW previews future SUV styling with T-ROC crossover concept

Feb. 28, 2014 08:33 CET
Volkswagen will preview styling cues for its future SUVs with the T-ROC concept that debuts at the Geneva auto show.... Read More »

 

2014 GENEVA AUTO SHOW

VW previews future SUV styling with T-ROC crossover concept

2:33 am U.S. ET | Feb. 28, 2014
Volkswagen will preview styling cues for its future SUVs with the T-ROC concept that debuts at the Geneva auto show.... Read More »

 

VW prepares sporty Golf GTE plug-in hybrid

12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 24, 2014
Volkswagen is giving its new Golf plug-in hybrid car the GT label it uses for sporty models in a bid to boost the car's appeal.... Read More »

 

THE VOLKSWAGEN VOTE

VW to build SUV in Tennessee, Corker reasserts

2:45 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 15, 2014
U.S. Sen. Bob Corker on Saturday doubled down on his claim that Volkswagen AG will build a new mid-sized SUV at its assembly plant in Tennessee now that the UAW has been turned away.... Read More »

 

VW brand sales rise 5% in January as Europe demand revives

Feb. 11, 2014 15:27 CET
Volkswagen Group increased global sales at its core passenger-car brand by 5 percent in January as sales regained momentum in Europe.... Read More »

 

German carmakers return awards amid evidence of rigged votes

Feb. 10, 2014 17:36 CET
Daimler, Volkswagen and BMW say they will return awards from Germany's ADAC automotive club after an audit discovered the results of the coveted "Yellow Angel" award were manipulated.... Read More »

 

Why VW picked outside agency for 'Wings' spot

12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 2, 2014
Why did Volkswagen of America skip its agency of record, Deutsch, when it came time to create this year's spot?... Read More »

 

German car club chief refuses to rule out false ranking for Golf in vote-rigged award, report says

Jan. 31, 2014 15:48 CET
Vote-rigging at German car club ADAC might have affected the ranking of its annual award won by the VW Golf, ADAC's magazine reported.... Read More »

 

DOUGLAS A. BOLDUC

Porsche Macan rises fast; VW Golf rules

12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 31, 2014
Porsche's Macan was a huge Web winner during the fourth quarter but the media champ of 2013 was the VW Golf, which was No. 1 in online news stories, blogs and other social media such as YouTube.... Read More »

 

Wings of 'Yellow Angel' are sullied by scandal

12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 27, 2014
ADAC of Germany, Europe's largest and most influential car club, is in hot water after falsifying results of its prestigious "Yellow Angel" car of the year award.... Read More »

 

Germany's ADAC car club likely to scrap award after vote rigging

Jan. 23, 2014 11:21 CET
Germany's ADAC car club is likely to scrap its annual car award after admitting it had falsified this year's results.... Read More »

 

German car industry rocked by vote rigging in auto prize

Jan. 21, 2014 10:44 CET
Germany's auto industry has been rocked by revelations that the country's ADAC car club falsified the results of its annual "Yellow Angel" car award.... Read More »

 

2014 DETROIT AUTO SHOW

Why the Beetle Dune buggy may be more than eye candy

Jan. 13, 2014 18:25 CET
Volkswagen unveiled a concept car called the Beetle Dune, a variant on its iconic car that evokes the Beetle-based dune buggies favored by tuners in the 1960s.... Read More »

 

2014 DETROIT AUTO

VW eyes bigger Tiguan to meet U.S. sales goals

3:24 pm U.S. ET | Jan. 13, 2014
Volkswagen's new U.S. boss, Michael Horn, is wasting no time in pushing for fresh products to meet the German brand's U.S. growth goals. First on his list? A new compact crossover larger than the Tiguan and built in North America.... Read More »

 

GABE NELSON

Why the Beetle Dune buggy is more than eye candy

12:25 pm U.S. ET | Jan. 13, 2014
Volkswagen just unveiled a concept car called the Beetle Dune, a variant on its iconic car that evokes the Beetle-based dune buggies favored by tuners in the 1960s.... Read More »

 

AUTOMOTIVE NEWS EUROPE E-MAGAZINE

Daimler, Renault, VW and Fiat cars on list of European industry's biggest money losers

Jan. 13, 2014 06:01 CET
Automakers from Fiat to Volkswagen and Daimler to Renault lost a combined 20 billion euros developing and selling models ranked in a top 10 list of the European auto industry's most “catastrophic” failures of the past 15 years.... Read More »

 

VW ads: Same voice, with a more German accent

12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 13, 2014
Despite a year-end shuffle that left Volkswagen of America with a new CEO and marketing boss, don't expect VW to change its brand identity.... Read More »

 

Concept may hint at VW's strategy to boost fleet mpg

12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 13, 2014
A new Passat-based concept from Volkswagen AG that claims a best-in-class 42 mpg on the highway may offer a preview of how VW plans to meet tightening U.S. fuel-economy standards.... Read More »

 

2014 DETROIT AUTO SHOW

Looking back: What's been hot and cold at the Detroit show

12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 11, 2014
The giant get-together by the Detroit River each January is a happening. The cars and the conversation reveal what's hot, what's not and what's GOT to be the Next Big Thing. Here's a look back at 25 years of Detroit auto show buzz. Think of it as a CliffsNotes on the history of the modern auto industry.... Read More »

 

Golf demand helps boost VW-brand sales 3% in 2013

Jan. 10, 2014 12:47 CET
Volkswagen said global sales of its core brand rose 3 percent in 2013, helped by demand for the Golf hatchback and strong sales in China.... Read More »

 

JAKE LINGEMAN

Hottest Golf R ever revs up for Motor City debut

12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 10, 2014
The 2015 Volkswagen Golf R will debut at the Detroit auto show with more power, a new 4Motion system and better gas mileage.... Read More »

 

2014 DETROIT AUTO SHOW

Passat-based VW concept gets 42 mpg

12:00 pm U.S. ET | Jan. 8, 2014
Ahead of an unveiling at the Detroit auto show, Volkswagen AG today released details on a Passat-based concept that VW says gets a best-in-class 42 mpg on the highway, giving a hint of how VW plans to meet tightening fuel-economy standards in the United States.... Read More »

 

THE BUZZ

Through the years: What was hot or not at the Detroit show

12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 6, 2014
The giant get-together by the Detroit River each January is a happening. The cars and the conversation reveal what's hot, what's not and what's GOT to be the Next Big Thing. Here's a look back at 25 years of Detroit auto show buzz. Think of it as a CliffsNotes on the history of the modern auto industry.... Read More »

 

VW looks inward to solve U.S. sales puzzle

12:01 am U.S. ET | Dec. 16, 2013
Volkswagen AG's German executives readily admit they are a bit baffled by America, where, despite decades of exertion, Volkswagen's namesake VW brand still doesn't rank as a marquee marque.... Read More »

 


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