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• Wolfsburg owners admit they are courting Lehmann

  - 2007-12-11

  BERLIN AFP — The owners of Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg - car giants Volkswagen - have strengthened speculation around Arsenal's disgruntled goalkeeper Jens Lehmann by admitting they are courting Germany's first-choice shot-stopper. Lehmann, 38, has been out of favour at the English Premier League side since being replaced by...

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• VW aims to overtake Toyota by 2018: report

  - 2007-11-21

  FRANKFURT AFP — Volkswagen, already the biggest European car maker, aims to overtake Toyota of Japan as the biggest worldwide in 2018 by selling 11 million vehicles, the German magazine Capital said Wednesday. VW, which sold 5.7 million cars and lorries last year, expects to reach its goal primarily...

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• Malaysia's Proton and VW say tie-up talks shelved

  - 2007-11-20

  KUALA LUMPUR AFP — Malaysia's government and Volkswagen said Tuesday they had shelved long-running talks about an alliance between the German firm and the Asian nation's car maker Proton. Malaysia's state investment arm Khazanah Nasional, which controls Proton, said it had discontinued negotiations with Volkswagen. The German car...

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• Volkswagen sales up 7.9 pct in first quarter

  - 2007-04-17

  WOLFSBURG, Germany AFP — German auto giant Volkswagen said Tuesday that it sold a total 1.47 million cars worldwide in the first three months of the current year, 7.9 percent more than in the same period a year earlier. A dent in sales in the car maker's home German...

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• Malaysian PM to meet Volkswagen chiefs, says official

  - 2007-04-01

  KUALA LUMPUR AFP — Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is expected to meet with top officials from German giant Volkswagen over the future of ailing national automaker Proton, a senior official said Sunday. "A high level meeting is expected soon. It is being arranged," the official who is...

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• Rallying: Spanish duo win Dakar 12th stage

  - 2007-01-18

  KAYES, Mali AFP — Spanish motorcyclist Isidre Esteve Pujol and his car-driving compatriot Carlos Sainz came out on top of the 12th stage of the Dakar rally between Ayoun El Atrous in Mauritania and Kayes in Mali. For Sainz this was a third stage win in this year's race but...

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• Belgian VW unions cautious on news of plan to save plant

  - 2006-11-25

  BRUSSELS AFP — Trade union leaders in Brussels have given a cautious welcome to a reported plan to save the troubled Volkswagen plant here, just days after the announcement of thousands of job losses. Volkswagen's new boss Martin Winterkorn has come up with a scheme to save the car giant's...

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• Volkswagen shares lower on news of chairman's shock departure

  - 2006-11-08

  FRANKFURT AFP — Shares in German car maker Volkswagen are lower in volatile trading on the stock exchange here, as investors digested the shock announcement of the group's chairman, Bernd Pischetsrieder. In mid-morning trade, VW shares were showing a loss of 0.95 euros or 1.17 percent at 80.30 euros after...

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• Volkswagen to sell Hanover-based foundry

  - 2006-08-23

  FRANKFURT AFP — German car maker Volkswagen is negotiating to sell its foundry in Hanover, north Germany, a company spokesman has said confirming a media report. The monthly magazine "Manager Magazin" had said that two potential candidates were examining the factory's books. VW, Europe's biggest car maker, employs...

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• Faurecia chief executive resigns over car parts corruption probe

  - 2006-08-02

  PARIS AFP — The chief executive of French car parts maker Faurecia, Pierre Levi, has resigned following an investigation in Germany of his role in an alleged bribery scandal, the company said. A statement from Faurecia said Levi had resigned "as a consequence of the current judicial inquiry in...

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