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Volkswagen to spend 32.3 billion next three years

Alborz Fallah — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:07:48 +0000

Volkswagen Group is planning to spend 19.9 billion Euros (AUD$32.3 billion) in brand expansion and development over the next three years. Around half of that money will be invested in Germany on projects like the takeover of the Karmann factory announced on Saturday. VW will begin production of a new vehicle – rumoured to be the Golf [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Volkswagen to spend 32.3 billion next three years

Volkswagen to produce more engines, transmissions in China

Matt Brogan — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:30:44 +0000

Volkswagen will produce more engines and transmissions in China as part of its global expansion strategy to meet rising demand for fuel efficient vehicles. The company – China’s largest foreign car manufacturer – will manufacture its TSI engines and DSG gearboxes in an attempt to reduce the fuel consumption of its locally made cars by 20 [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Volkswagen to produce more engines, transmissions in China

Skoda begins production of new engine with Audi, Seat, VW

Matt Brogan — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:55:07 +0000

Skoda has commenced production of a new four-cylinder engine which will be shared between itself, Audi, Volkswagen and Seat. The all-new 1.2-litre design is a supercharged, direct fuel injection unit capable of producing 77kW and will carry the TSI (Turbo Stratified Injection) family name. Skoda BOD chairman, Reinhard Jung, said the engine was designed specifically to minimise [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Skoda begins production of new engine with Audi, Seat, VW

2010 Volkswagen Polo sedan pics

Matt Brogan — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:57:39 +0000

Renderings of a sedan variant of Volkswagen’s new Polo have today been shot across the CarAdvice news desk. The VW Polo sedan will share a more ‘family’ look, in line with Mark VI Golf and Tiuguan, and will be offered with the usual spread of diesel and petrol engines. No test mules have yet been caught by [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

2010 Volkswagen Polo sedan pics

Volkswagen Amarok will be official support vehicle for Dakar Rally

Matt Brogan — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:35:59 +0000

The Dakar Rally runs from the 1st to the 17th of January 2010, covering a distance of 9,000km through Argentina and Chile starting and finishing from Buenos Aires. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is the Official Supplier to the Dakar Rally and have chosen the Amarok to be the support vehicle. Organisers will use 20 Amarok with another [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Volkswagen Amarok will be official support vehicle for Dakar Rally

Toyota still world’s number one manufacturer

Matt Brogan — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:53:57 +0000

It seems a report published by IHS Global Insight last Thursday was a little premature, with official numbers today showing Toyota is still ahead of Volkswagen in sales volume. Volkswagen’s third-quarter financial results revealed the manufacturer produced 4.4 million vehicles during the first nine months of the year – trumping Toyota’s 4.2 million units. However, VW’s [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Toyota still world’s number one manufacturer

2010 Volkswagen Jetta Review

Matt Brogan — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:19:08 +0000

Volkswagen have today released its revised 2010 Jetta range featuring a new range of engines, trim and specification levels – as well as a competitive reduction in pricing – across the entire Jetta line up. CarAdvice this afternoon joined Volkswagen Group Australia for a drive day in Victoria’s picturesque Yarra Valley wine region for a taste [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

2010 Volkswagen Jetta Review

Volkswagen tops Toyota as world’s largest vehicle producer

Matt Brogan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:02:54 +0000

Figures from automotive industry analyst IHS Global Insight show that Volkswagen has overtaken Toyota as the world’s largest vehicle producer for the first three-quarters of 2009. VW made 4.4 million vehicles from January to September compared to the 4.2 million tallied in Toyota’s recent financial report. However, Toyota today claimed that it has actually produced 4.9 million [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Volkswagen tops Toyota as world’s largest vehicle producer

Volkswagen Touareg set to defend ‘Dakar’ title

Matt Brogan — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:14:25 +0000

Volkswagen will field not one but five race-spec Touaregs early next year as the team bids to defend one of the most challenging international motorsport events, the Dakar Rally. Taking place across the South American continent for the second consecutive year, the 31st ‘Dakar’ Rally will see the five Volkswagen teams encountering some of the most [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Volkswagen Touareg set to defend ‘Dakar’ title

Volkswagen Beetle Germany’s most popular classic car

Matt Brogan — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:37:30 +0000

The Volkswagen Beetle reminds me of my childhood watching Herbi the Love Bug on TV. Most people would have fond memories of the Beetle be it their first car or someone in the family owned one. In Germany the Volkswagen Beetle is the most registered car produced before 1979, with 44,540 still driving the streets. The [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Volkswagen Beetle Germany’s most popular classic car

2011 Volkswagen Touareg spy pics

Matt Brogan — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:28:36 +0000

Today’s spy pics show an actual prototype of the 2011 Volkswagen Touareg. The 2011 Touareg will go on a crash diet and be some 300 kilograms lighter! This should certainly help the Touareg’s less-than-stellar fuel economy and improve handling. Along with its weight loss, we’re also hearing the chassis has in fact been lengthened by a [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

2011 Volkswagen Touareg spy pics

2010 Volkswagen Golf GTI Review

Anthony Crawford — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:10:15 +0000

I’m somewhere in the Victorian Alps with about forty-kilometres of clean, windy road ahead and I’m driving the new GTI at eight-tenths with former F1 driver Hans Stuck on my tail. Make that nine-tenths. I’m carrying an awful lot of speed into these curves, and yet even in the tighter sections, the GTI is seemingly [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

2010 Volkswagen Golf GTI Review

Volkswagen’s new mid-size sedan sketch released

Matt Brogan — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:08:07 +0000

In a bid to tackle big sellers, such as the likes of Camry and Accord Euro, Volkswagen is planning a new mid-sized sedan that will sit between its Jetta and Passat models. The as yet unnamed sedan has so far been nothing more than a rumour, until this sketch was released by the manufacturer earlier today. The [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Volkswagen’s new mid-size sedan sketch released

Volkswagen launches greenest Golf yet

Matt Brogan — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:43:50 +0000

In July, CarAdvice brought you news that Volkswagen had announced a new, highly-efficient Golf model which returns 3.41L/100km on the combined cycle and emits just 107 g/km of carbon dioxide. Now a new model is available to order (not yet available in Australia) – the most efficient production Golf ever – which achieves 3.16L/100km combined [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Volkswagen launches greenest Golf yet

2010 Volkswagen Golf GTI Preview

Anthony Crawford — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:29:01 +0000

Golf GTI 2.0 Litre TSI 155kW 3 door 6-speed manual $38,990 Golf GTI 2.0 Litre TSI 155kW 3 door 6-speed DSG $41,490 Golf GTI 2.0 Litre TSI 155kW 5 door 6-speed manual $40,490 Golf GTI 2.0 Litre TSI 155kW 5 door 6-speed DSG $42,990 CarAdvice is currently on the launch of the new Volkswagen Golf V1 GTI, and will [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

2010 Volkswagen Golf GTI Preview

Volkswagen takes 49.9 per cent stake in Porsche

Alborz Fallah — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:40:59 +0000

It was Porsche that originally tried to buy Volkswagen, now its Volkswagen buying Porsche, not all of it of course but just 0.1 per cent short of half ownership. The agreement was finally reached after extensive talks between the two companies. As it stands now Volkswagen will acquire a “participation” in the operating business of Porsche [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Volkswagen takes 49.9 per cent stake in Porsche

German luxury marques boom in China

Matt Brogan — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:56:59 +0000

The booming Chinese car market continues to be one of the few bright spots for German luxury manufacturers, which have drawn few benefits from scrapping programs in the UK, US and Europe. Mercedes-Benz, Audi and BMW all posted year-on-year volume gains of more than 35 per cent in the China last month in stark contrast [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

German luxury marques boom in China

2012 Volkswagen Golf VII leaked and rendered

George Skentzos — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:51:40 +0000

In a recent promotional video to showcase their creative process, Volkswagen accidently included a full-sized clay model of the next generation Golf VII in the background of one of the shots. While the offending clip was quickly removed, naturally our friends at Scoopy have pounced on this opportunity by creating a very accurate depiction of the [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

2012 Volkswagen Golf VII leaked and rendered

2011 Volkswagen Touareg spy photos

Alborz Fallah — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:20:36 +0000

We’ve seen mules of the next generation Volkswagen Touareg for some time but now we’ve got our hands on the very first photos of an actual next-generation Touareg prototype testing somewhere in the United States. Sources are suggesting the new 2011 Touareg will be significantly lighter, rumors suggest up to some 300 kilograms than the current [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

2011 Volkswagen Touareg spy photos

2011 Volkswagen Sharan spy pics

Matt Brogan — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:15:09 +0000

Our photographers managed to snap shots of the replacement of today’s Volkswagen Sharan, likely the German firm’s longest-selling vehicle since the Beetle. The original debut of the current generation, not sold in Australia, was way back in February 1995 – almost 16 years before the second-gen Sharan will make its debut at the 2011 Geneva Show. Like [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

2011 Volkswagen Sharan spy pics