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RUSSIA: GAZ to start VW Group production in December
17 May 2012
GAZ Group intends to launch full scale production of Skoda and Volkswagen vehicles in December and expects to assemble 60,000 units in 2013.
GERMANY: Volkswagen group sales ahead of industry average
11 May 2012
Volkswagen group delivered 2.89m vehicles to customers in the first four months of this year, up 8.6% year on year, and outperforming a global market that rose by 6%.
CZECH REPUBLIC: Skoda sets April sales record
10 May 2012
Volkswagen group's Czech Republic unit Skoda boosted worldwide vehicle deliveries 4.1% year on year to 81,400 in April, setting a record for that month. Year to date volume was up 9.8% to 324,100, also a new record.
CZECH REPUBLIC: Q1 car sales rise 14%
9 May 2012
Passenger cars in the Czech Republic grew by almost 14% to 349,026 in the first quarter of this year, according to the Automotive Industry Association (SAP).
GERMANY: Herr doctor to Audi A3: lose weight
4 May 2012
The next Audi A3 will be almost as light as the original model from 1996, despite having significantly more safety and luxury features.
INDIA: Audi to continue premium-down strategy
1 May 2012
Audi plans to continue using sister Volkswagen group company Skoda’s manufacturing facilities to produce its cars in India.
GOLDING’S TAKE: No boasting, very little coasting, at VW
27 April 2012
There was a time when VW liked to strut around a bit and emphasise its success relative to the competition. But now that rivals have jobs, and even whole factories on the line at risk, it was sensible and sensitive to concentrate on reporting its own results rather than its results relative to others.
BEIJING PREVIEW: Škoda details China model offensive in Beijing
18 April 2012
Škoda will giive an insight into its future model offensive in China at AUTO CHINA 2012 in Beijing (April 23rd - May 05th 2012) featuring the MissionL design study.
CZECH REPUBLIC: Skoda Q1 sales up 11.8% to new record
13 April 2012
Skoda says its first quarter sales increased by 11.8% to more than 242,700 units, a new record for the brand.
CZECH REPUBLIC: Saturday shifts at Skoda Auto to end after failed wage talks
5 April 2012
Saturday production at Skoda Auto will end because unions failed to agree on a new collective agreement with the company, Skoda union head Jaroslav Povsik said at a press conference.
CZECH REPUBLIC: Skoda union talks continue
4 April 2012
Skoda Auto, Czech unit of Volkswagen, will continue talks with unions to agree wage increases.
INDIA: Renault expands capacity, to export engines
3 April 2012
Renault has just increased Indian production capacity and plans to export locally-made engines.
UK: Bentley names British sales and marketing chief
27 March 2012
Kevin Rose has been named the new board level sales and marketing chief at Volkswagen-owned Bentley Motors, transferring from his previous post heading sales at the FAW-VW joint venture in China.
CZECH REPUBLIC: 2011 Skoda's best year yet
26 March 2012
Skoda said 2011 was the best fiscal year in corporate history, after it set new records for deliveries, sales and profit.
GENEVA SHOW: Historic list of world premieres
8 March 2012
Our summary of world premiere concepts and production models which appeared for the first time at the Geneva motor show's 6 March press day.
GENEVA: Audi A3 first off new platform
7 March 2012
The new Audi A3 launched in Geneva is the first car on the Volkswagen Group's new MQB platform. It is going to underpin a vast range of cars, from the next Polo to a replacement Passat - plus various Audi, Skoda and Seat models - over the next few years.
(EXCLUSIVE) CZECH REPUBLIC: Skoda to build next SEAT Toledo
2 March 2012
A spokesman for SEAT has told just-auto that Skoda Auto will build the next SEAT Toledo. The car will have its global debut in concept form at the Geneva show on 6 March.
CZECH REPUBLIC: Metaldyne expands production in eastern Europe
27 February 2012
Metaldyne is expanding further in eastern Europe with the acquisition of a factory in Zbysov, Czech Republic, close to the borders of Austria and Slovakia.
RUSSIA: Skoda opens new production facility
20 February 2012
Skoda has opened its second production facility in Russia at a GAZ Group plant in Nizhny Novgorod.
UK: Slow start to 2012 for Europe’s new car market
17 February 2012
The European new car market last month experienced its worst start to a year since 2009 as economic uncertainty continued across the eurozone, according to analysts at UK-based JATO Dynamics.
UK: GM chiefs running out of patience with Opel/Vauxhall - analyst
8 February 2012
New Opel/Vauxhall CEO Karl-Friedrich Stracke must come up with a plan to return Opel/Vauxhall to profitability as every impression is that parent General Motors in the US is running out of patience, IHS Automotive analyst Tim Urquhart’s wrote in a research note on Wednesday (8 February).
INDIA: Plastics maker Minda expands at home, acquires in Europe
8 February 2012
India's Minda Corporation is expanding capacity at its existing automotive plastic manufacturing unit in its home country and plans two more plants within five years. It is also expanding overseas with acquisitions.
CZECH REPUBLIC: Skoda builds car #14 million
2 February 2012
Škoda produced its 14 millionth car - a Laurin & Klement Superb special edition - at its Kvasiny plant earlier this week. The milestone vehicle is for a German customer.
GERMANY: VW launches five-door Up
23 January 2012
Volkswagen has launched a five-door version of its new Up city car, saying the new model has the same space for rear passengers as the three-door.
US: GM top automaker again
20 January 2012
General Motors reclaimed the title of world's biggest carmaker title in 2011 after Toyota production was reduced as a result of the 11 March earthquake and tsunami in Japan and the Thai floods late in the year, effects of which are still ongoing.
CZECH REPUBLIC: Skoda sells record 879,200 units in 2011
16 January 2012
Skoda global sales rose 15.3% year on year in 2011 to a record 879,200 units.
NEW DELHI SHOW: VW launches luxury SUV
6 January 2012
VW launched its Touareg SUV in India market at the New Delhi Auto Expo this week.
BELGIUM: Volkswagen cleared to acquire Poland brands
21 December 2011
Volkswagen has been cleared by the European Commission (EC) to acquire the exclusive importers and distributors of its passenger car and light commercial vehicle brands in Poland (KPI Polska and Skoda Auto Polska) as well as two other Polish businesses providing financial and insurance services relating to those activities (Volkswagen Bank Polska and Volkswagen Leasing Polska).
BELGIUM: EC clears Volkswagen Financial Services JV with D'Iteren
21 December 2011
European Commission (EC) officials have cleared under the EU Merger Regulation, the creation of a joint venture between Volkswagen Financial Services (VWFS) and the Belgian company D'Ieteren for the provision of financial services related to the sale of Volkswagen group vehicles on the Belgian market.
GERMANY: VW Group on target to achieve 8m sales
19 December 2011
Volkswagen Group sales to the end of November this year have risen 14% to 7.1m vehicles, outperforming a global market which rose 5.3%.
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