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VPCM's Volkswagen Cares mobile app hits 30,000 downloads.
30 November 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia's (VPCM) mobile app - Volkswagen Cares,  has managed to garner 30,000 downloads thus far. The app (a locally developed and manag...
Goodbye Volkswagen Passat and Arteon?
30 November 2020
BERLIN: Here's a gloomy report from Automotive News Europe which claims Volkswagen has decided to discontinue production of the Passat sedan as early as 2023 and the Arteon will al...
VW plans small electric car for the masses
28 November 2020
The ID.4 electric SUV. BERLIN: Volkswagen is bringing forward the development of a small electric car for the mass market in anticipation of tougher climate regulations, according...
Volkswagen's new Tiguan SUV parks itself without a driver
23 November 2020
BERLIN: Parking the car is most people's least favourite aspect of driving, which is why Volkswagen has updated the Park Assist function on its facelifted Tiguan crossover SUV to l...
New Golf Alltrack on sale in Germany
19 November 2020
BERLIN: The Golf Alltrack is a cross between the Golf and an SUV and is the latest iteration of the all-wheel-drive all-rounder. It is based on the eighth, completely new Golf g...
Volkswagen begins production of new electric drivetrain in C...
17 November 2020
WOLFSBURG: Volkswagen has officially confirmed that its components manufacturing and development subsidiary has begun producing the APP 310 drive system in China. The subsidiary...
VW accelerates shift to electric, autonomous era
17 November 2020
FRANKFURT: Volkswagen is paring back the variety of combustion-engined cars and retooling more factories to build electric vehicles in an effort to keep up with rival Tesla, the ch...
VW’s boss warns the troops: we don’t want to end up like Nok...
06 November 2020
WOLFSBURG: Volkswagen AG is at a critical juncture. It has weathered the pandemic relatively well but is fretting about cases going up again. It has electric cars rolling out but i...
VW's Diess says existential electric race awaits after pande...
06 November 2020
FRANKFURT: Volkswagen AG chief executive officer Herbert Diess vowed to pursue a sweeping transition to electric cars, declaring it a matter of survival even as the coronavirus ris...
VW boss sees Joe Biden being more in sync with electric car ...
05 November 2020
Biden smiling during an appearance in Wilmington, Delaware, on Wednesday. — Reuters WOLFSBURG: Volkswagen AG’s boss waded carefully into the fraught matter of US presidential poli...
Greek island to shift to electric mobility with VW
05 November 2020
ATHENS: Greece and German auto giant Volkswagen teamed up Wednesday to help the Aegean island of Astypalea junk polluting cars in favour of electric vehicles to boost sustainable t...
VW Arteon Art Car auction raises RM133,200 for charity
04 November 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia (VPCM) and Wei-Ling Gallery have managed to successfully raise RM133,200 from the charity auction of Arteon art cars. The auctio...
New VW Golf R unleashed
04 November 2020
WOLFSBURG: The new VW Golf R has made its world premiere, The performance all-wheel-drive variant of the standard Golf (Mk8) boasts a 27hp gain over the outgoing model. This ...
VW takes on Tesla with first ID.4 electric models in China
04 November 2020
SHANGHAI: Volkswagen AG launched two ID.4 electric sport-utility vehicle models in China on Tuesday, taking on Tesla Inc in the world's biggest auto market. The ID.4 CROZZ model...
New VW Golf R teased ahead of Nov 4 world premiere
31 October 2020
WOLFSBURG: Volkswagen will introduce the new Golf R on Nov 4. The new Golf R is the most powerful Golf model in the history of this best-seller, of which more than 35 million un...
Volkswagen Malaysia's Halloween treat
30 October 2020
PETALING JAYA: Just in time to get spooked for Halloween, Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia (VPCM) present the animated Night of the Living Arteon on YouTube. VPCM had invited ...
China's premium car buyers drive VW back to profit
29 October 2020
WOLFSBURG: Volkswagen AG returned to profit in the third quarter as surging Chinese demand for luxury cars helped offset a 1.1% drop in vehicle deliveries due to the pandemic. T...
VW America consolidates brands in shift to new HQ
28 October 2020
WASHINGTON: Volkswagen Group of America (VWGoA) is relocating its US base in 2023 in a move to bring all its brands under one roof that would also improve efficiencies. It has s...
Decide how 'Night of the Living Arteon' ends
28 October 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia, the official distributor of the brand in Malaysia, has brought back the infamous urban legend of the Yellow Beetle along the Karak...
Stuttgart prosecutors drop investigation into ex-VW boss Win...
27 October 2020
FRANKFURT: Prosecutors in the German city of Stuttgart have dropped a market manipulation investigation into former Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn, deferring to a cri...