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Powerful, Fast, Fuel Efficient And Clean: The New Scirocco R – A Sports Car Without Compromises
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- Published: 22-06-2011, 05:35 PM
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Powerful, Fast, Fuel Efficient And Clean: The New Scirocco R – A Sports Car Without Compromises
The Scirocco R is finally on its way to Australia. It did not happen overnight but we did make it happen. The four-seat sports car is a dynamic performer as well as economical companion on the roads of everyday life. The Scirocco R – conceptualized by Volkswagen R GmbH – is an impressive performance package with a brilliant engine and chassis, unique looks and exclusive features. Advantages of boosted TSI engine available in the Scirocco R are very high power and torque values with ... -
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Australian Technician Placed In Top 10 At Volkswagen Service Qualification Championships
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- Published: 22-06-2011, 05:32 PM
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Australian Technician Placed In Top 10 At Volkswagen Service Qualification Championships
Volkswagen Group Australia is pleased to announce that Chanh Trinh of McGrath Volkswagen, Liverpool, has achieved a record breaking positioning for the Asia-Pacific region at the annual Service Qualification World Championships placing ninth in the world at the recent competition in Wolfsburg, Germany. Trinh was the highest placed Australian technician taking out second place in the Asia-Pacific Regional Master Technician category, and achieving a ninth place overall. This top 10 position is... -
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British Formula 3 Championship: Brands Hatch Report
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- Published: 20-06-2011, 06:04 PM
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British Formula 3 Championship: Brands Hatch Report
Five out of nine possible podium places go to Volkswagen at Brands Hatch Title defender Volkswagen made another top-form showing in the British Formula 3 Championship on the Grand Prix circuit at Brands Hatch. A victory and five out of nine possible podium places were achieved by the partner teams running with Volkswagen Power. Felipe Nasr and Rupert Svendsen-Cook secured second and third place for Carlin Motorsport in round one, while Menasheh Idafar was successful for T-Sport as the r... -
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Swedish Touring Car Championship: Round 4 Report
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- Published: 20-06-2011, 06:02 PM
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Swedish Touring Car Championship: Round 4 Report
Two podium places for Fredrik Ekblom on the city street circuit in Gothenburg At the fourth race weekend of the Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) two podium places went to Fredrik Ekblom in the Volkswagen Scirocco of the Biogas.se team. On the city street circuit in Gothenburg Ekblom finished the first round on a dry track as the runner-up. At the second round the Swede showed a strong performance and in pouring rain pushed forwards from seventh on the grid to third place. After f... -
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NRMA Drivers Seat Volkswagen Amarok Ultimate vs Toyota Hilux SR5
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- Published: 19-06-2011, 07:28 PM
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NRMA Drivers Seat Volkswagen Amarok Ultimate vs Toyota Hilux SR5
Should be noted is the Ultimate has the pernament 4Motion system that does not have low range, the selectable 4Motion is available as an option with low range.... -
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deutschewelleenglish present it!: VW Eos Cabriolet | drive it
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- Published: 19-06-2011, 03:52 PM
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Volkswagen Receives Seventh 2011 TOP SAFETY PICK Award From Insurance Institute For Highway Safety (VWUS)
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- Published: 18-06-2011, 06:33 PM
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Volkswagen Receives Seventh 2011 TOP SAFETY PICK Award From Insurance Institute For Highway Safety (VWUS)
CC 2.0L TSI is the latest Volkswagen model to be awarded a 2011 TOP SAFETY PICK by IIHS. HERNDON, Va., June 16, 2011 — The stylish CC 2.0L TSI® has earned the coveted Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's (IIHS) TOP SAFETY PICK rating for 2011, the highest possible from the non-profit safety research organization. The annual rating recognizes those vehicles that perform best in protecting passengers in the Institute's front, side, and rear crash test evaluations, and the new... -
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Amarok Picks Up Its First UK Award (VWUK)
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Amarok Picks Up Its First UK Award (VWUK)
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is celebrating again after winning two more awards this year, this time for its Caddy van and the new Amarok pick-up in the British Insurance Vehicle Security Awards. The new Amarok, which went on sale last month, beat all its established rivals to win the Pick-up category, while the new Caddy, launched last year, won the Light Van category. Volkswagen UK was also crowned overall Manufacturer of the Year for the second year running, with awards this year... -
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Volkswagen Retains Top Accolade In BIVSA Security Awards (VWUK)
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- Published: 18-06-2011, 06:30 PM
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Volkswagen Retains Top Accolade In BIVSA Security Awards (VWUK)
Volkswagen has once again claimed a number of category titles as well as the overall top accolade for the second consecutive year for the best car manufacturer at the British Insurance Vehicle Security Awards (BIVSA), presented today by Thatcham, the Motor Insurance Repair Research Centre, in Berkshire. The new Sharan, which went on sale at the end of last year, was the winner of the Large MPV class; the Tiguan once again triumphed in the Crossover class; and the Phaeton took the title of best ... -
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Passat Demonstates Pulling Power As It Claims Top Towing Gong (VWUK)
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- Published: 18-06-2011, 06:29 PM
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Passat Demonstates Pulling Power As It Claims Top Towing Gong (VWUK)
Volkswagen has given a demonstration of its impressive pulling power by claiming two category wins and the overall title at the Towcar Awards 2011. These are judged by experts from What Car? and Practical Caravan magazines as well as The Camping and Caravanning Club. The new Passat Estate TDI 170 PS, which went on sale in January, won the ‘1425 -1574 kg kerbweight’ class as well as the Towcar Awards champion trophy, while the Golf was once again the winner of the ‘under 1425 kg ke... -
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Consistent use of renewable energy for electric mobility
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Volkswagen supplies the innovative hardware in the Golf Variant twïnDRIVE Wolfsburg / Berlin, 28 June 2011 - Today, Volkswagen – in cooperation with 6 project partners and the German Ministry of the Environment – is presenting the current status of the “Fleet study in electric mobility” that was initiated in July 2008. The p...-
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by phaetonChinese government approves plans for Foshan and Yizheng
Planned annual capacity of 300,000 vehicles for each plant Wolfsburg/Berlin, 28 June 2011 - As planned, the Volkswagen Group can build two further automobile plants in China, continuing its long-term growth strategy in the world's largest market for passenger cars. During the German-Chinese government consultations in Berlin, final approval was granted today for the plants to be built at Foshan and Yizheng. Prof. Dr. Martin Wint...-
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Volkswagen Motorsport Director Kris Nissen’s crew experienced an almost equal measure of success and disappointment at the 39th 24-Hour Race at the Nürburgring. The two blue biogas Scirocco GT24-CNG cars repeated last year’s success by coming first and second in their category. In addition to winning in their category, the three Dakar Rally winners Carlos Sainz, Nasser Al-Attiyah and Giniel de Villiers and the touring car legend Klaus Niedzwiedz also finished in a good 27th...-
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Prof. Dr. Jürgen Leohold: “An important milestone on the path towards fully automatic and accident-free driving.” Wolfsburg/Borås, 23 June 2011 - At the final presentation of the EU research project HAVEit (Highly Automated Vehicles for Intelligent Transport), Prof. Dr. Jürgen Leohold, Executive Director Volkswagen Group Research, has presented the “Temporary Auto Pilot” by Volkswagen: Monitored by the driver, the car can drive semi-automatically up to a speed of 130 kilo...-
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Endurance Challenge Team Tackles World’s Longest Road in Celebration of the Pan-American Highway’s 75th Anniversary, Demonstrates Power and Durability of Clean Diesel Technology Ushuaia, Argentina / Herndon, Va. – June 23, 2011 – Renowned adventurer and off-road driver Rainer Zietlow and his team today announced they will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the legendary Pan-American Highway with the ultimate endurance challenge. They will embark on a fast, two-week drive from ...-
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by phaetonTwo hydropower plants to cover 40 percent of power demand Wolfsburg, 24 June 2011 - Volkswagen do Brasil is investing 120 million euros in the construction of two hydropower plants. The two plants will have a total rating of 48.3 megawatts and will supply almost 40 percent of the electric power required by the company. Volkswagen is the first automaker in Brazil to invest in the generation of clean power from renewable sources. One of the two power plants has already been in operation since...
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