Volkswagen News

The Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Sergey Naryshkin, and the Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Prof. Martin Winterkorn, were joined by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of SkodaAuto, Reinhard Jung, and Prof. Jochem Heizmann,

“Over the next three years the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand will be investing 9.5 billion euros,” Prof. Jochem Heizmann, Member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, announced.

The Tiguan compact 4x4 is the first model in the Volkswagen range to be fitted with a four-cylinder diesel engine featuring common-rail technology from Bosch, designed to deliver impressive fuel consumption, reduced emissions and a more refined performance.

Volkswagen is among the founding members of an alliance of German industries which have joined forces to develop high-performance batteries for stationary and mobile operation.

Touring the show after the press conference California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger had the opportunity to sit behind the wheel of the recently unveiled Volkswagen space up! blue concept car.

All parts for Volkswagen, Audi, Seat and Skoda cars and light commercial vehicles can now be purchased from a new, all-embracing Trade Parts Specialist (TPS) centre, which recently opened at 696 Stirling Road on the Slough Industrial Estate.

Volkswagen today unveiled the third and most advanced iteration yet of the up! family of concept vehicles at the Los Angeles Motor Show.

Today, the 15 millionth Passat produced throughout the world rolled off the assembly line at Volkswagen’s Emden plant. Official DKMS ambassador Sybille Beckenbauer accepted the vehicle as a donation from Prof. Jochem Heizmann, Member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Pavel Vacek, plant manager at Emden and Peter Jacobs, Chairman of the Works Council of Emden plant.

A huge success for Volkswagen Research in the USA: the Passat prototype Junior takes second place in the Urban Challenge 2007, the world's most demanding car race, a contest for intelligent, completely autonomous cars.

The British pop band, Take That, have chosen a Volkswagen Caravelle to use on their current European tour promoting their new album, Beautiful World.