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Wolfsburg, 13 April 2011 – There was a marked increase in deliveries by the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand during the first three months of the year, with the brand delivering 1.23 (January – March 2010: 1.11; +10.4 percent) million cars for the first time in one quarter. Continue reading ‘Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand quarterly deliveries top 1.2 million vehicles for first time’
Ian Baas and Ryan Ellis take 4th in the #171 VW DriverGear GTI MK6 keeping the lead in the Championship points race.
Kevin and Chris Gleason in the #181 VW DriverGear GTI MK6 finish 8th with a strong showing.
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ISO 9001:2008 Insures Quality For The Customer
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (5 April, 2011) — Volkswagen Group of America, Chattanooga Operations announced today that the automobile manufacturing facility’s quality management system has been independently audited and confirmed as conforming with the requirements of the International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO) 9001:2008. Continue reading ‘Volkswagen Achieves ISO 9001:2008 Certification Before First Customer Car Built’
A case study on the company’s early internationalisation
Wolfsburg, 01 April 2011 – South Africa was among the Volkswagen Group’s earliest overseas markets, first entered by the Wolfsburg enterprise more than 60 years ago. A new historical study, titled “Volkswagen at the Cape: Internationalisation and Networks in South Africa 1950 to 1966”, traces the evolution of today’s production company. Continue reading ‘Volkswagen at the Cape’
Make sure to tune in to the exciting mini-series “Rookies to Racers,” documenting the entire Volkswagen TDI Cup. The series premiers this Saturday, April 2nd at 7pm EST on the Discovery Channel and will feature behind the scenes footage and some amazing driving of powerful VDubs. Check out this teaser to whet your appetite:
Rookies to Racers – 2010 VW Jetta TDI Cup
Look what blew in from the desert. This is VW’s Race Touareg 3 concept, based on the endurance monster that took the top three places in this year’s Dakar rally – the two-week race that’s now run across Argentina and Chile’s roughest landscapes. Continue reading ‘VW Race Touareg 3: a desert racer for the road’
Tristan Herbert has taken victory in his first race weekend in the World Challenge series ahead of yesterday’s race winner Lawson Aschenbach. Aschenbach was passed at the start by both Grid 1 Motorsports driver Chip Herr’s Mazda RX-8 and Herbert in his Brimtek Motorsports Golf GTI. The trio would be the main battlers for the podium spots throughout the race. Continue reading ‘Herbert wins second race at St. Petersburg’
Salzburg/Wolfsburg, 28 March 2011 – The Board of Management of Volkswagen AG officially welcomed Porsche Holding Salzburg as part of the Volkswagen Group today. The sales company has belonged to the Volkswagen Group since March 1st 2011. “We are very happy that the Porsche Holding Salzburg has become a strong and fully-fledged member of the Volkswagen Group family,” said Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft. “Porsche Holding Salzburg will remain what it has always been: One of the most successful and profitable retail firms in the automotive world – and one of the most important and high-performance companies in Austria. We will go forward in exactly the same way and increase sales continuously.” Continue reading ‘Volkswagen Group sees further growth potential for Porsche Holding Salzburg’
7-speed dual clutch gearbox
Wolfsburg, 23 March 2011 – The DSG is a global success story: 3.4 million units of the automatic gearbox have been produced at the Kassel Plant alone – for such brands as Audi, Seat, Skoda, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and Volkswagen. An additional 150,000 units were produced in Dalian (China). Continue reading ‘Fast shifting and calibrated for success: over 3.5 million DSG units already sold Group-wide’
The Beetle is not just another car.
No sir: the Beetle – old, new or otherwise is a cultural icon, a creator of strange rock star rumors, a maker of film history and a racing champion on the track and in the sand. It’s our first car, our fathers’ first car, our grandfather’s first car, and, soon, it will be our next car. So to start the celebration, we thought we’d take a look at a few of the miles we’ve traveled since 1949, when the Beetle was new to America and so, for that matter, were we. Continue reading ‘Beetle Retrospective: From 1949 to the 21st Century, we celebrate the Beetle in America’
