Volkswagen up! receives “Wertmeister 2019” award
Fantastic award for Volkswagen: the city specialist up! TSI has won the “Wertmeister 2019” award (value champion) in the city car category. Each year, the
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German carmakers have 50:50 chance of facing Detroit’s fate, VW says
German carmakers only have a 50 per cent chance of surviving as leading players in the auto industry unless they transform their businesses to meet
Volkswagen offers to buy back new diesels if bans introduced
Volkswagen will buy back new diesel cars if German cities ban them, it said on Thursday, seeking to reassure potential buyers and stem a plunge
Greenpeace boards ship to stop UK-bound of ‘toxic’ VW diesels
Greenpeace activists boarded a ship on its way to Britain on Thursday in an attempt to stop a consignment of Volkswagen diesel cars being imported from
Volkswagen’s bus party
If you are of ‘a certain age’ you undoubtedly remember the iconic VW ‘bus’ which had its heyday in the 1960s and ‘70s. The Volkswagen
German prosecutors widen market manipulation probe to VW chairman
German carmaker Volkswagen said on Sunday that German prosecutors had widened an investigation into suspected market manipulation to include supervisory board Chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch.
Fall in VW brand profit shows lasting effects of scandal
Volkswagen reported a 12 per cent drop in quarterly profit at its main passenger car division on Thursday, a big improvement on the quarter before
Škoda, Volkswagen celebrate successful 25-year partnership
THE foundations of an undoubted success story were laid 25 years ago when the partnership between the Volkswagen Group and the Czech car maker began,
Volkswagen takes $18 billion hit over emissions scandal
By Andreas Cremer and Edward Taylor Volkswagen (VW) said on Friday it would take a 16.2-billion-euro ($18.2 billion) hit to its 2015 results and slash
VW forges US deal arising from diesel emissions scandal
By Alexandria Sage and David Shepardson Volkswagen AG, driving to move beyond a scandal that has disrupted its global business and sullied its reputation, announced
VW delayed announcing cheating in hope of striking deal, its lawyers say
By Andreas Cremer and Jan Schwartz Volkswagen’s delay in announcing it had cheated U.S. diesel emission tests was a legitimate move aimed at striking a
Mercedes owner files U.S. suit over diesel emissions
An owner of a Mercedes BlueTEC diesel car filed a class-action lawsuit in the United States, accusing the carmaker of knowingly programming its Clean Diesel
European Parliament to investigate VW emissions scandal
By Gilbert Reilhac The European Parliament voted on Thursday to set up a committee to investigate Volkswagen’s emissions scandal and whether regulators failed to prevent
Saloon registrations rise 4.7% as demand for Volkswagen slumps
By Stelios Orphanides The increase in saloon car registrations slowed down to an annual 4.7 per cent in October from over 35 per cent the
VW engineers have admitted manipulating CO2 emissions data-paper
Several Volkswagen engineers have admitted manipulating carbon dioxide emissions data, saying the ambitious goals set by former Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn were difficult to achieve,
French police search VW offices in emissions probe
French police have carried out searches at Volkswagen offices in France, the Paris Prosecutor’s office said on Sunday, as part of an investigation following revelations
Repairs on rigged VWs in Cyprus to begin in 2016
All vehicles in Cyprus with software falsifying the engine’s emission readings will be repaired with costs covered by Volkswagen AG, the island’s representative Unicars Ltd.
No impact on used VW diesel car prices in Europe from scandal – survey
By Angus Berwick The emissions-cheating scandal shaking Volkswagen has not affected the price of used VW diesel cars in Europe, a car valuation firm said
German prosecutors raid Volkswagen offices
By Andreas Cremer German prosecutors raided Volkswagen’s headquarters and other offices on Thursday as part of their investigation into the carmaker’s rigging of diesel emissions
Ministry says still waiting for VW explanations
By Andria Kades The competition and consumer protection service of the commerce ministry on Wednesday said Volkswagen representatives in Cyprus had yet to send it