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April 2008

• 2008-04-18 Shanghai Volkswagen increases production capacity with branch in Nanjing

  Shanghai Volkswagen inaugurated its fourth car plant today to meet growing car demand in China. The site has an initial capacity of 60,000 vehicles...

• 2008-04-15 Lamborghini launches "The World of Lamborghini" on iTunes

  Today, Automobili Lamborghini, producer of the world’s most stylish super sports cars, announced that enthusiasts can now subscribe to "The World...

• 2008-04-14 Volkswagen Group sets historic record in first quarter of 2008, delivering 1.572 million vehicles to customers worldwide under increasingly difficult market conditions

  The first three months of this year represent the most successful first quarter in the history of the Volkswagen Group: worldwide, the Group...

• 2008-04-09 AUDI AG: best first-quarter vehicle sales in company history

  The first three months of this year have been the most successful first quarter in the history of AUDI AG: From January to March, the brand with...

• 2008-04-09 Werner Eichhorn to become Head of Sales Germany

  Werner Eichhorn (45) has been appointed Head of Sales Germany at the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand effective June 1, 2008. He succeeds...

• 2008-04-03 Sustainable growth strategy of Volkswagen in China successful

  Volkswagen Group China increased deliveries to customers in China Mainland, Hong Kong and Macao in the first quarter of 2008 by 32.5 percent to...

• 2008-04-01 Automobili Lamborghini joins the circle of most profitable car brands

  In the 2007 fiscal year (December 31), the company has surpassed all key objectives for deliveries, sales and net profit. 2007 marks the sixth...

March 2008

• 2008-03-26 Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles achieves all-time high in deliveries, turnover and operating profit in 2007

  Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles will be participating in the product offensive of the Volkswagen Group with the new generation of pickup vehicles....

• 2008-03-20 Passat BlueMotion in “World Green Cars 2008” top 3

  The Passat BlueMotion is one of the most environmentally friendly cars worldwide. The jury of international judges of the “World Car...

• 2008-03-18 Volkswagen Financial Services AG: Growth course has further continued in 2007

  The total assets of Europe's largest provider of automobile-related financial services went up 19.1 percent to 52.31 billion euros. The pretax result...

• 2008-03-17 Škoda sales grew by a fifth in february

  The Škoda Octavia has defended its position as the best-selling model (altogether 27,012 vehicles, of which 20,954 Škoda Octavia and 6,058 Škoda...

• 2008-03-13 Volkswagen Reports Record Deliveries, Sales Revenue and Profit

  The Volkswagen Group reached new records for deliveries, sales revenue and profit last year...

• 2008-03-12 Volkswagen sponsors the 2008 Olympic Games

  As exclusive automobile partner, the Volkswagen Group will be providing the Organisation Committee with a fleet of about 6,000 vehicles. It consists...

• 2008-03-11 Audi: Most successful fiscal year of all time

  In the 2007 fiscal year, AUDI AG once again achieved record figures for production, vehicle sales, revenue and profit...

• 2008-03-11 Live worldwide coverage of the Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft 2008 Annual Press Conference

  Volkswagen will be providing live transmission of the speeches by the Board of Management at the 2008 Annual Press Conference taking place in...

• 2008-03-04 Bentley outlines environmental strategy

  On a well-to-wheel basis, the entire Bentley model range will be capable of delivering less than 120 g/km of CO2 by 2012...

• 2008-03-03 Ad hocVolkswagen acquires entire Investor and Wallenberg Foundations stake in Scania
• 2008-03-03 Volkswagen acquires entire Investor and Wallenberg Foundations
  stake in Scania

  Volkswagen has reached an agreement with Investor AB and the Wallenberg Foundations regarding the purchase of their stakes in Scania...

February 2008

• 2008-02-29 Ad hoc2007 consolidated financial statements
• 2008-02-29 Volkswagen records with EUR 6.5 billion its highest profit before tax in the history of the Company

  Volkswagen AG today announced in an Ad-hoc-Release its key figures for 2007...