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Volkswagen is cutting dividend after their profits fell down 71 percent
When everybody cuts jobs and closes plants, VW bought 50 % of Porsche AG; it announced its 3-year investment 25.8bn EUR plan, creating a dominant, strong image in the car industry.Volkswagen AG revealed just now it has suffered a drop of 71 % in operating last year's profits, exceeding the initial fears of the firm. On Friday, the share price of the brand dropped due to its profitability disappointment this year on the 4th quarter, reported autonews.com.The group of course said it will recover, keeping very close its purpose of overtaking Toyota in the long term, but for now Volkswagen said it would be cutting ...
Tags: profit-drop, financial results, dividend-cut, volkswagen, vw, vw-group
In June China-made VW Passat CC is going Live
To move the full production or just a half or a quarter of a specific unit production to the Chinese territory seems to be a great choice for the current manufactures, as this country is 1 of the few which grew during these hard times. Volkswagen knows well that, so it began making a few cars in China, - Passat CC including that will be on sale this year in June in China.China Car Times issued a report saying the vehicle will be locally marketed as CC, this because VW is selling a few Passat variants in the country already.The auto will employ a ...
Tags: passat, passat-cc, china, vw, volkswagen
New Volkswagen Polo GTI launched
Looks like the Volkswagen Polo was a good boy in the last couple of years, not causing any major problems, so the German automaker decided to reward it with a sportier version which will make its debut soon. More precisely, the Volkswagen Polo GTI will make its world debut in about a week at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. Styling features include a slightly revised instrument panel with red dials, tartan cloth sport seats as well as a similar flat bottom steering wheel with red stitching for the interior and a pair of chrome tipped exhausts housed on a new rear bumper, the typical GTI ...
Tags: polo-gti, polo, launched, new, volkswagen, hot-hatch, hatchback, geneva
Large photo gallery of Volkswagen Touareg at Munich event
Two days after the official launch of the new Volkswagen Touareg, the German company felt it was necessary to organize a special event in Munich, Germany to celebrate the world premiere of the new generation SUV. The event was quite grandiose as over 600 guests and celebrities from politics, industry, radio and television participated at the presentation. The new Volkswagen Touareg was officially revealed to the participating guests during this event although the official world debut will take place at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show in about two weeks. The funny thing was how the organizers tried to make event be a lot like ...
Tags: touareg, munich, event, photo, gallery, presentation, germany, volkswagen
ABT will presents Audi A8, Golf R and Audi R8 GTR at Geneva
An automobile masterpiece - ABT Sportsline is showing the highlights of 2010 in GenevaFor the car industry spring traditionally starts with the Geneva Motor Show. This is because nowhere sets the stage for extravagant vehicles better than in the halls near Lake Geneva. The public here is particularly interested, and the ambience exudes pure flair. For this reason ABT Sportsline will be showing off its most important creations of 2010 in Switzerland - thereby heralding in the new model year. "I can say with pride that it is worth a visit, as we have put together extraordinary, innovative and classy cars," states Hans-Jürgen Abt, the ...
Tags: abt, gti, ro, a8, tuning, abt-gti, golf-gti, audi-a8, tuning, geneva
Skoda will start the production of Yeti in Ukraine
VW Group, that makes now in Czech Republic, Skoda Yeti, will begin the crossover SUV production at the end of this month in Ukraine. Eurocar is in charge now of VW Group's Ukraine operation and will be handling the production in that state, reported insideline.com citing a statement of the firm. Yeti will cost about 25,000 Dollars in Ukraine, rivaling against Kia Sportage, Suzuki Grand Vitara and Nissan Qashqai.You can find the car in Europe offered with a 5 engines choice, 3 diesel and 2 gasoline, making 103 - 167 horsepower. Its TSI 1.2-liter having front-wheel drive makes it the smallest unit in the lineup, ...
Tags: yeti, czech-republic, ukraine, skoda, production
Volkswagen Touran gets more power from MR Car Design
The German tuning company MR Car Design decided to start a bolder project, which would require a lot of guts. Thus, they decided to modify a Volkswagen Touran . MR Car Design decided to give the Volkswagen Touran a complete stage 1 treatment, modifying both the exterior design and the power of the engine. For this project, MR Car Design used a Volkswagen Touran equipped with a 2.0 TDI diesel engine. The styling modifications include the white racing stripes and a new set of 19 inch alloy wheels by RC Design in a white finish with Vredestein tires of sizes ...
Tags: touran, mr-cardesign, mr, design, power, tdi, volkswagen
Second generation Volkswagen Beetle rendered
The Volkswagen Beetle is, probably, the biggest legend of the auto world. Even if you can argue whether it is or not the biggest legend of the auto industry, it is surely the model that has had the longest life span, being produced between 1938 and 2003 in over 21.000.000 (21 million!) units. In 2003, the Volkswagen Beetle has been put to an end, being replaced since 1998 by the Volkswagen New Beetle . 2010 is the final year of production for the Volkswagen New Beetle and a second generation is highly anticipated. Still, a second generation Volkswagen New ...
Tags: beetle, 2012, second, generation, rendered, render, volkswagen
VW intends to topple Toyota with 10 million sales by 2018
Volkswagen, Europe`s largest carmaker, said it plans to increase sales to more than 10 million vehicles by 2018 as it seeks to dethrone Japan`s Toyota.VW`s management board approved business targets, including profit margins, measured by earnings before interest and taxes, of at least 5% for the automotive business in the "medium term," Wolfsburg, Germany-based Volkswagen said in a statement Wednesday. The target doesn`t include Porsche, which will be integrated by 2011, it said.Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn has a target of beating Toyota, the world`s biggest carmaker, in global deliveries and profit margins. VW sold 6.29 million cars and SUVs worldwide last year, an increase of ...
Tags: corporate, vw, sales, toyota, porsche, porsche-ag, 2018
Volkswagen is reducing the output of Golf R coping with Aussie Hot Climate
The strongest Volkswagen Golf worldwide - R-badged variant, will be available having reduced power for protecting the engine from that hot climate in Australia. Which means the vehicle would not be found with the final output of 266 hp (199 kW) but with 252 hp (188 kW), torque will be the same - 350 Nm – reported drive.com.au.So, the Australian Golf R made by Volkswagen will be (in performance) similar with Audi S3 (the local model), powered also by a changed 2.0-liter variant.Volkswagen – the local department is expecting the sales to be also affected by this change, as the final numbers on performance will ...
Tags: golf-r, vw-golf-r, australia, volkswagen, output, aussie-hot-climate, dsg
- october 2002
Volkswagen Caddy Combi Maxi
3-doors, hatchback
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 170 km/h- october 2005
Volkswagen Caddy Combi
3-doors, hatchback
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 196 km/h- october 2004
Volkswagen Eos
5-doors, hatchback
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 160 km/h- october 2002
Volkswagen Fox
5-doors, hatchback
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 170 km/h- october 2003
Volkswagen Golf
5-doors, hatchback
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 178 km/h- april 2007
Volkswagen Golf Variant
5-doors, hatchback
- Fuel: diesel
Topspeed: 168 km/h- may 2007
Volkswagen CrossGolf
3-doors, hatchback
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 185 km/h- may 2007
Volkswagen Golf Plus
3-doors, hatchback
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 185 km/h- november 2006
Volkswagen Jetta
5-doors, hatchback
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 180 km/h- april 2006
Volkswagen Multivan
5-doors, hatchback
- Fuel: diesel
Topspeed: 166 km/h- april 2006
Volkswagen New Beetle
5-doors, hatchback
- Fuel: diesel
Topspeed: 193 km/h- july 2007
Volkswagen New Beetle Cabrio
5-doors, stationwagon
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 185 km/h- july 2007
Volkswagen Passat
5-doors, stationwagon
- Fuel: diesel
Topspeed: 182 km/h- november 2007
Volkswagen Passat Variant
3-doors, hatchback
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 225 km/h- september 2008
Volkswagen Passat CC
4-doors, sedan
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 213 km/h- january 2009
Volkswagen Phaeton
4-doors, sedan
- Fuel: diesel
Topspeed: 208 km/h- january 2005
Volkswagen Polo
4-doors, sedan
- Fuel: diesel
Topspeed: 190 km/h- september 2007
Volkswagen CrossPolo
2-doors, coupé
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 329 km/h- july 2008
Volkswagen Scirocco
2-doors, coupé
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 300 km/h- august 2005
Volkswagen Sharan
2-doors, cabriolet
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 280 km/h- november 2005
Volkswagen Tiguan
3-doors, hatchback
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 157 km/h- april 2007
Volkswagen Touareg
3-doors, hatchback
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 183 km/h- september 2005
Volkswagen CrossTouran
3-doors, hatchback
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 186 km/h- october 2005
Volkswagen Touran
3-doors, hatchback
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 190 km/h- august 2004
Volkswagen Bora
4-doors, sedan
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 165 km/h- january 1997
Volkswagen Bora Variant
3-doors, hatchback
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 176 km/h- march 1998
Volkswagen Corrado
3-doors, hatchback
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 174 km/h- may 1997
Volkswagen Derby
5-doors, hatchback
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 170 km/h- march 2004
Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet
4-doors, sedan
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 225 km/h- october 1982
Volkswagen Lupo
4-doors, sedan
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 193 km/h- april 2000
Volkswagen Polo Coupe
4-doors, sedan
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 188 km/h- november 2001
Volkswagen Polo Fun
2-doors, coupé
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 330 km/h- march 1982
Volkswagen Polo Sedan
3-doors, hatchback
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 155 km/h- february 1983
Volkswagen Polo Variant
2-doors, coupé
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 190 km/h- january 1995
Volkswagen Santana
4-doors, sedan
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 185 km/h- august 1999
Volkswagen Vento
4-doors, sedan
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 185 km/h
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