Volkswagen News

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.

The new Volkswagen Tiguan has been awarded a class-leading insurance rating by Thatcham and the Association of British Insurers (ABI).

Volkswagen is replacing its 1.6-litre FSI petrol engine, which is popular across the Golf, Golf Plus, Jetta, Eos and Passat ranges, with a new 1.4-litre TSI unit to deliver more power and torque with reduced fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.

The Tokyo Motor Show today saw the debut of the space up! – the latest concept vehicle to join the Volkswagen up! small car family.

Volkswagen has staged the UK final of its inaugural Service Qualification World Championships, aimed to raise standards in aftersales yet higher across the retailer network and reward the top-performing service advisors and technicians.

The Tiguan, Volkswagen’s new compact 4x4, is now available for ordering from UK retailers ahead of its UK launch in February 2008. Prices start at £19,370 for the entry-level model, the S 1.4-litre TSI 4MOTION.

Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft and Daimler AG have each acquired a minority shareholding in CHOREN Industries GmbH, Freiberg. Contracts to this effect were signed today in Freiberg.