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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$120.4B
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Helping you 'Arrive'! Volkswagen AG ( German: VOW) is one of the leading automobile manufacturers in the world. Number one in Europe, it produces over 5.2 million cars, trucks, and vans annually. Some of its models are Passat, Touareg, Phaeton, Lamborghini, Bentley, and Bugatti. It operates plants in Africa, the Americas, the Asia/Pacific region, and Europe and it is sold in about 150 countries. This $121.3 billion company is based in Wolfsburg, Germany and employs about 342,500 people. In March 2006 the company's Supervisory Board approved the sale of wholly-owned subsidiary Europcar to the French investment group Eurazeo
Number of Employees 369,928
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing: 336211
Recent Events
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Maybach Fails to Dent Rolls and Bentley
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VW poised to make full bid for MAN SE: report ...
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MAN SE stock jumps on report that bid from VW looms
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Bugatti Veyron might land in India next year!
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California Lemon Law: Beware Transmission Problems
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Training centres, no power cuts: Chavan's promises...
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BRIEF: New Beetles coming
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Review: Audi R8, precision meets flair
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Suzuki-VW, a winners' alliance
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Volkswagen, Suzuki could develop the Maruti Alto replacement for India
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Volkswagen To Buy 19.9% Stake In Suzuki Motor
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Germany's Volkswagen to take 20 per cent stake in Japan's Suzuki
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Volkswagen set to buy up to 20% Suzuki stake
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VW Starts Production Of First India Car
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VW Takes Porsche Stake of 49.9 Percent
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UPDATE 1-Porsche experts absolve former execs of guilt
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Tax changes proposed to aid smaller Madoff investors
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Volkswagen Shareholders Approve Plan To Raise Capital To Finance Porsche Deal - Update
News & Analysis
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Neil Winton: Worst may be ahead for Europe's carmakers
BNET
- 2009-08-11
Europe's car manufacturers performed pitifully in the second quarter with the exception of Germany's Volkswagen and to a lesser degree Italy's Fiat, but all are banking on the underlying markets rallying and riding to their rescue. Most are likely to be disappointed. Europe's car markets have been propped up in...
Learn About the World Passenger Cars Market
- 2008-10-01
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Cars industry is available in its catalogue. World Passenger Cars Market http://www.reportlinker.com/p092464/World-Passenger-Cars-Market.html This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Passenger Cars in Thousands of Units.The report provides separate comprehensive analytics for the...
Wescast Announces New European Business.
- 2005-11-01
BRANTFORD, ONTARIO, Nov 1, 2005 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Wescast Industries Inc. ("Wescast")(TSX:WCS.SV.A) announced today that its European business unit, Wescast Hungary Autoipari Rt., has been awarded new business contracts with PSA Peugeot Citroen, Volkswagen AG and Ford of Europe. PSA Peugeot Citroen...
Diesel price shock.(Brief Article)
- 2004-12-13
Dec 12, 2004 (The Sunday Mail - Queensland - ABIX via COMTEX) The cost of diesel has risen in Australia in 2004 by more than that of unleaded petrol. This is a disappointment for motorists who switched to diesel-driven cars. Car manufacturers who now sell...
DHB expands and plans exports.
- 2003-12-16
Brazil, Dec 16, 2003 (Gazeta Mercantil/SABI via COMTEX) The Brazilian autoparts maker DHB Componentes Automotivos is to inaugurate a new production line through US$10mil investments in order to become independent from the imports. The rate of local manufacturing will jump from 30% to 80%....
FOREIGN CARMAKERS EYE CHINA MARKET.
- 2003-05-15
BEIJING, May 15 Asia Pulse The world's nine biggest automakers have all forged partnerships with major Chinese counterparts by launching joint ventures in China. They are General Motors, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, Toyota, Volkswagen, Renault-Nissan, PSA Peugeot Citroen, Honda and BMW. Such partnerships are expected to, in...
Lightweight auto bodies drive growth at Wagon; U.K. door specialist answers demand for lighter vehicles.(Suppliers)(Wagon PLC)
- 2002-12-30
Byline: Edmund Chew United Kingdom supplier Wagon PLC expects to benefit from a trend toward outsourcing lightweight body components. Wagon has a thriving business building aluminum doors for several luxury-car manufacturers. But CEO Nick Brayshaw sees more opportunities as lightweight-metal doors...
Different fuel choices becoming a reality.
- 2002-05-26
May 26, 2002 The West Australian ABIX via COMTEX -- Fuel injection in automobiles was introduced by Bosch in 1952, and is still widely used 50 years later. While fuel injection celebrates its milestone, however, new options for fuelling automobiles are also in the...
Improvements in small car safety.
- 2001-11-28
Nov 29, 2001 The Mercury ABIX via COMTEX -- Crash tests performed by Australia's New Car Assessment Program NCAP indicate the safety of small cars is improving. The NCAP said 10 models scored four out of five stars for safety performance. The Holden Barina,...
A classic kind of investment.
- 2001-11-18
Nov 19, 2001 The Mercury ABIX via COMTEX -- As well as being a joy to drive, some sports cars are also a sound investment. Models such as BMW's Z3 have been so popular with affluent enthusiasts that Mercedes-Benz has released the soft-top SL500,...
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