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- February 2012
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2012-02-28Volkswagen is title sponsor of 22nd Sea Otter Classics
With its support of the American cycling festival with 10,000 participants, Volkswagen of America is nailing its colours to the environmentally...
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2012-02-24Volkswagen presents 2011 preliminary consolidated financial statements
- Volkswagen Group again generates record profit in the fiscal year...
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2012-02-22We believe in respect and tolerance !
Attacks carried out by violent right-wing extremists have been met with horror and revulsion by the German population...
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2012-02-22Volkswagen Braunschweig offering a prize for respect and tolerance
The Sally Perel prize was commissioned by the works council and the inaugural prize is set to be awarded this year after the summer break. The prize is...
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2012-02-22First SEAT cars reach China
The first 250 units of the SEAT Leon shipped from Barcelona to China a few weeks ago have reached the port of Tianjin...
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2012-02-22Scania to invest in more efficient parts distribution
Scania has decided to boost its parts distribution capacity. The central warehouse in Europe will be extended and an entirely new parts warehouse will...
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2012-02-17Volkswagen Group reports another rise in already high delivery levels
The Volkswagen Group began 2012 with a rise in deliveries. The company sold 652,500 (January 2011: 644,200)* vehicles in January, an increase of...
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2012-02-16Volkswagen donates 4000 euro to Stellwerk e.V.
Volkswagen employees in Wolfsburg commit to helping people with mental health problems and disabilities. Back in mid-January...
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2012-02-14Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand again delivers well over 400,000 vehicles in January
The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand reported robust delivery figures for the beginning of this year: The company handed over 419,200...
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2012-02-14Fiscal 2011: MAN generates record revenue
Operating profit rose 43 percent year-on-year to €1.5 billion while return on sales increased from 7.1 percent to 9 percent. This meant that the MAN...
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2012-02-13Successful Start for Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles
In January 2012 Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles continued last year’s upward trend in deliveries. In the first month of the current business year, Europe’
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2012-02-102012 off to promising start for ŠKODA
ŠKODA is continuing on its growth course in early 2012. Worldwide sales of this long-established Czech carmaker rose 10.2 percent year on year in...
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2012-02-09Audi: strong growth in the United States and China
In January, AUDI AG once again achieved the record sales level of the same month last year – despite significantly more difficult underlying...
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2012-02-05Volkswagen of America sponsors Bikes Belong
Volkswagen of America enters into a new partnership with the Bikes Belong Foundation, the leading special interest group...
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2012-02-01Volkswagen reports 47.9 percent increase in January U.S. sales
January sales total 27,209, best January since 1974
Much-anticipated Game Day ad released todayVolkswagen of America, Inc. (VWoA) today reported 27,209 units sold in January, a 47.9 percent increase over prior year sales. “We ended 2011 strong and...
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2012-02-01The beginning of a new era: Volkswagen introduces the Modular Transverse Matrix (MQB)
This year, Volkswagen Group will be introducing the Modular Transverse Matrix – the German acronym is MQB – for the Volkswagen, Audi, ŠKODA and SEAT...
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2012-02-01Changes at Volkswagen Group Communications
Group Communications at Volkswagen is strengthening Volkswagen Product Communications effective February 1, 2012. Pietro Zollino (44) assumes...
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2012-02-01The "Scania Job Express" ferrying employees to Södertälje
Sweden comes up trumps: Since the end of last year, commercial vehicle manufacturer Scania has been providing luxury shuttle...
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- January 2012
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2012-01-31Scania invests in India
Scania is planning to invest about SEK 200 million in an industrial facility in Bangalore during the coming year. The Scania Regional Product Centre...
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2012-01-30ŠKODA celebrates: 14 million vehicles produced
The production jubilee is another milestone for the sustained growth of the automobile manufacturer. Until 2018, ŠKODA wants to increase its worldwide...
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2012-01-30T5 Assembly begins in Indonesia
By 2015, around 1,200 Transporters and Multivans are planned to roll off the assembly line in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta. As of now, Volkswagen...
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2012-01-30World debut for five-door ŠKODA Citigo
The five-door version will be successively launched in European markets together with the three-door version from mid-May 2012...
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2012-01-26“The best cars of 2012”: eight first-place rankings for the Volkswagen Group
Readers of the automotive magazine ‘auto motor und sport’ were asked to pick the ‘Best cars of 2012’ from a pool of over 300 vehicles. After the votes...
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2012-01-25Holistic ergonomics strategy
Volkswagen is pressing ahead with ergonomic workplace design. The brand’s vehicle production and components divisions invited plant managers from the...
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2012-01-24Site acquisition in Münchsmünster finalized: Audi expands production expertise further
The Audi site in Ingolstadt has been growing for years – but the space available is limited. In order to relieve the plant structurally, Audi has...
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