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  • Audi Australia Finishes First Quarter 2011 As Number One Premium Brand In Passenger Cars

    Audi Australia has finished the first quarter of 2011 with record sales results, setting the brand with the four rings as Australia’s topselling premium automotive manufacturer of passenger cars for the first three months of the year. On the back of a record 2010 with 12,900 vehicles sold, Audi Australia is forging ahead in 2011, finishing March with 1,387 sales and the first quarter of 2011 with a total of 4,323 sales – a new record for the brand with the four rings in Australia. Since 2004,...
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  • Audi Celebrates Excellence

    Audi Celebrates Excellence

    Audi Australia has celebrated the 2010 Dealer of the Year Awards at a special event held in the country’s Red Centre. Held as part of the annual Audi Dealer Conference, the Awards are a chance to celebrate the efforts of the entire dealer network and acknowledge those who have exhibited outstanding performance. Now in its fourth year, the Audi Mark of Excellence Awards recognise achievement and commitment to excellence in dealership performance across all areas of business, a cornerstone...
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  • Five-Millionth Audi A4 Leaves The Assembly Line

    Five-Millionth Audi A4 Leaves The Assembly Line


    • Jubilee car is an Audi A4 Avant 3.0 TDI quattro in Misano Red
    • Production chief Frank Dreves: “Major milestone in Audi’s success story”
    • Audi A4 is the most popular car in its class
    Today the Audi plant in Ingolstadt produced the five-millionth Audi A4 – an Audi A4 Avant 3.0 TDI quattro in Misano Red. This production milestone is the latest evidence of a success story that began in 1994 when the A4 model name was adopted. A great favorite with customers, the A4 acco...
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  • THE NEW OCTAVIA SCOUT 4x4 MODEL RANGE

    THE NEW OCTAVIA SCOUT 4x4 MODEL RANGE

    The versatile Škoda Octavia Scout 4x4 is becoming even more attractive. The Octavia Scout 4x4 is broadening its range and now includes the highly-efficient DSG transmission and a top-of-the-range premium model. Fuel efficiency, comfort, versatility and affordability have finally culminated in the form of the Octavia Scout 4x4 with DSG transmission. Now available with an attractive drivetrain package which combines the economical 103TDI engine with an automatic, twin-clutch, six-speed DSG transmiss...
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  • Škoda Octavia RS Returns to Targa Tasmania

    Škoda Octavia RS Returns to Targa Tasmania

    Škoda Australia will return to Australian tarmac rally competition in this year's 20th anniversary of the Targa Tasmania. The return to competition will see the company’s unique hot-hatch-turned-wagon, the Octavia RS, compete in the important Showroom category for the first time. The Octavia’s local competition appearance continues a long tradition for the company, which has competed in most forms of motorsport during its 110-year history. Škoda Australia will enter the Octavi...
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  • 2011 Audi Noosa Food and Wine Festival

    2011 Audi Noosa Food and Wine Festival


    • Second year with Audi as principal sponsor
    • A1 Studio and marquee Audi showroom on display throughout the festival; more than $1,000,000 worth of Audi vehicles on show
    • International guest chefs to drive Audis over the course of the weekend
    Audi is proud to once again be the principal sponsor of the Noosa Food and Wine Festival, being held on the stunning Sunshine Coast from May 13 – 15, 2011. This is the second year that Audi has been the naming rights sponsor of the festival...
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  • Volkswagen Group Sees Further Growth Potential for Porsche Holding Salzburg

    Volkswagen Group Sees Further Growth Potential for Porsche Holding Salzburg

    • Chairman Prof. Dr. Winterkorn: “Continuous rise in sales targeted”
    • Christian Klingler, Board Member responsible for Sales: “New jobs will be created expansion of the international business”
    The Board of Management of Volkswagen AG officially welcomed Porsche Holding Salzburg as part of the Volkswagen Group yesterday. The sales company has belonged to the Volkswagen Group since 1 March 2011. “We are very happy that the Porsche Holding Salzburg has become a strong and fully-fledged member of t...
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  • Audi Tests Next R18 Evolution

    Audi Tests Next R18 Evolution

    Audi Tests Next R18 Evolution
    • First test drives for ‘Evolution 2’ Audi R18 LMP1 race car
    • Testing program concluded in USA
    • Vehicles returning to Europe
    Audi has put the next stage of its R18 project to the test: the latest version of its new diesel race car, which will contest the 24 Hours of Le Mans, was test-driven for the first time in the USA. The ‘Evolution 2’ Audi R18 is the result of the findings of previous test drives and wind tunnel testing, with a particular focus...
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  • Fast shifting and calibrated for success: over 3.5 million DSG units already sold Group-wide

    Wolfsburg, 23 March 2011 - The DSG is a global success story: 3.4 million units of the automatic gearbox have been produced at the Kassel Plant alone – for such brands as Audi, Seat, Skoda, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and Volkswagen. An additional 150,000 units were produced in Dalian (China). The DSG dual clutch transmission developed by Volkswagen combines the convenience of an automatic transmission with the efficiency and dynamic performance of a manual gearbox. Two clutches guarantee t...
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  • Volkswagen determined to help people in Japan

    Volkswagen determined to help people in Japan

    Board of Management member for Human Resources Dr. Neumann: Volkswagen and Audi each to provide one million euros in humanitarian aid

    Porsche AG will donate half a million euros to assist people affected

    Group Works Council President Osterloh announces donation
    campaign for employees – overwhelming sense of solidarity among the workforce
    Wolfsburg, 23 March 2011 - Following the severe earthquake and the devastating tsunami in Japan, Volkswagen is to make ...
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  • Fleet Study in Electric Mobility
    by phaeton


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    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
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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...
    27-06-2011, 05:32 PM
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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...
    24-06-2011, 05:59 PM
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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 ...
    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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