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  • Volkswagen Junior Masters Football Kicks Off In Australia

    Volkswagen Junior Masters Football Kicks Off In Australia



    Volkswagen Group Australia announces that in 2011, for the very first time, the Volkswagen Junior Masters football tournament will take place in Australia.

    Volkswagen is calling for Under 12 boys’ club teams nationwide to register to play at the Junior Masters Australia which will be held in Sydney from 1-2 October 2011. Teams can register online at www.juniormastersaustralia.com.au. Twenty teams will be selected to play at the Junior Masters Australia tournament ...
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  • Shanghai Volkswagen reveal New Passat ahead of Auto China 2011 in April

    Shanghai Volkswagen reveal New Passat ahead of Auto China 2011 in April


    Shanghai Volkswagen have revealed first images of their New Passat. Which will replace the aging New Passat Lingyu, itself based on the fifth generation Passat platform which dates back itself to do B5 Audi A4 (1994-2001).

    Shanghai Volkswagen and Volkswagen of America co-developed the NMS - New Midsize Sedan from the sixth generation Passat platform (2005-2010). The Americans unveiled their version of NMS at the beginning of the year at the Detroit Auto Show see here, with...
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  • Hot new BP Volkswagen Vivo ready to take on the competition - (VWSA)

    Hot new BP Volkswagen Vivo ready to take on the competition - (VWSA)

    story by: Volkswagen Motorsport - Rally 18 March 2011 pictures by: motorpicsza.co.za THE BP Volkswagen Rally Team, six consecutive national rally championship titles to their name, is ready to tackle the start of the 2011 season in KwaZulu Natal on Friday and Saturday, 25 and 26 March. This opening round sees a number of new developments at the team. In addition to championship winners of 2010, Enzo Kuun and Guy Hodgson, championship winners of 2009, Hergen Fekken and Pierre Arries ...
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  • Volkswagen Scoops Three VansA2Z.com Vans of The Year Awards - (VWUK)

    Volkswagen Scoops Three VansA2Z.com Vans of The Year Awards - (VWUK)


    Caddy - Overall and Best Light Van of the Year 2011 Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles was the most successful manufacturer at the inaugural VansA2Z Vans of the Year 2011 awards winning three trophies, including the prestigious top prize of Van of the Year for the new Caddy. As well as being named Van of the Year, the new Volkswagen Caddy also won the award for the Best Light Van, while the Transporter won the Best Small Panel Van category. The awards follow the launch of the latest Cad...
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  • Volkswagen Tiguan Delivers Vital Aid to Blood Bike Service - (VWUK)

    Volkswagen Tiguan Delivers Vital Aid to Blood Bike Service - (VWUK)

    If you thought the National Health Service was responsible for the movement of blood as well as other vital medical fluids, test results and equipment, think again. As although the NHS has a good ‘office hours’ courier service, at evenings and weekends it depends heavily on a band of volunteers, or so-called ‘Blood Bikes’ to make it less reliant on expensive taxis, for example. The Blood Bikes movement was ‘founded’ in 1969 when a youth community action group named Freewheeler...
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  • Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles on course for success in 2010

    Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles on course for success in 2010


    Family Portrait 2010 - Amarok, Transporter, Crafter and Caddy Maxi

    -Worldwide deliveries up by 22.8 percent
    -Sales revenues up by 39.3 percent
    -Operating profit of € 232 million results from intrinsic strength
    -Brand is market leader in light commercial vehicles in the European Economic Area* again in 2010
    -New Crafter nearly ready to roll
    -Schreiber: Internationalization will continue


    Hanover, March 16, 2011: Volkswagen...
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  • Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand delivers over 750,000 vehicles for first time in period to February

    14.1 percent increase in deliveries for January to February Wolfsburg, 09 March 2011 - The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand delivered 758,100 (January-February 2010: 664,700) vehicles to customers worldwide in the first two months of this year, an increase of 14.1 percent on the comparable prior-year period. “Volkswagen’s excellent performance at the start of the year continued in February. We are maintaining our fast pace thanks to our strong and young product range,” Christian Klingler, B...
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  • Autoweek Honors Volkswagen Bulli Microbus With the Most "Most Fun" Editors' Choice Award For the 2011 Geneva Motor Show

    Autoweek Honors Volkswagen Bulli Microbus With the Most "Most Fun" Editors' Choice Award For the 2011 Geneva Motor Show The new generation Microbus is more sustainable and inspirational than ever HERNDON, Va., March 4, 2011 — The all-new Volkswagen Bulli concept car was named the “Most Fun” vehicle by Autoweek editors at this year’s Geneva Motor Show. The VW Bulli – or Microbus as it’s known by beloved fans in the U.S. – offers the same mix of fun and practicality found in VW vans ...
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  • Geneva 2011: 2.0L TSI debuts in T5 Range

    Geneva 2011: 2.0L TSI debuts in T5 Range



    Powerful and fuel-efficient: New 2.0 turbo petrol engine for T models

    Frugal and powerful 204 PS TSI is added to model line-up
    Bi-xenons with LED daytime running lights for all T models
    Hanover / Geneva, March 2011. A fuel-efficient and yet powerful petrol engine is being added to the T programme this summer (enclosed superstructures only to complete the international line-ups of all versions of the T-model. The 2.0 TSI combines innovative technologies such as tur...
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  • Geneva 2011: Multivan BlueMotion

    Geneva 2011: Multivan BlueMotion



    Clean BlueMotion Technology: Most fuel-efficient Multivan ever

    As BlueMotion model the seven-seater consumes just 6.4 l/100 km
    Sets new best-in-class emissions benchmark at 169g CO2 per kilometre
    Hanover / Geneva, March 2011. The Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles brand will be showing its great innovative strength at the 81st Geneva International Motor Show. Even in spacious vehicles like the Multivan, BlueMotion technology exploits significant fuel-saving...
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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...
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    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 ...
    24-06-2011, 05:55 PM
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    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...
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