VW, BMW and Mercedes are getting left in the dust by China’s...
17 October 2024
SHANGHAI: Ryan Xu was a dream customer for Germany’s automakers.
The Guangdong-based entrepreneur and her husband own a Porsche 911 and a Mercedes-Benz G-Class and were among th...
VW Tayron debuts, fills gap between Touareg and Tiguan
10 October 2024
WOLFSBURG: Volkswagen has unveiled the new Tayron, a large SUV offering five or seven seats, positioned between the premium Touareg and the mid-range Tiguan.
The Tayron boasts a...
VW to roll out 8 new electric models by 2027, says brand chi...
10 October 2024
BERLIN: Volkswagen brand aims to win back market share with eight new affordable electric models to be rolled out by 2027, brand head Thomas Schaefer told the publication auto moto...
Let Chinese automakers avert tariffs by investing in EU, say...
07 October 2024
FRANKFURT: The CEO of Volkswagen said the European Union should consider adjusting planned tariffs against China-made electric vehicles to make allowances for investments made in E...
VW ID.7 Pro S1 travels 794km, exceeds official range by 85km
03 October 2024
WOLFSBURG/ZURICH: Volkswagen is going through a bad patch now what with declining car sales and having to close some plants and setting itself up for a bitter fight with powerful u...
Volkswagen’s second profit warning exposes a carmaker in dec...
30 September 2024
BERLIN: Volkswagen AG’s second profit warning in three months makes one thing clear: Europe’s biggest automaker is in decline.
The German manufacturer last Friday slashed expect...
Volkswagen crisis pits CEO against union boss
25 September 2024
FRANKFURT: Volkswagen managers and workers representatives will start crunch talks in Hanover on Wednesday, following the German group's announcement that drastic cost-cutting meas...
VW ceases Polo production in Europe as it pivots towards aff...
24 September 2024
WOLFSBURG: Volkswagen has ended production of its Polo model in Europe after 40 years, marking a big shift in the company’s manufacturing strategy.
Built at its Spanish plant in...
VW targets job cuts in China to lower costs
23 September 2024
BEIJING: Volkswagen AG has begun to trim corporate jobs in China as it works to reduce overhead by a target of 20% globally over the next three years.
The cuts amount to severa...
Germany considering ways to support VW, says economy ministe...
20 September 2024
FRANKFURT/BERLIN: Germany's government is considering ways to support Volkswagen, German economy minister and vice chancellor Robert Habeck said on Thursday, when asked about the t...
VW and China partner SAIC set to close car plant as sales sh...
18 September 2024
SHANGHAI: Volkswagen AG and its oldest Chinese partner plan to shutter one plant in China and possibly more in response to slowing demand for combustion-engine cars, in a further p...
VW launches all-new Transporter at Hanover trade show
16 September 2024
HANOVER: Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles unveiled on Sunday the all-new, seventh-generation Transporter at the IAA Transportation 2024 here, marking a significant evolution of its i...
Europe pulls back from EV shift
06 September 2024
WOLFSBURG: Europe is stalling for time in the electric-car race as the region’s automakers struggle with the transition and politicians become wary of fueling voter frustrations.
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Germany hit by VW’s slow decline
05 September 2024
WOLFSBURG: On a Monday afternoon in mid-August, workers at Volkswagen AG’s electric vehicle factory in Zwickau shuttled stony-faced between car frames and platforms.
The plant w...
Volkswagen's Cupra 'at risk' from planned EU tariffs
04 September 2024
BERLIN: An electric vehicle made in China by Volkswagen's Cupra brand would be "wiped out" if the European Commission followed through with planned import tariffs of 21.3% on the v...
Former VW boss finally goes on trial in Germany over 'Diesel...
04 September 2024
WOLFSBURG: Almost exactly nine years after the diesel emissions scandal at Volkswagen came to light, the auto giant's former boss Martin Winterkorn finally went on trial in German ...
German government to intervene in crisis facing Volkswagen
04 September 2024
WOLFSBURG: German auto giant Volkswagen's troubles and warnings about potential plant closures requires government intervention, German Economy Minister Robert Habeck announced on ...
VW considers historic German plant closures in cost drive
03 September 2024
BERLIN: Volkswagen is considering closing factories in Germany for the first time, in a move that shows the mounting price pressure Europe's top carmaker faces from Asian rivals.
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370 Volkswagen Golf models mark Malaysia Book of Records
27 August 2024
KUALA LUMPUR: Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia (VPCM) today earned its place in the Malaysia Book of Records with the largest gathering of 370 units of the Golf at the 2024 Golf ...
Sportiest electric Volkswagen: Start of pre-sales for ID.3 G...
14 August 2024
WOLFSBURG: Volkswagen is upping the ante by launching a new, even sportier version of the ID.3 GTX.
In addition to the ID.3 GTX, which delivers 210 kW (285 PS), the new ID.3 GTX...
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