Focus on automotive: Volkswagen
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07/21/2017New monthly record for Volkswagen Group sales in China in joint ventures with Saic and First Auto Works.June registrations rose 5.2% compared to the same month of 2016 to 315,300 units, bringing the total of the first half to about 1.83 million vehicles, thanks above all to a good second quarter.The German giant will continue to consolidate its... -
07/20/2017To date, Volkswagen has removed the veils, in the form of a concept, to three cars of the new EV family under the ID code.The first production model will be seen in 2019, but the German carmaker is already planning to build two more ID models, called ID Lounge and ID Aeroe. The first will have more a station wagon design than a sedan, while the... -
07/12/2017First half-year record for Volkswagen Group's Chinese sales and its consolidated local joint ventures.The company has announced that it has sold about 1.4 million units in the country of the Great Wall, a clear growth compared to the January to June period of last year.To reach the new record, a big contribution come from the single June during... -
07/12/2017The board secretary of the joint venture between Chinese FAW and Volkswagen Group, Sun Huibin, announced that in the next two years the company will launch 23 new or renewed models in the Great Wall country.Some of these will be distributed under the aegis of a new sub brand, the first of which will be a SUV.Despite the slowdown in the Chinese... -
07/11/2017Volkswagen's global sales volumes rose 4% in June compared to the same month in 2016 to 512,700 cars, bringing the total in the first half to 2,935,100 units, up 0.3%.Volkswagen's monthly performance has been stable in Europe and very positive in the US, Latin America and China. The brand particularly emphasizes the great commercial start of the... -
07/07/2017Volkswagen Italia and its Genoese car dealer Piave Motori together to promote and to push electric traction.At the Pediatric Hospital Gaslini of the Ligurian capital, in the area behind the Gentilizia Chapel of S. Gerolamo, it was inaugurated a facility for the recharging of electric cars donated to the Institute by the dealer in collaboration... -
07/05/2017Taking advantage of the end of international sanctions, Volkswagen officially announces its return to Iran after 17 years of absence from the Islamic market.The German carmaker has in fact signed an agreement with Mammut Khodro (a local Scania brand importer) that will allow Tiguan and Passat models to be launched in Iran from August.In the...