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• Volkswagen says its auto sales in June up 6% y/y   [Jul 04, 2009]

  Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn said Europe's largest auto maker sold 6 percent more cars and transporters in June than in the same month a year earlier.In the first six months of 2009 ...

• Porsche/Volkswagen showdown looms by July 16   [Jul 04, 2009]

  Porsche's squabbling owners are set to discuss an investment by Qatar in the next two weeks, a milestone which could change the dynamics of a Porsche/Volkswagen merger, people close to the talks ...

• VW to invest $140 mln in its first indonesia plant   [Jul 02, 2009]

  Volkswagen AG, Europe's largest automaker, will spend $140 million in the next two years to build its first factory in Indonesia, where economic growth is helping boost demand. The automaker plans to ...

• Suzuki CEO says has had no contact with VW   [Jul 01, 2009]

  The head of Japan's Suzuki Motor Corp said he has had no contact with Volkswagen AG, shooting down a report last week that the German auto giant was considering a 10 percent stake in Suzuki, a ...

• Porsche rebuffs VW offer, calling deal 'unfeasible'   [Jun 30, 2009]

  Porsche rebuffed Volkswagen's proposed purchase of 49 percent of the sports car maker as part of a merger, saying a sale of the unit would incur a financial penalty that rendered the deal ...

• VW denies having issued ultimatum to Porsche   [Jun 29, 2009]

  Volkswagen said it had not presented Porsche with an ultimatum to accept its layout for a merger of the two carmakers, denying a media report and accusations from Porsche."There is no ultimatum," a ...

• Porsche balks at 'ultimatum' on VW merger deal   [Jun 28, 2009]

  Porsche SE supervisory board Chairman Wolfgang Porsche balked at an ultimatum from Volkswagen AG and the state of Lower Saxony to agree on a blueprint for the merger of the two carmakers. A June 29 ...

• VW and Suzuki?   [Jun 26, 2009]

  While Porsche has problems consummating the Volkswagen takeover, Volkswagen covets a smaller, but possibly juicy target: Suzuki. The German Manager Magazine has it on good authority that VW wants to ...

• Sales of FAW VW in May 2009 (by model)   [Jun 18, 2009]

  Sales of FAW Volkswagen Automobile Co in May 2009 (by model): Source: CPCA

• Sales of Shanghai VW in May 2009 (by model)    [Jun 18, 2009]

  Sales of Shanghai Volkswagen Automobile Co in May 2009 (by model):Source: CPCA

• Volkswagen reports 1.5% rise in May sales   [Jun 15, 2009]

  In spite of weak global auto markets, Volkswagen has posted a 1.5% rise in sales in May 2009. The total sales volume for the month reached 556,700. The rise is mainly because of the company's ...

• Volkswagen sees no sign of car-market recovery   [Jun 13, 2009]

  Volkswagen AG, Europe's largest automaker, said "very weak" global car markets aren't yet recovering, even as the company's sales rose in May for the first time in eight months thanks to government ...

• Volkswagen names head of sales at FAW-VW   [Jun 09, 2009]

  Volkswagen has named Kevin Rose to take charge of sales activities at FAW-Volkswagen in China, effective July 1, 2009. Mr Rose most recently held responsibility for Volkswagen brand sales in North ...

• VW's Audi says sales goal may need extra year   [Jun 08, 2009]

  Volkswagen AG's Audi division may need at least one more year to reach a goal of delivering 1.5 million cars as customers withhold purchases of luxury vehicles, according to the unit's sales ...

• VW to Magna: “Us or Opel”   [Jun 05, 2009]

  It has been commented widely (and it doesn’t take a tall IQ to do so) that Magna might get problems with its parts customers (a.k.a. OEMs) when Magna starts competing with them through Opel. ...

• Shanghai VW May sales up 57% to 59,754 units   [Jun 04, 2009]

  Shanghai, June 4 (Gasgoo.com) Shanghai Volkswagen Co, a passenger-vehicle joint venture between SAIC and Volkswagen, said on Wednesday that it sold 59,754 vehicles in May, up 57 percent from a year ...

• VW sees conflict of interest at Magna   [Jun 04, 2009]

  Volkswagen AG said Wednesday Canadian auto parts supplier Magna International Inc. will face conflicts of interest following the planned takeover of General Motors Corp.'s (GM) Adam Opel GmbH unit. ...

• Porsche still aims for integrated co. with VW   [Jun 02, 2009]

  Porsche Automobil Holding SE Monday reiterated its goal of creating an integrated automotive company with Volkswagen AG. In reaction to a resolution by Volkswagen's European workers' council calling ...

• FAW VW says no plan to stop Jetta production   [May 26, 2009]

  Shanghai, May 26 (Gasgoo.com) FAW VW has made it clear that the joint venture has no plan to stop the production of its hot-selling Jetta model in the new facility under construction in Chengdu, ...

• VW Hearts BYD   [May 26, 2009]

  Who’s ever been on the inside of Volkswagen knows that they are devout skeptics when it comes to alternative energies. Sure, they do some token research into hydrogen and hybrids to give the ...