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FIVE THINGS WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
Make no mistake, Porsche customers are paying a premium for the brand's reputation, Bloomberg's Kyle Stock said... READ MORE›
FORMER 'MR VOLKSWAGEN' PIECH IN TALKS TO PULL STAKE
The 79-year-old owns 14.7 percent in Porsche SE, which in turn controls the Volkswagen group with 52 percent of its voting rights... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA SUES AUDI, VOLKSWAGEN OVER EMISSIONS CHEATING
Parent company Volkswagen designed and supplied the engines and software to Audi AG for installation, the commission added in a statement initiating Federal Court action... READ MORE›
PORSCHE CHASES FERRARI WITH A SUPERFAST STATION WAGON
When Porsche executives decide to make a station wagon, they don't do it like everyone else... READ MORE›
FASTEST CAR IN THE WORLD: LAMBORGHINI HURACAN PERFORMANTE STEALS NURBURGRING RECORD
Lamborghini's Huracan Performante coupe may be the fastest production car in the world after breaking the Nurburgring record, according to media reports Wednesday... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREA SUES NISSAN OVER MILEAGE CLAIMS, PROBES BMW, PORSCHE
The complaint adds to the troubles in South Korea for Nissan, which is already accused of cheating on emissions of its Qashqai diesel model... READ MORE›
PROSECUTORS PROBE WHEN VW'S FORMER CHIEF EXECUTIVE KNEW OF EMISSIONS CHEATING
The former top boss of Volkswagen Martin Winterkorn is being investigated over when he knew about the company's emissions cheating... READ MORE›
VW BOARD SET TO SIGN OFF ON $4.3 BILLION U.S. DIESEL PENALTY
U.S. authorities uncovered the carmaker's efforts to deliberately cheat on emissions tests on diesel vehicles in 2015... READ MORE›
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VOLKSWAGEN COULD POSE BIGGER THREAT TO GERMAN ECONOMY THAN GREEK CRISIS
The German economy has been hit at its core, said Michael Huether, head of Germany's IW economic institute... READ MORE›
INVESTORS WARN CAR INDUSTRY OVER CLIMATE CHANGE
The demands come in a new report, Investor Expectations of Automotive Companies, published this week by the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change IIGCC ... READ MORE›
DIESEL CARS' EMISSIONS FAR HIGHER ON ROAD THAN IN LAB, TESTS SHOW
The DfT exercise was ordered after it emerged that Volkswagen had allegedly used technology to cheat emissions tests... READ MORE›
US STATES JUMPING INTO INVESTIGATION OF VW EMISSIONS DECEPTION
Rosenblum, the attorney general of Oregon, which has more affected Volkswagen vehicles per capita than any other state... READ MORE›
VOLKSWAGEN TO AXE 30,000 JOBS WORLDWIDE
Volkswagen is to axe 30,000 jobs as part of a restructuring designed to help the German carmaker recover from the diesel emissions scandal... READ MORE›
CAR DASHBOARDS THAT ACT LIKE SMART PHONES RAISE SAFETY ISSUES
They say outsized dashboard displays that behave more like smart phones will boost revenue and attract buyers... READ MORE›
HOW TWO CAMPAIGNERS EXPOSED THE WORLD'S BIGGEST CAR COMPANY
Far from producing cleaner cars, Volkswagen was systematically rigging tests using 'defeat' software which switched on fume cleaning technology when checks were carried out... READ MORE›
THE TOWN THAT VOLKSWAGEN BUILT IS BOTH RESIGNED AND DEFIANT AMID SCANDAL
Wolfsburg is the home of Volkswagen, and it's suffering as the company finds itself in crisis... READ MORE›
GERMAN CAR MAKERS CLOSE TO CLINCHING NOKIA MAPS DEAL FOR $2.74-3.29 BILLION
MAPPING SPREADS OUT Nokia is shedding the maps business as part of efforts to focus on integrating its 15.6 billion euro purchase of Alcatel Lucent... READ MORE›
VW WOES DEEPEN AS PROSECUTORS EXTEND PROBE TO CHAIRMAN
Poetsch was CFO of Volkswagen from 2003 to 2015 and also sits on the supervisory boards of the company's Porsche and Audi units... READ MORE›
VW VETERAN LINED UP TO BE NORTH AMERICA BOSS QUITS
INVESTIGATIONS Volkswagen is under pressure to identify those responsible for the wrongdoing and fix up to 11 million affected diesel vehicles... READ MORE›
LEONARDO DICAPRIO AND PARAMOUNT PICTURES OPTION BOOK ABOUT VOLKSWAGEN SCANDAL
Ewing's still-untitled book will explore the more better faster ethos and how it played into the scandal... READ MORE›
VW CEO SAYS NEW CATALYTIC CONVERTER COULD FIX U.S. CARS
Mueller is meeting U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA administrator Gina McCarthy on Wednesday, where he plans to make his proposal... READ MORE›
VOLKSWAGEN POSITIVE OF CHINA SALES, PLANS MORE INVESTMENTS WITH JV PARTNERS
Volkswagen's China sales fell 3.4 percent last year to 3.5 million units... READ MORE›
CARMAKERS CURB CHINA OUTPUT AS SALES GROWTH STALLS
Leading research group IHS Automotive expects carmakers' capacity utilization rates in China to drop to 65 percent from last year's 70 percent, a key profitability threshold... READ MORE›
BONDHOLDERS FILE PROPOSED CLASS ACTION AGAINST VOLKSWAGEN AG
In the United States, Volkswagen has until June 28 to reach a final diesel emissions settlement with government regulators and owners of nearly 500,000 2.0-liter vehicles... READ MORE›
VW BLASTED FOR SHIELDING EMISSIONS DOCUMENTS FROM U.S. PROBE
Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen said it was frustrating that despite public statements professing cooperation ..... READ MORE›
VW'S EUROPEAN CAR SALES, MARKET SHARE SLIP AFTER EMISSIONS SCANDAL
VW's mass market brands suffered falls in sales last month, with Seat sales down 11.2 percent, Skoda's down 2.9 percent and the carmaker's namesake brand down 0.4 percent... READ MORE›
VW FACING MASSIVE US RECALL OVER EMISSIONS TEST CHEATING
Affected diesel models include the 2009-15 Volkswagen Jetta, 2009-15 Beetle, 2009-15 Golf, 2014-15 Passat and 2009-15 Audi A3... READ MORE›
VW NAMES MATTHIAS MUELLER AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Volkswagen appointed Porsche brand chief Matthias Mueller as chief executive officer as the German car maker reels from the biggest crisis in its history... READ MORE›
BMW FORCED TO DENY IT FALSIFIED EMISSIONS TESTS
Volkswagen emissions scandal BMW forced to deny it falsified emissions tests... READ MORE›
VW OVERTAKES TOYOTA TO TAKE GLOBAL SALES LEAD IN FIRST HALF OF 2015
Toyota bucked the market trend with a 42 per cent gain during the month and boosted sales during the first half by 10 per cent to 512,800 vehicles... READ MORE›
MARTIN WINTERKORN, CEO, RESIGNS SAYING CAR MANUFACTURER NEEDS A 'FRESH START'
Martin Winterkorn the chief executive of Volkswagen has resigned just days after it emerged that the company had cheated emissions tests in the US... READ MORE›
AT&T, ERICSSON SET DEALS WITH AUTOMAKERS ON INTERNET-CONNECTED CARS
AT T and Audi, another luxury brand in the VW Group, announced an extension of their connected car agreement for North America... READ MORE›
TOYOTA TOPS WORLD AUTO SALES IN FIRST NINE MONTHS
Toyota was the world's top-selling automaker for the first nine months of this year selling nearly 7.5 million vehicles and overtaking Volkswagen which was in the No... READ MORE›
VOLKSWAGEN CHIEF MARTIN WINTERKORN SET TO GET $46M PENSION AFTER EXIT
While the severance package kicks in if the supervisory board terminates his contract early, there's a caveat... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN CAR OWNERS THREATEN TO SUE VW
Australian car owners are threatening to sue Volkswagen after learning that their cars are embroiled in the worldwide emission-rigging scandal... READ MORE›
VOLKSWAGEN CHIEF MARTIN WINTERKORN SET TO GET $46M PENSION AFTER EXIT
While the severance package kicks in if the supervisory board terminates his contract early, there's a caveat... READ MORE›
VW NAMES MATTHIAS MUELLER AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Volkswagen appointed Porsche brand chief Matthias Mueller as chief executive officer as the German car maker reels from the biggest crisis in its history... READ MORE›
ALMOST 28,000 WORKERS AFFECTED BY VW PRODUCTION PROBLEMS
Production at several Volkswagen plants has been interrupted as a result of a halt in component deliveries by external suppliers, said a statement from VW... READ MORE›