Focus on automotive: Volkswagen
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04/16/2019Volkswagen has yesterday presented the newest member of the ID. Family – the ID. Roomzz – at the “Brand SUV Night” in the run-up to Auto Shanghai (18-26 of April). The series version of the five-metre class with three rows of seats concept SUV will be initially launched on the Chinese market in 2021. The ID. Roomzz’s bodywork design follows the... -
04/05/2019On April 3, the Passat broke the 30-million-model mark for production since its launch 46 years ago in the Volkswagen plant at Emden. The bestseller set a new record in its segment: no other mid-range model globally has been sold more often than the Passat. The 30,000,000th vehicle - a Passat GTE Variant with a plug-in hybrid drive - is already... -
04/04/2019Volkswagen Group Research is testing automated vehicles in urban traffic in Hamburg. This is the first time Volkswagen has begun to test automated driving to Level 4 at real driving conditions in a major German city. From now, a fleet of five e-Golf, equipped with laser scanners, cameras, ultrasonic sensors and radars, will drive on a three-... -
04/03/2019The Volkswagen Brand celebrates the world premiere of the ID. Roomzz at Auto Shanghai (April 16th to April 24th). The multi-variable all-round model is the next member of the ID. family and gives a taste of what is to come in the upcoming series version of the zero-emission SUV that will hit the Chinese market first in 2021. Just like the compact... -
03/29/2019The Golf is turning 45. On 29 March 1974, the Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg officially started production of what would become its bestseller. Back then, nobody at Volkswagen had any idea that the successor to the legendary Beetle would end up selling more than 35 million units all over the world – and still be the Europe’s most successful car ... -
03/16/2019Volkswagen’s natural gas strategy continues to gain ground: after the Polo TGI and Golf TGI are now joined by the Golf Variant TG with eco-friendly natural gas engine. The new model now boasts three natural gas tanks – instead of just two as before – once again increasing the already long range of the CNG drives. Thanks to the TGI Miller... -
02/28/2019Volkswagen is celebrating the world premiere of the new Touareg V8 TDI at the Geneva International Motor Show. Its output 421 PS makes it the most powerful SUV with a diesel engine from a German manufacturer. The maximum torque of the high tech turbo diesel engine reaches the level of a super sports car: 900 newton metres. Whether cruising at low...