Volkswagen
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Volkswagen program head in HomesteadHOMESTEAD, Fla. -- The head of Volkswagen's motor sports program is at Homestead-Miami Speedway, fueling speculation that the automaker is interested in joining Toyota as the second foreign manufacturer in NASCAR. Top NASCAR officials... In this article: Nascar, Volkswagen, Toyota, Brian France, Homestead, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz, Hans-Joachim Stuck, Nissan, and BMW |
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Yahoo! News | 36 minutes ago
Volkswagen program head in Homestead (AP)
By JENNA FRYER, AP Auto Racing Writer Jenna Fryer, Ap Auto Racing Writer - 19 mins ago HOMESTEAD, Fla. - The head of Volkswagen's motor sports program is at Homestead-Miami Speedway, fueling speculation that the automaker is interested in...
In this article: Nascar, Toyota, Brian France, Homestead, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz, Hans-Joachim Stuck, Nissan, and BMW
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Reuters | 1 day ago
Porsche board okays merger contract with Volkswagen
...<VOWG.DE> by 2011, Porsche said on Friday. "The next milestone is the 49.9 percent investment of Volkswagen in Porsche AG by the end of 2009," the company said in a statement, adding the VW board had already approved the deal as expected in a...
In this article: Fiscal year, Panamera, and Reuters
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BBC News | 1 day ago
Volkswagen to increase production
Volkswagen to invest billions to increase production VW wants to overtake Toyota by 2018 to be biggest carmaker Volkswagen (VW), Europe's biggest car company, has announced plans to invest 26bn euros ($28.5bn; GBP15.8bn) over the next...
In this article: Volkswagen Group, Karmann, Toyota, Joint venture, Martin Winterkorn, Europe, Germany, and China
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Reuters | 1 day ago
Volkswagen to invest 19.9 bln eur in 2010 to 2012
Volkswagen <VOWG.DE> plans automotive capital expenditure of around 19.9 billion euros ($29.55 billion) in the coming three years, half of it in Germany alone, Europe's largest carmaker said on Friday. For the period of 2010 to 2012, it...
In this article: Joint venture, Capital expenditure, Europe, and Germany
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MarketWatch.com - MarketPulse | 1 day ago
Volkswagen board approves Porsche deal contracts
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- German car maker Volkswagen /quotes/comstock/11e!fvow (DE:VOW 96.00, -0.63, -0.65%) said that its supervisory board has approved the contracts relating to its planned multi-stage takeover of rival Porsche...
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New York Daily News | 3 days ago
Ford, Subaru, Volkswagen top insurance industry's list of safest new vehicles
...products." Volkswagen scored with the 4-door versions of the Jetta, Passat and Golf, the Audi A3 and the Volkswagen Tiguan, a small SUV. Mark Barnes, Volkswagen of America's chief operating officer, said the "safety of our cars is of the...
In this article: Subaru, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Toyota Camry, General Motors Co., Chrysler Sebring, and Audi
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Description from Wikipedia:
Volkswagen Passenger Cars, also known as VW, is an automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Germany and is the original as well as the largest brand by sales volume within the Volkswagen Group.
Volkswagen means "people's car" in German, in which it is pronounced: /ˈfɔlksˌvaːgən/. Its current tagline or slogan is Das Auto (in English The Car). Its previous German tagline was Aus Liebe zum Automobil, which translates to: Out of Love for the Car, or, For Love of the Automobile, as translated by VW in other languages.
- Name:
- Volkswagen Passenger Cars
- Location:
- Wolfsburg, Germany
- Region:
- Worldwide
- Founder:
- Ferdinand Porsche and Robert Ley in 1938; Ivan Hirst and Heinz Nordhoff in 1948
- Founded:
- 1938
- Industry:
- Automotive industry
- Key People:
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- Christian Klingler:
- Martin Winterkorn:
- Products:
- mainstream Cars
- Revenue:
- €73.94 billion
- Operating Income:
- €1.94 billion
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