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30 December 2009
Audi Has Big '09, Plans Bigger '10 With 8 New or Updated Models (Motor Trend)
No one will argue that 2009 wasn't a bad year for the automotive industry in general, but more than one company was able to slip through the cracks and actually come out ahead...
30 December 2009
Thrift and Thrills With VW Golf TDI and GTI (New York Times: Wheels Blog)
When you drive a pair of shiny new cars every week, it’s important to keep your feet at least somewhat on the ground, as much as those feet enjoy rubbing up against...
30 December 2009
Four Seasons Introduction: 2010 Volkswagen GTI (Automobile)
Close readers of our magazine will be forgiven for experiencing a bit of déjà vu. For the second time in three years, the Volkswagen GTI is our Automobile of the Year...
28 December 2009
Snowstorm Chasing in an Audi R8 (New York Times: Wheels Blog)
A few days before Christmas, the first big storm of the winter swept up the East Coast, bringing howling winds and blinding snow...
27 December 2009
Playing video game helps Falls man win car in contest (Falls News Press)
Cuyhaoga Falls -- Last month, a Cuyahoga Falls resident learned that playing video games can pay off in a big way...
24 December 2009
World is a blur in $2.3 million Bugatti Veyron (Arizona Republic)
At full throttle, the intense thrill of driving the 1,001-horsepower Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport alarms the senses into focusing on the road rushing past...
18 December 2009
Audi e-tron: Taking the e-train (Los Angeles Times)
Picture this: Elon Musk and Henrik Fisker -- impresarios of the electric Tesla Roadster and the soon-to-be, sort-of-electric Fisker Karma, respectively -- are running for their lives...
17 December 2009
Audi e-Tron Concept Test Drive—Hot Audi EV Prototype Supercar, Headed for Production in 2012? (Popular Mechanics)
It doesn't fly. Yes, it's electric. Yes, it makes all the right whirring and swooshing sci-fi sounds future cars are supposed to make. Yes, it looks like it comes straight out of Blade Runner....
17 December 2009
New Audi A8 to Come With Google Earth (The New York Times: Wheels Blog)
Ever since navigation systems started incorporating 3-D animations, I've wondered how long it would take before automakers put real satellite images of the planet...
14 December 2009
VW GTI a pocket rocket with huge appeal (The Times Leader — Wilkes-Barre, PA)
Provoking my wife to debate something is about as difficult as convincing a kid to eat cookies or ice cream. We have bickered about everything from the color of carpeting to...
10 December 2009
Audi R8: German precision meets Latin flair (MSNBC)
Drivers who appreciate the incredible experience of piloting the Audi R8 with its optional 525-horsepower V-10 engine that revs to an eardrum-stimulating 8,700 rpm...
04 December 2009
Audi's A3 TDI is Green Car of the Year (The Detroit News)
I hate California. I once lived here and even graduated from college here, but I don't have to like it. Its fancy 70-degree weather, its eternal optimism, its movie star governor...
03 December 2009
Upright, Uptight, Up Lite and Out of Sight (The New York Times)
Is it real? Under its polliwog-shaped skin, the Up Lite is based on the structure of VW’s coming “new small family” microcar. In fact, it’s the fifth concept vehicle to be based on the new platform...
03 December 2009
Los Angeles auto show: Volkswagen Up! Lite concept breaks cover (Auto Week)
Volkswagen revealed another member of the Up! City-car concept series at the Los Angeles auto show. The Up! Lite is a three-door, four-seater version of the future VW small car...
03 December 2009
US: LA debut for VW Up! Lite hybrid (Automotive World)—Not freely accessible online
Volkswagen has unveiled a new hybrid vehicle concept at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The new eco-friendly Up! Lite concept hybrid is based on the OEM’s New Small Family (Up! range)...
03 December 2009
Audi A3 TDI is 2010 Green Car of the Year. Clean Diesel Reigns! (Green Car Journal)
The quest for high fuel efficiency and lower CO2 greenhouse gas emissions is bringing an increasingly diverse array of ‘green’ cars to our highways...
03 December 2009
L.A Auto Show: 2010 Audi A3 TDI named Green Car of the Year (Los Angeles Times)
The 2010 Audi A3 TDI was named Green Car of the Year at the L.A. Auto Show today, giving the Germans and clean diesel technology back-to-back wins...
03 December 2009
Magazine names Audi A3 TDI 'Green Car of the Year' (Associated Press)
Green Car Journal named Audi's 2010 A3 TDI the "Green Car of the Year" at the Los Angeles Auto Show on Thursday, marking the second consecutive year a clean-diesel vehicle has won the prize...
03 December 2009
Audi clean diesel sedan wins 'Green Car' award (Reuters)
Audi's latest clean-diesel sedan, launched in the United States just last month, was named Green Car of the Year at the Los Angeles Auto show on Thursday...
03 December 2009
Audi A3 TDI Voted 2010 Green Car Of The Year (Motor Authority)
Green and luxury needn’t be mutually exclusive concepts. That’s a core belief at Audi, which has been heavily promoting its range of efficient and powerful TDI turbodiesels...
03 December 2009
The Green Car of the Year Is a Diesel. Again. (Wired Magazine)
For the second year in a row, Green Car Journal has named a German diesel Green Car of the Year. The 42-mpg Audi A3 TDI topped a field that included three hybrids and two diesels...
03 December 2009
LA 2009: Audi A3 TDI named 2010 Green Car of the Year in diesel repeat (Autoblog.com)
At the LA Auto Show this morning, the Audi A3 TDI was crowned the 2010 Green Car of the Year, wresting the title away from last year's winner, the Volkswagen Jetta TDI...
02 December 2009
2009 Volkswagen Up! Lite Concept Makes LA Auto Show Debut (Motor Authority)
Volkswagen has used this week’s 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show to display the latest iteration of its long-standing Up! series of concept cars...
02 December 2009
GREEN: First Look: 2009 Volkswagen Up! Lite Concept (Automobile Magazine)
If you were to merge Volkswagen’s L1 and E-Up! concepts shown at the 2009 Frankfurt motor show, you’d likely have something quite similar to the Up! Lite concept...
02 December 2009
2009 Los Angeles: Volkswagen Up! Lite Inches Closer To Production (Automobile Magazine)
The Up! Lite concept may be the fifth variant of Volkswagen’s Up! concept shown to the public, but it’s our best look yet at a forthcoming production model...
02 December 2009
LA 2009: Volkswagen Up! Lite Concept teases with practical, lightweight innovation (Autoblog.com)
Volkswagen has just taken the cover off an all-new concept called the Up! Lite, a sinister looking diesel hybrid that gets (according to VW) 70 mpg combined...
02 December 2009
2011 Audi A8 Is Stacked With Gadgets (Technology for the Soul)
Are you in the market for a new car? Might I suggest the all new 2011 Audi A8 full-size sedan, that will come loaded, and I mean absolutely loaded, with tech toys...
01 December 2009
2011 Audi A8 Unveiled (Automobile Magazine)
Well ahead of its auto show debut at the 2010 Detroit auto show, Audi unwrapped its all-new 2011 A8 flagship at a design celebration in Miami, Florida...
01 December 2009
Audi unveils new A8; hybrid planned (Automotive News)
Audi has added new technologies and fuel-efficient engines to its new A8 to help its flagship sedan fight against the Mercedes-Benz S class and BMW 7 Series...
01 December 2009
2011 Audi A8 Revealed (The Motor Report)
AUDI HAS TAKEN the wraps off its all-new A8 luxury limousine at an event in Miami today, revealing a car that Audi says is the sportiest in its class...
December 2009
Volkswagen Up! Lite Concept - Auto Shows (Car and Driver)
One of the few surprises at this year’s Los Angeles auto show is the hybrid-powered Volkswagen Up! Lite concept, the latest in a long series of tiny, fuel-efficient Up! concepts...
December 2009
2011 Audi A8 - Official Photos and Info (Car and Driver)
Due to arrive in the U.S. in about a year’s time, the 2011 Audi A8 is completely redesigned, carrying many of the styling cues seen on recent concept and production Audis...
30 November 2009
2011 Audi A8: First Look (Miami Herald)
Audi dropped the veil on its all-new flagship sedan the 2011 A8 today in Miami. The new sedan tops the brand’s range and looks to be solid competition...
30 November 2009
First Look: 2011 Audi A8 (Motor Trend)
Audi launched its all-new 2011 Audi A8 at the Fountainbleu Hotel in Miami Beach, where the automaker is a major sponsor of Art Basel December 3-9...
05 November 2009
Audi TTS to Take on Pikes Peak … Without a Driver (The New York Times)
The 12.4-mile Pikes Peak International Hill Climb up winding mountain roads near Colorado Springs, Colo., dates to 1916, and winners, driving just about anything on wheels...
04 November 2009
AIDA: It's more than an opera (Los Angeles Times)
Between GPS, cruise control, voice-activated communication and entertainment systems and automated parking assist, we're getting pretty accustomed to having our cars tell us what to do...
26 October 2009
VW Lifts a $5.75 Million VAIL at Stanford (Wired)
Volkswagen and Stanford University go way back, having collaborated on two cool autonomous cars for DARPA, and now they've gone in together on a laboratory...
26 October 2009
US: VW inaugurates new innovation laboratory (Automotive World)
Volkswagen Group research directors, Dr.-Ing. Franz-Josef Paefgen and Prof. Dr. Jürgen Leohold, together with Stanford’s Prof. James Plummer, dean of the school of engineering,...
26 October 2009
Stanford University And Volkswagen Unveil High Tech Automotive Technology Lab (Auto Spies)
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (VWGoA) and Stanford University's School of Engineering today unveiled the Volkswagen Automotive Innovation Laboratory (VAIL)...
26 October 2009
Volkswagen funds a new lab at Standford University (Mibz.com)
Famous universities usually cooperate on multiple levels with major companies worldwide, especially with those that care about innovative technologies and science evolution as a whole...
25 October 2009
Stanford University and Volkswagen team up to produce greener cars (Examiner.com)
Volkswagen Automotive Innovation Lab (VAIL) was inaugurated this weekend at Stanford University. This lab will show how cooperation between science and a major industry player...
25 October 2009
Volkswagen and Stanford to expand technology collaboration at CarLab (Autoblog Green)
Volkswagen is no stranger to working with Stanford University, having collaborated with the Palo Alto school on the DARPA Grand Challenge competitions for autonomous vehicles...
25 October 2009
Volkswagen unveils new U.S. research laboratory (Canadian Driver)
Volkswagen Group of America and Stanford University’s School of Engineering have unveiled the Volkswagen Automotive Innovation Laboratory (VAIL)...
24 October 2009
A look at how the Volkswagen Automotive Innovation Laboratory (VAIL) is changing the world
(Crunch Gear)
Volkswagen is taking great strides in making the roads safer and remove the dangerous fun from driving by developing fully autonomous vehicles...
24 October 2009
Stanford’s New Robotic Audi TTS Knows How To Drift, Will Tackle Pikes Peak Next Year
(BotJunkie)
BotJunkie was invited to Stanford on Thursday for a sneak peak at their latest robot car, from the family that includes Stanley and Junior...
23 October 2009
Stanford and Volkswagen Unveil An Autonomous Race Car (IEEE Spectrum)
Yesterday, on the Stanford University campus, researchers unveiled Stanford's third generation autonomous vehicle, a modified Audi TTS...
21 October 2009
As Toyota sputters, Volkswagen steers for top (MSNBC)
It may be one of the world's most unlikely theme parks, yet each year close to 2 million people pore through Autostadt, the German "auto city" that celebrates...
05 October 2009
Volkswagen Is Steering Toward American Tastes (The Washington Post)
Volkswagen's U.S. chief executive, Stefan Jacoby, sat on the front end of "Max," the black 1964 Beetle with the smart-alecky German accent that figures prominently...
16 September 2009
VW E-Up: Small, Electric ... and Happy (The New York Times)
Volkswagen's squat, snub-nosed E-Up looks nothing like the Beetle, the New Beetle, or most other superminis at the Frankfurt Motor Show, but it's clear that VW expects...
16 September 2009
VW Will Design for America, Says Chief Designer (The New York Times)
Looking out from a balcony above the Volkswagen pavilion at the Frankfurt auto show, Klaus Bischoff, chief designer for the VW brand, surveyed his creations...
15 September 2009
VW Says L1 Hybrid Is Most Efficient Car in the World (The New York Times)
The green theme of the Frankfurt auto show was consistent throughout the first news media day, and it reached its pinnacle at about noon, when Volkswagen introduced...
30 July 2009
Audi's Genre-Bending $38,000 Q5 Gives Sedan Ride to SUV Crowd (Bloomberg)
Oh, Sir Isaac, what have they done to your immutable laws? My Audi Q5 is skipping along a back-country lane, rolling with the rolls, curving with the curves...
29 July 2009
The World's Masters of Innovation (BusinessWeek)
Jürgen Leohold, 55, Chief Executive Director of Volkswagen Group Research since 2006. Biggest accomplishment in this job: Seeing Stanley...
29 July 2009
Bringing new diesels to market, Audi, BMW, Volkswagen, and Mercedes-Benz signal a rebirth (Examiner.com)
With gasoline prices creeping up again, consumers continue to embrace fuel alternatives. Only a handful of available options exist, including an oldie-but-sooty, diesel...
24 July 2009
Audi Q5 is buff luxe in a guilt-lite package (Los Angeles Times)
The most astonishing thing about my time in the 2009 Audi Q5 was that I actually took it off road, with dirt and everything. Granted, I was in the Brentwood neighborhood...
23 July 2009
2009 World Car of the Year - Volkswagen Golf V1 (Limerick Post)
The new Volkswagen Golf was declared the 2009 World Car of the Year (WCOTY) at the New York International Motor Show. The Volkswagen Golf VI was chosen...
23 July 2009
CC Sport - VW as you haven't seen it before (The Washington Examiner)
If you think you know what Volkswagen is all about, get ready for a surprise. The 2010 Volkswagen CC Sport has the sex appeal and power of a sports car...
22 July 2009
The Most Appealing 2009 Cars (Forbes)
Sales at Porsche and Volkswagen may be sluggish--Porsche sales in June were down 66% from last year; VWs were down 18%--and both have been embroiled for months...
22 July 2009
Driving Down the Road: 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI (The Capital)
Diesel is not what it once was. If your association with Dr. Rudolf Diesel's namesake engine includes the words "underpowered", "slow", "noisy", "smelly", or "sooty"...
17 July 2009
Audi's smaller SUV is big enough (The Augusta Chronicle)
Luxury sport utility owners wanting to downsize and reduce their gasoline bills will find the new Audi Q5 appealing...
17 July 2009
Findlay VW touts Jetta TDI (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The 2009 Volkswagen Jetta diesel has proven multifaceted and very popular, as evidenced by recent statistics released by Findlay Volkswagen in the Valley Automall...
17 July 2009
J.D. Power study finds buyers pleased with new vehicles (Dallas Morning News)
Buyers for new cars and trucks may be scant these days, but most are pleased with their purchases – an important element in the auto industry's recovery...
17 July 2009
2009 / 2010 Volkswagen Golf VI 2.0 TDI Diesel - First Drive Review (Car and Driver)
You bet we love diesels. Modern diesels are clean, have gobs of ground-pounding torque, and get fuel mileage that shames pretty much any comparably sized gas-fired engine...
16 July 2009
What it's like to drive a $1.4-million car (freep.com)
$1.4 million. 1,001 Horsepower. Leather from cattle raised in special high-altitude pastures. The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport roadster is less a car than a visit to an alternative reality...
16 July 2009
Audi raises $25,000 for carbon offset program via Facebook campaign (Examiner.com)
Audi's goal was to recruit enough supporters at $1 each to reach $25,000. They did, and in less time than Audi, Facebook or The Nature Conservancy expected it would take...
16 July 2009
J.D. Power APEAL: Porsche Still Top Nameplate; VW Big Segment Winner (MotorTrend)
The appeal of new model year 2009 cars has increased significantly, finds the recent J.D. Power and Associates Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout (APEAL) study...
15 July 2009
7 Cars to Drive Before You Die (U.S. News & World Report)
Different cars are remarkable for different reasons, and we've gathered a list of cars that all stand out in their own way. There are classic cars with timeless styling...
11 July 2009
VW dominates in '09 quality study (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Volkswagen, the German automaker whose iconic Beetle almost single-handedly created the U.S. import-car market in the 1960s but later lost its dominant position to the Japanese...
10 July 2009
Braddock Hills polio survivor found inspiration in VW Beetle (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Bernard Szypulski Sr. never let his childhood bout with polio hinder him. "His release was the river in Braddock," Bernie Szypulski Jr. of Braddock Hills said of his father...
10 July 2009
Volkswagen relishes oddball, quirky status (The Washington Times)
"It would be hard to find someone that doesn't have a Volkswagen story," says Bret Scott, product manager for the Volkswagen Routan. It's true...
09 July 2009
Volkswagen selling more diesels than expected (Examiner.com)
While hybrid vehicles have taken over the news, there's an alternative with almost similar fuel economy...
08 July 2009
Long Term Update 3: 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI (MotorTrend)
Eight months and nearly 18,000 miles in, the Jetta TDI continues to deliver impressive, hybridlike fuel economy. We've averaged 35.1 mpg, thus far, and many editors have seen well above that...
07 July 2009
Voice of VW (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
Almost one year ago, April Wortham was rushing down I-24 to cover Volkswagen's announcement that Chattanooga had been selected as the site for its $1 billion auto assembly plant..
07 July 2009
Clean diesel power: Could it save the U.S. auto industry? (Examiner.com)
What will it take to restore the U.S. auto industry to financial stability? George Hoffer, Virginia Commonwealth University professor of economics who has been researching the industry...
06 July 2009
2009 Audi Q7 TDI (Automobile)
The Q7's 3.0-liter TDI diesel V-6 is a winner. It's so quiet, so smooth, and so powerful. Well, so torquey, I guess I should say, since it has 406 lb-ft...
06 July 2009
Researchers study 'personality traits' of cars (BusinessWeek)
The butterfly decals on the front bumper, flowers in the dashboard vase and lime-green paint job only confirmed Dennis Slice's perception of a Volkswagen Beetle...
06 July 2009
Johan De Nysschen: Automotive News All Stars (Automotive News)
De Nysschen has kept Audi dealers on track toward sales goals and profitability despite disruptions in the economy and the credit market...
02 July 2009
BMW 335d, VW Jetta TDI win on fuel economy, value (freep.com)
You can fool most of the people most of the time -- particularly when you're talking about diesel engines and hybrid cars.
29 June 2009
VW, Ford tops in vehicle quality survey (BusinessWeek)
Volkswagen took the most awards in an annual U.S. automobile quality survey by a California research company...
28 June 2009
Want a diesel passenger vehicle? You had better speak German! (Examiner.com)
There was such promise for diesels in the U.S.: Great fuel economy, wonderful torque and technology finally allowing sales in all 50 states...
27 June 2009
Volkswagen Jetta TDI is green - and even kind of fun to drive (Dallas Morning News)
Something sounded seriously wrong with my Volkswagen Jetta TDI. As you probably know, the TDI is Volkswagen's first diesel since 2006, when the old 1.9-liter oil burner...
26 June 2009
Making the Case for Clean Diesel (Fox Business News)
Audi of America President Johan de Nysschen on the automaker's campaign for diesel fuel...
24 June 2009
Ten Cars That Changed The World (Forbes)
Remember the Yugo? The tiny coupe made by Serbia's Zastava corporation sold for $3,990 when it first came out in the U.S. in the mid-1980s...
24 June 2009
VW's Audi Promotes Diesel 'Right Now' Over Hybrids to Save Oil (Bloomberg)
Volkswagen AG's Audi, the luxury automaker that plans to offer two U.S. diesel models by year's end, is promoting the fuel to American consumers as a better way to cut oil use...
23 June 2009
Certified Pre-Owned Volkswagens to Get Sirius Radios (The Wall Street Journal)
Sirius XM Radio and Volkswagen AG will team up to include introductory three-month trial satellite radio packages to buyers of certified used vehicles in the U.S...
22 June 2009
Drop in diesel fuel prices brings sharp rise in U.S. Sales (AutoWeek)
The dramatic decline in diesel fuel prices is driving up U.S. sales of diesel-powered vehicles from European carmakers...
19 June 2009
VW Shows Off Distribution Center (Financial News & Daily Record)
The dramatic decline in diesel fuel prices is driving up U.S. sales of diesel-powered vehicles from European carmakers...
18 June 2009
Washington stimulus is for banks, here stimulus is VW (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
The Rev. Jesse Jackson and Olivet Baptist Church pastor Kevin Adams see Volkswagen as a sign of globalized local politics that gives Chattanooga a big presence...
16 June 2009
Kickin' Down Madison Ave, Feelin' Groovy (The New York Times)
The moon may not be in the seventh house. And only an astrologer knows for sure if Jupiter has aligned with Mars. But it seems like the dawning of the age of Aquarius on Madison Avenue...
11 June 2009
Brand New Fixer Uppers (Fairfax Connection)
The first ever Volkswagen Drive Off kicked off on Friday, June 4 in the auxiliary gym at South County Secondary School. The Drive Off showcased the partnership...
08 June 2009
Volkswagen Will Stick With Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Development (KickingTires)
After the Obama administration cut funding for hydrogen fuel-cell research from the Department of Energy's budget, the fuel-cell vehicle had a major setback...
05 June 2009
Volkswagen Group of America Donates 13 Vehicles to Fairfax County Public Schools (KATC.com)
Stefan Jacoby, president and CEO, Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (VWGoA), today joined Virginia Governor Tim Kaine, and Fairfax County Public School (FCPS) administrators...
04 June 2009
Jeri Ward General Manager-Marketing and Strategy, Audi of America Named "Woman to Watch" by Advertising Age (Advertising Age)
Jeri Ward, who arrived at Audi of America two years ago as general manager-marketing and strategy from Ford, recalls sitting around a table last November at Venables Bell & Partners...
01 June 2009
Jeri Ward General Manager-Marketing and Strategy, Audi of America Named "Woman to Watch" by Advertising Age (Advertising Age)
Jeri Ward, who arrived at Audi of America two years ago as general manager-marketing and strategy from Ford, recalls sitting around a table last November at Venables Bell & Partners...
28 May 2009
Audi Q7 TDI changing perception of diesel (The Denver Daily News)
The redefinition of a word and its connotation is no simple task. When we hear the word "diesel," many of us immediately think of big tailpipes, bigger trucks and dark smoke...
28 May 2009
Volkswagen Group of America to Showcase Fuel Cell Vehicles at the State Capitol (The Auto Channel)
Volkswagen Group of America will showcase its Passat Lingyu fuel cell vehicles at the State Capitol on Wednesday, June 3, 2009. The Passat Lingyu is a zero-emission vehicle...
26 May 2009
Chief Audi designer talks about inspiration (The Detroit News)
Audi vehicle interiors are widely considered to be among the best, if not the best, but chief Audi designer Stefan Sielaff isn't entirely satisfied...
20 May 2009
Made in China: Volkswagen's hydrogen fuel cell vehicle (Los Angeles Times)
On Tuesday, May 19, automakers will join with President Obama, federal agencies, governors and environmental leaders to announce a commitment to establish a National Program...
20 May 2009
Volkswagen Mobile? (I4U News)
On Tuesday, May 19, automakers will join with President Obama, federal agencies, governors and environmental leaders to announce a commitment to establish a National Program...
19 May 2009
Volkswagen Dealerships Healthy, Looking Ahead to U.S. Built Cars (TheCarConnection.com)
As the dealership networks for Chrysler and GM are being quite painfully trimmed, Volkswagen's dealer network is doing just fine, according to Volkswagen of America...
18 May 2009
Automakers Support President in Development of National Program for Autos (Auto Alliance)
On Tuesday, May 19, automakers will join with President Obama, federal agencies, governors and environmental leaders to announce a commitment to establish a National Program...
11 May 2009
VW Plants Seed in U.S. Soil (The New York Times)
The chief executive of Volkswagen North America, Stefan Jacoby, touched down in Seattle on Thursday to spread the VW word: "Right now is the moment to invest in this country."...
11 May 2009
Lunch with VW's Stefan Jacoby (Kristen Hall-Geisler Blog)
The chicken mole at Seattle's Hotel 1000 was lovely, but VW head Stefan Jacoby's comments were enlightening. For instance, VW wants to triple its vehicle sales in the U.S...
07 May 2009
VW says there's a green diesel in your future (Mother Nature Network)
It's heady times for Volkswagen. At the same time the company is actively considering a merger with part-owner Porsche, it is also undertaking the daunting task of convincing Americans...
06 May 2009
BlueMotion VWs to be Made in the U.S.A.? (BNET)
Volkswagen is investing $1 billion in a state-of-the-art car plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Stefan Jacoby, president of VW Group of America, said at a Wasington, D.C. forum May 6...
06 May 2009
Volkswagen US CEO Aims To Triple US Market Share By 2018 (The Wall Street Journal)
Volkswagen AG (VOLKY) aims to triple its U.S. market share to 6% over the next decade by taking advantage of shifting consumer behavior and a new environmental focus in Washington...
08 April 2009
Volkswagen US CEO pushes for fuel efficiency (Associated Press)
Automakers must work to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions as they struggle to deal with the toughest economic conditions in more than a generation...
08 April 2009
VW US Chief: May Not See Auto Mkt Recovery Before End 09 (The Wall Street Journal)
A Manchester auto supplier has been given a $147 million contract to build interior door panels for a new sedan that Volkswagen plans to assemble at its new Chattanooga plant...
08 April 2009
Stefan Jacoby Interview on C-SPAN Washington Journal (C-SPAN)
02 April 2009
Manchester company gets $147 million VW contract
(The Tennessean)
A Manchester auto supplier has been given a $147 million contract to build interior door panels for a new sedan that Volkswagen plans to assemble at its new Chattanooga plant...
24 March 2009
VW's commitment to education (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
When Volkswagen announced last year that it had chosen Chattanooga and Hamilton County as the site for its American manufacturing plant...
24 March 2009
Another $5 mil Volkswagen benefit (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
Many in the Chattanooga area have been exulting over the benefits that will come to our people as Volkswagen plans to invest close to $1 billion in its new local plant...
21 March 2009
VW's Educational Investment: "We're putting down roots in Chattanooga" (Chattarati)
When Volkswagen summons, Chattanoogans turn out. Volkswagen Group of America announced their $5.28 million investment in Tennessee education yesterday...
20 March 2009
Volkswagen Group of America Contributes $5.28 Million to Educational Institutions in Tennessee (News Blaze)
The $40 million, state-of-the-art training center Volkswagen plans at its Chattanooga assembly plant will be the benchmark for the German automaker worldwide...
20 March 2009
Volkswagen donates $1M to U of M for STEM (Memphis Business Journal)
Volkswagen Group of America has donated $1 million to the University of Memphis as part of a statewide program of support to secondary and post-secondary institutions in Tennessee...
20 March 2009
VW $5.28 Million "Santa" To Tennessee Educational Institutions (chattanoogan.com)
Officials from Volkswagen Group of America, Chattanooga Operations, LLC, gathered at Calvin Donaldson Elementary School Friday afternoon...
20 March 2009
Volkswagen Gives $5.2 Million to Tennessee Education (News Channel9)
Volkswagen continues it's investment in Chattanooga by announcing Friday a huge donation to schools in Tennessee...
20 March 2009
Volkswagen Launches Partners in Education (WDEF TV12)
Top officials of Volkswagen of America were joined by Governor Phil Bredesen to announce a 5.28 million dollar commitment to educational enrichment...
20 March 2009
VW gives $5 million to local education (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
Volkswagen executives today announced that the German auto manufacturer will give $5 million to K-12 and higher education over the next five years...
15 March 2009
Chattanooga: Training center sets standard for VW (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
The $40 million, state-of-the-art training center Volkswagen plans at its Chattanooga assembly plant will be the benchmark for the German automaker worldwide...
12 March 2009
VW sees U.S. auto sales of 10 mln units, possibly lower (guardian.co.uk)
U.S. auto sales could fall below 10 million vehicles this year if consumer demand does not recover from current weak levels, the head of Volkswagen...
13 February 2009
Chattanooga: Volkswagen lifts veil on planned local sedan (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
It's not the bubbly, bouncy look of the VW Bug.
And it certainly doesn't look like the VW Thing, the ugly kid brother of the Army's jeep...
12 February 2009
Chattanooga: VW ahead of schedule (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
Builders are ahead of schedule on the first structure going up for Volkswagen's assembly plant, and officials said Wednesday they've already made changes...
10 February 2009
Tennessee: VW effect beats $55 million so far in contract work (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
Work related to Volkswagen's planned auto assembly plant has fueled more than $55 million in area contracts so far with only about 10 percent of the project bid out...
10 February 2009
Chattanooga: Power going on at VW plant site (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
The site of Volkswagen's planned auto assembly plant is powering up.
Chattanooga's Industrial Development Board today approved a contract...
10 February 2009
Chattanooga-based Company Awarded $1.1 Million VW Contract (News Channel9)
Volkswagen Group of America Chattanooga Operations, LLC applauded the decision today by the Industrial Development Board to award a $1.1 million contract...
