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Receives 'Car of the Year' award on the same day for the 7th gen Golf

After seven generations and nearly 40 years Volkswagen has completed its 30 millionth Golf at the Wolfsburg factory in Germany. The milestone comes on the same day that the seventh generation Golf receives the "Car of the Year 2013" awar...

Volkswagen Group has completed its purchase of Porsche for €4.46 billion. The two companies will officially be integrated on August 1, 2012. Porsche will not actually be under the umbrella of the rest of the VW Group brands. Instead...

It is also considering a limited production Buggy

Volkswagen does not want any of its platforms to support just one car and that includes the Up. It is considering using the Up platform to create a micro SUV and possibly a limited-production Buggy.  The Taigun compact was already shown l...

Volkswagen is contemplating supplying Sauber with Formula 1 engines beginning in 2015. Formula 1 changes to 1.6-liter V6 turbos in 2014.  The speculation is that VW wants to take a step into Formula 1, possibly with a full team. However, ...

Volkswagen is considering adding a mid-size SUV to its lineup in the US. It already sells two SUVs there- the full-size Touareg and compact Tiguan.  "There's a great opportunity for us for a mid-size SUV in the U.S," said Vo...

The Volkswagen Board of Management has confirmed that the brand will contest the Dakar Rally in 2011 further enhancing the commitment and success of Volkswagen in the race. In the last two editions, both taking place in South America, the German team...

While a great looking little truck, the Volkswagen Tiguan is not considered by anybody a sports truck. Volkswagen's R-Line in-house tuner wants to improve the the compact truck's aggressiveness.  The R-Line parts for the Tiguan co...

Milestone includes all three generations of the the Scirocco

Volkswagen has built its millionth car carrying the Scirocco moniker, and it is celebrating with a special edition called the Scirocco Million.  Volkswagen says that it built 795,650 Sciroccos over two generations from 1974 to 1992. Since...

Workers will receive 4% bonus reduction

Apparently, Volkswagen Chairman Martin Winterkorn appears to believe that if he is taking a cut in his bonus, then all Volkswagen workers need one. Just a week after announcing that he would take a 20% voluntary reduction in his bonus, Volkswagen ...

A German magazine says that the MQB platform is costing more than expected

Volkswagen is trying to find ways to cut costs as the European auto market continues to fall, and a report in the German business publication Manager Magazin claims that VW Group may miss its 2015 profit goals due to slow growth and higher th...