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October 2008

• 2008-10-10 Audi the Clear Victor at 7th Internet Auto Awards

  Five first-place finishes and a special award for Audi at the 7th Internet Auto Awards: a truly impressive achievement for the brand with the four...

• 2008-10-08 First choice in safety

  Four Volkswagen models were awarded the best grade of "top safety pick" in the most recent publication of the independent US safety institute...

• 2008-10-07 AUDI AG: Best September sales ever

  AUDI AG notched up double-digit growth rates in Europe, Asia/Pacific and America in September. The brand with the four rings increased its...

• 2008-10-06 Lower Saxony’s Prime Minister Wulff visits Volkswagen plant in Pune / India

  Together with a delegation of approximately 70 high-ranking business representatives from northern Germany who are currently on an information tour...

• 2008-10-01 Audi starts production of new Audi A4 in India

  Audi is continuing to make its mark on the Indian automobile market. The company today announced the start of localassembly of the new Audi A4...

• 2008-10-01 Change at Group Communications

  Mario Guerreiro (50) has been appointed to the new position of Head of International Communications in Group Communications at Volkswagen...

• 2008-10-01 Transfer of responsibility for the import business in Ireland

  Today, the responsibility for the import business of Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles will transfer from...

September 2008

• 2008-09-30 Sustainability indexes confirm progress in human resources and corporate citizenship

  Volkswagen has now qualified for two prestigious sustainability indexes: the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index, considered to be the world’s...

• 2008-09-24 AUDI AG: Dr. h.c. Andreas Schleef retires after 35 years

  After spending 35 years with AUDI AG, a retirement ceremony was held today for Dr. Andreas Schleef at the Audi Supervisory Board Meeting in Györ...

• 2008-09-24 Volkswagen Group delivers 4.24 million vehicles worldwide from January to August 2008

  The Volkswagen Group delivered 4.24 million vehicles worldwide in the first eight months of this year. This represents a 4.1 percent increase...

• 2008-09-23 Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles seeks continued growth with new products

  The Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles brand is on a growth track – deliveries to customers on a worldwide basis rose by 9.3 per cent to 343,100...

• 2008-09-19 40 years ago: VW 411 makes its press debut in Wolfsburg

  Forty years have passed since Volkswagen presented the VW 411, at that time the company’s largest and most powerful model yet, to some 200...

• 2008-09-16 Skoda Auto manufactures its millionth vehicle in Vrchlabí since its merger with Volkswagen

  The plant at Vrchlabí was founded one hundred years ago this year. Since 1991 it has produced the following models...

• 2008-09-15 Brazil: Volkswagen Trucks and Buses expands capacities

  Stephan Schaller and Roberto Cortes, together with President Lula da Silva of Brazil, open new logistics centre...

• 2008-09-04 New Board of Management line-up at Volkswagen Financial Services:
  Frank Witter appointed Chairman

  Frank Witter (49) has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Financial Services AG with effect from September 15, 2008....

• 2008-09-04 AUDI AG records significant growth in European export markets during August

  Audi has achieved considerable growth in important European markets, in some cases despite unfavorable general conditions: sales during the...

• 2008-09-04 Schürmann new board member for finance at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles

  Klaus-Dieter Schürmann will take over as the Board of Management member with responsibility for Finance and IT at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles...

• 2008-09-01 Bentley Announces New Bucharest Dealership

  Bucharest, once known as ‘Little Paris’, now has its own symbol of luxury retailing. Bentley Motors, the British manufacturer of hand-built luxury...

August 2008

• 2008-08-29 Jagla assumes responsibility for HR at new plant in USA

  Hans-Herbert Jagla (55), currently HR director at Volkswagen AG in Wolfsburg, will assume responsibility for HR at the new Volkswagen plant in...

• 2008-08-29 Holecek appointed Managing Director for HR at new plant in Kaluga

  Jaroslav Holecek (52) will assume responsibility for human resources (HR) at the new Volkswagen plant in Kaluga, Russia with effect from September...