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Jarno Trulli is out, and Vitaly Petrov is in at Caterham Formula 1.  "We are all delighted to welcome Vitaly into our team and are very excited about the role he will play in helping us take the next steps forward in 2012 and for man...

Lotus Renault GP has announced that the team has reached an agreement to extend Vitaly Petrov’s link until the 2012 season. He joins Robert Kubica on the team’s lineup for 2011. Gérard Lopez, Chairman of Lotus Renault GP, commente...

Jarno Trulli sai e entra Vitaly Petrov para o seu lugar na Caterham Formula 1. "Estamos todos muito felizes de receber o Vitaly na nossa equipa e estamos muito entusiasmados com o papel que ele vai desempenhar para nos ajudar a dar os pr...

Volkswagen believes that they fit the needs of 80% of drivers

Volkswagen has a massive display ready for Frankfurt, and it is especially touting its cleanest models. It will add two more electric cars in Frankfurt – the e-Golf and e-Up. Both cars come luxury features like automatic climate control,...

The Golf Estate gets progressive steering as part of the R-Line package

The Volkswagen Golf and Golf Estate are getting new technology in the form of Volkswagen’s Car-Net mobile Internet service.  The Golf Estate is also getting progressive power steering as an option. Car-Net was already available on t...

2022 sales goal expected to be larger than originally planned

Volkswagen Group needs to find a solution to a very good problem to have. Sales have been so good for the German sales giant that it has to create a new sales forecast for 2022 because it is hitting its 2018 forecast early.  The managemen...

Volkswagen announced on October 27 that its profits so far this year have already exceeded its profits in 2010. The company has already made an operating profit of €9.0 billion, compared to €7.1 billion last year.  “We sha...

Volkswagen and Audi have had major increases in their workforces and are planning even more.  Volkswagen added 28,000 global jobs in 2011 and now employees about 500,000 people. Of the jobs, 7,000 were in Germany, 11,000 in the rest of Eu...

  Volkswagen and Audi both set sales increases worldwide for May. Volkswagen was up 9.3% worldwide to 476,900 cars compared to last May. Audi did even better with sales up 13.7% worldwide in May to 128,900 cars.  For May, Volkswa...

VW up 11.5% and Audi up 10.9% for November

Volkswagen Cars and Audi AG posted major gains in November up 11.5% and 10.9% respectively. Both companies are also doing quite well for the year so far with Volkswagen Cars up 11.2% and Audi up 12.7%. The results show the strength of China in...