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Retail Asia02/02/2023

Volkswagen’s D-segment fighter has just been given a facelift. The Jetta has features like Xenon headlamps with integrated washers, LED daytime-running lamps, dual-zone Climatronic air-con and 16-inch alloy wheels. It also gets a 12-way electrically adjustable driver’s seat, front and rear parking sensors, and cruise control. Volkswagen’s D-segment fighter has just been given a facelift. The […]

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Retail Asia29/11/2022

Volkswagen Group has announced that its Aurangabad facility has transitioned to 100 percent green energy. The group had initially targeted reaching the goal by 2025, but it has done so ahead of its target. The facility received its Green Energy Certificate from Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL). Piyush Arora, Managing Director and CEO, […]

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Retail Asia01/04/2022

Audi and Porsche owner Volkswagen is likely to give the green light for the two brands to make their entry into motor racing’s Formula One at a meeting next week, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday. “We will hopefully be able to communicate our intention to enter into Formula One then,” one […]

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Retail Asia31/03/2022

Swiss federal prosecutors are set to drop a nearly five-year criminal investigation into Volkswagen’s diesel emissions scandal after concluding they did not have a strong enough case to file charges, they said on Tuesday. The Office of the Attorney General said it had informed the German carmaker and its Swiss dealership arm this month “that […]

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Retail Asia25/02/2022

Volkswagen India has announced the name of its upcoming compact sedan, and the model will be christened as ‘Virtus’ upon launch. The Volkswagen Virtus will be the second offering from the German automaker to be based on the MQB A0 IN platform after the Taigun and will replace the Volkswagen Vento in the company’s portfolio. Speaking about […]

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Retail Asia10/01/2022

Volkswagen will show a production version of its long-awaited ID.Buzz, an electric reincarnation of its beloved Microbus or Kombi, on March 9 and plans to launch it in the United States in late 2023, the company said on Friday. The ID.Buzz is one of “the most anticipated and most hyped” models anticipated from the Volkswagen […]

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Retail Asia30/11/2021

Samsung Electronics on Tuesday revealed new auto chips targeting demand for advanced chips in cars, including one mounted in Volkswagen’s infotainment system developed by LG Electronics. Demand is rising for “high-tech” automotive chips that can handle more entertainment consumption and increased electrical components in cars, Samsung said in a statement, saying that it plans to […]

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Retail Asia19/11/2021

Volkswagen plans to double staff numbers at its charging and energy division, roll out new payment technology next year and strike more alliances to take on Tesla in a key electric vehicle (EV) battleground: power infrastructure. By ensuring there are enough fast-charging plugs – and enough power – for the EVs it wants to sell, […]

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Retail Asia12/11/2021

Porsche AG, part of the Volkswagen Group, profits from being part of Volkswagen, its CEO Oliver Blume said on Wednesday, following speculation that an IPO of the luxury unit could be on the cards. “We feel very comfortable in the Volkswagen Group, we can profit from synergies. The important thing in this time is to […]

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Retail Asia29/09/2021

Brussels on Tuesday called on Volkswagen to pay out all European consumers – and not just German ones – affected by the “Dieselgate” scandal in which the automaker tampered with vehicle emissions to cheat pollution tests. EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders said in a statement that VW “is not willing to work with consumer organisations […]

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Retail Asia26/07/2021

Volkswagen recently rolled out its new brand design and logo across the company’s 150 dealerships across the country. The new brand logo was first unveiled at the 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show and it was showcased in India for the first time at the 2020 Auto Expo. The company is using a phase-wise approach for implementing the […]

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Retail Asia02/07/2021

Now before getting into the details of the new Volkswagen GTI facelift, let us tell you how these official pictures of the 2021 model year surfaced online. So we actually don’t know whether it is one of Volkswagen’s marketing strategies, or Ralf Brandstatter – CEO, Volkswagen Passenger Cars got so excited by looking at these official […]

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Retail Asia14/06/2021

The auto financing arms of Volkswagen AG and Ford Motor Co plan to stop giving new credit to car buyers and dealers in India and will exit from the country, sources aware of the development told Reuters. Volkswagen Finance Private Ltd, the German carmaker’s finance arm, stopped giving loans to car buyers in India last […]

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Retail Asia11/06/2021

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has revealed the all-new Multivan, which is a replacement to the Caravelle and will be targeted for the European markets. The Multivan is no longer built on the Transporter platform (on which the Caravelle was based) but is now based on the Volkswagen Group’s MQB platform, which just goes to show you […]

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Retail Asia04/05/2021

Volkswagen expects semiconductor supplies to the car sector to remain tight in coming months, the head of the carmaker’s namesake brand was quoted as saying on Saturday. “I think the situation will remain tense,” Ralf Brandstaetter, CEO of the Volkswagen brand and member of the carmaker’s management board, told German news agency dpa. He said […]

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Retail Asia30/04/2021

Volkswagen boss Herbert Diess is stepping down as head of the supervisory boards at subsidiaries Seat and Skoda to focus on building up a stronger software-development team, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Volkswagen declined to comment. Handelsblatt had reported the news earlier. At Seat, Diess would be succeeded by current technology […]

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Retail Asia28/04/2021

Volkswagen Group China has begun construction of an all-new MEB plant at Volkswagen Anhui recently. As the third of the Group’s pure-electric vehicle manufacturing facilities in China, following completion of the Anting (SAIC VW) and Foshan (FAW-VW) plants, the Volkswagen Anhui plant will be powered by green energy from day one. Due for completion mid-2022, […]

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Retail Asia26/04/2021

Volkswagen is considering a change to its supervisory board that could lead to the replacement of Bernd Osterloh, the head of its powerful works council who clashed with CEO Herbert Diess last year, sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Osterloh’s departure, if confirmed, could weaken resistance to faster and more drastic restructuring at […]

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Retail Asia19/04/2021

We knew it would happen sooner or later but Volkswagen is all set to bring in a sporty top-of-the-range model to its electric vehicle range – the new ID.4 GTX. The car will be unveiled on April 28 and the company has already teased the logo. Similar to GTI and GTE, it stands for its […]

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Retail Asia14/04/2021

The Volkswagen Taigun has been one of the much-anticipated launches for 2021. Expected to go on sale in India ahead of the festive season, the German carmaker has already revealed a fair bit about the SUV, however, so far the cabin of the SUV was kept hidden. But not anymore. Yes, Volkswagen India has officially […]

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