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  • Golf BlueMotion - Australian Launch

    Golf BlueMotion - Australian Launch

    Golf BlueMotion – Combining amazing fuel economy, affordability, comfort, safety and practicality for the everyday driver First showcased at the Australian International Motor Show in Sydney last year, Volkswagen’s new, super-efficient model – Golf BlueMotion – is finally ready to prove that amazing fuel-efficiency can still be obtained in an everyday car. The Golf BlueMotion combines efficiency with comfort and equipment to create a vehicle that delivers greater economy and fewer emiss...
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  • VW UK Launches new Transporter Sportline

    VW UK Launches new Transporter Sportline

    The versatile Transporter range is now available with even more style as ordering opens for the new Sportline models. Offering greater variation than ever before, the new Sportline specification is available on both panel van and kombi models, in both short- and long-wheelbase with prices starting from £28,220 (excluding VAT) for the panel van and £30,100 (excluding VAT) for the kombi. All models are fitted with the refined and efficient 2.0-litre BiTDI 180 PS diesel engine, and are ...
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  • Eos 2012MY - Australian Launch

    Eos 2012MY - Australian Launch

    New Eos – Extensively Enhanced Sharper Eos launches with new design The new Volkswagen Eos has finally arrived on Australian shores. The internationally successful cabriolet coupé has been technically perfected, visually updated front and rear and refined with numerous new features. The popularity of the Eos from the moment it launched was unquestionable. The Eos combines the benefits of a full convertible and – for when the sun doesn’t shine – a hard-top coupé. Yet it is un...
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  • Volkswagen at the 2011 RETTmobil - (The European Emergency Vehicle Show)

    Volkswagen at the 2011 RETTmobil - (The European Emergency Vehicle Show)



    World premiere for Sharan and Passat Variant as Emergency Service Vehicles Wolfsburg / Fulda, 11 May 2011 - Volkswagen is presenting today at the European exhibition for rescue and mobility (RETTmobil) in Fulda its product innovations in the field of emergency vehicles. The highlights this year are the new Passat Estate and Sharan as an emergency vehicle use (NEF). In addition, innovative audio and visual helpers are presented to assist emergency physicians and paramedics in their wo...
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  • Amarok Ambulance Debuts at RETTmobil 2011

    Amarok Ambulance Debuts at RETTmobil 2011



    Amarok as "All Terrain Ambulance"
    Rockton as the basic vehicle
    Hannover / Fulda, 10 May 2011. The Volkswagen Amarok stormed the unabated popularity. Must select both the readers of Auto Bild and the wheel of the new Off Road Volkswagen pickup trucks recently at first place. Reason enough to Amarok at this year RETTmobil (11 to 13 May in Fulda) as the basis for a vehicle to present "All Terrain Ambulance". In addition, there is the new Volkswagen Rockton be seen as the...
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  • 35 years of the Golf GTI: Volkswagen celebrates with anniversary model

    35 years of the Golf GTI: Volkswagen celebrates with anniversary model



    Even more driving fun: Power increased to 235 PS
    Advance sales begin: Special model starts at 30,425 euros
    Wolfsburg, 10 May 2011 - The 35th anniversary of the Golf GTI was an impetus for Volkswagen to create a very special type of anniversary model. In Germany, from May 12th orders are taken for the anniversary model offered under the “Edition 35” label. Since the debut of the first Golf GTI in 1976, this sporty Volkswagen has enjoyed an uninterrupted history o...
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  • Volkswagen to Start Contesting the WRC with the Polo R WRC in 2013

    Volkswagen to Start Contesting the WRC with the Polo R WRC in 2013



    Wolfsburg (05 May 2011) “We have invited you to join us here in Olbia to announce Volkswagen’s entry in the World Rally Championship starting in 2013.” – These were the words used by Volkswagen Management Board Member Dr. Ulrich Hackenberg as he declared Volkswagen’s entry into the most versatile of the four automobile world championships (World Rally Championship, WRC). In front of 200 journalists he unveiled the concept of the Polo R WRC, the car with which Volkswagen...
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  • 140 Tonne Chimney Demolished by new Volkswagen Amarok (VWUK)

    140 Tonne Chimney Demolished by new Volkswagen Amarok (VWUK)

    To mark the launch of its new Amarok pick-up, Volkswagen has today demonstrated the impressive power of its brand new model by using it to demolish a 67 m high steel chimney weighing approximately 140 tonnes and standing at nearly the same height as Westminster Abbey. The chimney would normally have been demolished using a 40 tonne excavator, but after months of careful planning from structural engineers and demolition experts EDS, the Volkswagen Amarok was given the opportunity to be the f...
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  • High-calibre driver squad for the spectacular Golf24

    High-calibre driver squad for the spectacular Golf24

    Big names for the comeback: When the Volkswagen Golf returns to the legendary 24-hour race on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife (23–26 June) well-known Volkswagen drivers like René Rast and Peter Terting will be joined on the grid by former Formula 1 racers Johnny Herbert and Mark Blundell as well as DTM driver Edoardo Mortara. The spectacular Golf24 with a power output of 440 hp and four-wheel drive will make its racing debut in the "Green Hell” as early as at the Nürburgring Endurance C...
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  • Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles sends the Amarok around the world in 100 days

    Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles sends the Amarok around the world in 100 days



    HIV activist Joachim Franz leads expedition through 50 countries Hannover, 29 April 2011. In the tenth year of the World Aids Awareness Expedition (WAAE), Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles are once again supporting extreme athlete Joachim Franz in his fight against HIV, with the company supplying five Volkswagen Amarok with special fittings and equipment for the “Move the world Tour”. This year, the adventurer’s team is travelling in a “W” shape over the globe: The expedit...
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  • Fleet Study in Electric Mobility
    by phaeton


    Consistent use of renewable energy for electric mobility

    German alliance is to research sustainable use of E-cars until 2012
    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...
    29-06-2011, 05:08 PM
  • Volkswagen given the green light for two plants in China
    by phaeton
    Chinese 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...
    29-06-2011, 05:06 PM
  • Success for Volkswagen´s Dakar hotshots, bad luck for Golf24 trio
    by phaeton


    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...
    27-06-2011, 05:32 PM
  • Driving without a Driver – Volkswagen presents the “Temporary Auto Pilot”
    by phaeton


    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...
    24-06-2011, 05:59 PM
  • Rainer Zietlow Embarks on “TDI-Panamericana Endurance Challenge” in Volkswagen Touareg TDI Clean Diesel SUV
    by phaeton


    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 ...
    24-06-2011, 05:55 PM
  • Volkswagen opts for renewable energy in Brazil
    by phaeton
    Two 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...
    24-06-2011, 05:53 PM
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