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November 2007

• 2007-11-16 Crash test in the USA:
  Top marks now also for Audi A3

  The well-known Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) in the USA has now also awarded the sporty, compact Audi A3 its highest rating of “Top...

• 2007-11-15 Sales record: Volkswagen Group delivered 5.14 million vehicles in the first ten months

  From January to October of this year, the Volkswagen Group delivered 5.14 million vehicles to its customers throughout the world, thus setting a...

• 2007-11-14 New appointments for Volkswagen Representative Offices in Berlin and Brussels

  With effect from December 1, 2007, Hans-Christian Maaß (57) will assume responsibility for the Representative Office of Volkswagen...

• 2007-11-13 Volkswagen brand sales rise 12.5 percent in October
  – Strongest monthly growth so far

  The Volkswagen brand delivered 318,000 vehicles worldwide in October 2007, an increase of 12.5 percent compared with the same month in 2006...

• 2007-11-13 Hans-Joachim Stuck to become Motorsport Representative for the Volkswagen Group

  Hans-Joachim Stuck has been appointed Motorsport Representative for the Volkswagen Group with effect from January 2008. Stuck’s cross-brand...

• 2007-11-08 The New generation of Superb Tested by Reporters for First Time

  The extreme conditions of the American desert were the setting for a test of two prototypes for the new generation of Škoda Superb model. For the...

• 2007-11-08 En route to a twelfth record year:

  AUDI AG sold some 76,900 vehicles worldwide during October – an increase of 5.3 percent (2006: 73,050). In the first ten months of the year...

• 2007-11-05 Volkswagen advances development of lithium-ion batteries for cars

  German industries join their forces to develop highperformance batteries for stationary and mobile operation. Volkswagen is among the initiators of...

• 2007-11-02 Volkswagen Group continues success in fleet business

  The Volkswagen Group has announced a further rise in fleet vehicle registrations between January and September 2007. 113,061 Group vehicles...

October 2007

• 2007-10-26 "Vorsprung durch Technik" includes recycling

  Audi applies the maxim of Vorsprung durch Technik equally to the protection of the environment. AUDI AG is the first and to date only major car...

• 2007-10-26 Ad hocAd hoc release Interim Report January - September 2007
• 2007-10-26 Volkswagen Group Continues Success Story

  The Volkswagen Group is again reporting significant progress: deliveries, sales revenue and earnings all rose substantially in the first nine months...

• 2007-10-26 Changes in the Supervisory Board of Skoda Auto a.s.

  The incumbent Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Skoda Auto, Dr. Vratislav Kulhanek, will retire from the Supervisory Board with effect from October...

• 2007-10-25 First automobile and direct bank in Mexico

  As of immediately, Volkswagen Financial Services AG (VWFSAG) is represented in Mexico by its own captive automobile bank. As the first such...

• 2007-10-23 Statement on the judgement of the ECJ

  The Board of Management of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft has acknowledged the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Communities concerning...

• 2007-10-22 Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) – Readers’ Choice Awards 2007

  From 1 October to 31 December, 2007, the Global Reporting Initiative is calling on all readers of sustainability reports to vote for the best reports.

• 2007-10-18 Volkswagen Group increases global car sales from January through September 2007 by 8.2 percent

  New record: 4.61 million vehicles delivered in the first nine months...

• 2007-10-15 Volkswagen brand: 8.2 percent rise in deliveries worldwide after nine months

  The Volkswagen brand delivered 8.2 percent more vehicles to customer worldwide during the first nine months of this year than during the same period...

• 2007-10-12 Volkswagen honors best apprentices

  The Volkswagen Group conferred the “Best Apprentice Award 2007” on its best apprentices from all over the world in Mlada Boleslav (Czech Republic)...

• 2007-10-11 Škoda Auto's success story continues, sales results carry on growing

  Škoda Auto sold altogether 462,429 vehicles world-wide over the first three quarters of this year. Compared to last year, the sales have grown by...