FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Alabama will be the likely home of a new Volkswagen manufacturing plant, beating two other states, German industry newsletter Automobilwoche said on Saturday, citing senior company sources. A VW spokesman said that a decision on the location of the ...
FRANKFURT AFP — Volkswagen, the biggest European car maker, said Tuesday it would invest up to 620 million euros one billion dollars in its first US plant to counteract effects of the euro's rise against the dollar. The US market "is an important part of our volume strategy...
Racing aboard an all-new for 2008 Trek Remedy,Trek/VW team rider "Rad" Ross Schnell won this year's 13th annualDownieville Classic All-Mountain Race, setting two course records andtaking home World Championship honors in the process. "Downieville's no longer a one-horse town," said "Rad" Ross, commenting ona performance that might finally put to...
JEFF Carmichael from Luton has been looking at a 52-plate VW Golf R32 with 61k and full history for pounds 9,000. Jeff wisely asked for an AA inspection to make sure the car hasn't had any damage, but the dealer refused, saying: "It's not our policy." As a result, Jeff...
FRANKFURT AFP — Volkswagen, Daimler and BMW -- all of Germany's biggest car makers now want to launch electric cars, getting on the environmentally friendly bandwagon after lagging behind their peers. Specialists in high-end, mostly high emission automobiles, German companies have built a reputation for making exciting cars...
FRANKFURT AFP — German sports car maker Porsche wants to raise its stake in Volkswagen, Europe's biggest auto firm, to almost 36 percent soon to be able to control the agenda at VW general assemblies. The purchase of new VW shares equivalent to 4.92 percent of the capital...
BRUSSELS and SAO PAULO, Brazil, July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WABCO Holdings Inc. today announced that WABCO has been honored with a supplier award for "Commercial Excellence 2007" by Volkswagen VW Commercial Vehicles in Brazil where VW's global headquarters for its truck and bus division are located. ...
Interior designer Vicente Wolf is CEO of Vicente Wolf Associates, which operates VW Home, a luxury retail outlet that sells household furnishings and accessories that Wolf collects during his frequent travels around the world. Three all-time favorite books: I love to read books that put you...
WILL Wright from Cheshire is desperate to save money. He needs a fuelsipping motor for work, as he covers around 15,000 miles a year. He's narrowed his search to a VW Polo BlueMotion or Mini Diesel. Which is best ? QUENTIN SAYS: There's little between the...
GARDAI were last night questioning a man and a woman after a gun attack left a father-of-one fighting for his life. Anthony Ayodeji was critical in hospital yesterday after he was shot three times as his son sat on his lap in their car on Friday...
- MINI Cooper Convertible Tops VW Beetle for Best Overall Value - IRVINE, Calif. -- NEWS FACTS IntelliChoice.com, part of the Motor Trend family and the source for automotive cost of ownership analysis, has issued a new "Datapoints" research brief that rates the best value convertible...
RACINE, Wis. -- Modine Manufacturing Company (NYSE: MOD), a diversified leader in thermal management technology and solutions, announced today that its operation in Brazil has received a Volkswagen Truck & Bus Supply Award 2007 for outstanding support. Modine Brazil was awarded for Best Product Development and was nominated in the...
NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-27 June 2008-Swedish-Dutch marketing and technology agency LBI International AB opens office in BeijingC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Swedish-Dutch marketing and technology agency LBI International AB (OMX Stockholm: LBI) (Euronext Amsterdam: LBI) said on Friday (27 June) that its unit LBI MetaDesign has opened an office...
University GMC and University VW/Audi ADDISON, Texas -- DealerAdvance[TM], Inc. (OTCBB:DLAV), announced today that the company has signed University GMC of Durham, NC and University VW/Audi in Seattle, WA to new contracts for DealerAdvance adding over $100,000 in sales. In making the announcement CEO Steven Humphries...
BERLIN AFP — The German goverment and industrial partners including auto giant Volkswagen launched Thursday a programme to encourage the development of more environmentally friendly hybrid vehicles. Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel pledged 15 million euros (23.5 million dollars) to the project which has four years to come up...
Gay rights supporters have been urged to boycott Heinz products after the company dropped a mayonnaise advertisement that showed two men kissing. Campaigners insisted that Heinz had capitulated to a concerted homophobic campaign. The corporation decided to withdraw the light-hearted Deli Mayo commercial within days of its...
THE order books for VW's new Scirocco opened this week, with prices starting at pounds 20k for the GT 2.0 TSi. Standard kit includes Adaptive Chassis Control, six-speed gearbox, ABS and ESP, six airbags, air con and 18-inch alloys. More importantly, this bold new Vee-Dub can crack 146mph and return...
The Caddy Maxi Life has all the space you'll ever need, and yet offers great value for money, says David Wilkins This week's test car, the Volkswagen Caddy Maxi Life, is a bit of a mouthful, so I'd better start by breaking its name down into its...
Cruise night - 5 to 9 p.m. today at Advance Auto Parts, S.W. 38th and Topeka Boulevard. All cars welcome. Topeka VW Car Club - Dub roast Sunday at the Fairlawn Plaza parking lot from 1 p.m. until dark. Event to include food, music, a car show...
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