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Volkswagen stops business with Russia
Toyota on Thursday said it would suspend production at its St Petersburg plant from Friday due to supply chain disruptions,…
Volkswagen hopes new software will banish accidents
Volkswagen says it will launch a new software operating system this year that it hopes will make accidents involving its…
Volkswagen to market self-driving cars by 2025
Volkswagen hopes to build self-driving cars, a commercial reality by the middle of the next decade, the German carmaker said…
Mass lawsuit: 470,000 drivers sue Volkswagen in Germany
Diesel drivers, numbering 470,000, demanded compensation from Volkswagen over an emissions-rigging scandal in Germany’s first-ever class-action lawsuit.
Volkswagen, Porsche recall 227,000 cars for airbag, seatbelt problems
Volkswagen and Porsche have recalled around 227,000 cars due to problems with airbags and seatbelt pre-tensioners, Germany’s Stuttgarter Zeitung said…
Former Volkswagen patriarch, Ferdinand Piech dies at 82
The former Volkswagen chairman and legendary one-time patriarch of the billionaire clan behind the carmaker's success, Ferdinand Piech, has died…
Ford, VW join forces for electric auto cars
Ford and Volkswagen have joined forces to develop autonomous and electric cars and said they were also looking at other…
Volkswagen shrugs off 1bn euro legal hit with higher SUV sales
Sales of Sports Utility Vehicles (SUV) and cost cuts helped Volkswagen (VW) shrug off a 1 billion euro legal charge…
Volkswagen votes $50b on electric cars
German auto giant Volkswagen said Friday it will invest 44 billion euros by 2023 in the smarter, greener cars of…
Volkswagen signs MOU with Nigerian Govt
During the visit of the Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel to Nigeria, Volkswagen took the opportunity to sign a Memorandum…
Volkswagen establishes second West African plant in Ghana
The second assembly plant for German-made Volkswagen cars is to be established in Ghana after the one established in Lagos-Nigeria,…
Automotive bill: Volkswagen to produce 2m cars in Nigeria
Mr Thomas Schaefer, the Chairman and Managing Director of Volkswagen, says the company is ready to produce two million made-in-Nigeria…
Volkswagen opens Rwanda’s first car plant
Rwanda’s first domestically built car rolled off the assembly line at Volkswagen’s new factory in Kigali on Wednesday as Europe’s…
Volkswagen expresses concern over U.S. steel tariffs
The Volkswagen on Friday expressed “regret and concern” over the imposition of tariffs by the United States on imports of…
Volkswagen executive charged with fraud denied bail
A Volkswagen executive arrested in the U.S. over the German carmaker’s emissions-cheating scandal has been denied bail by a federal…
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Volkswagen to pay $14.7 billion to settle emissions cheating in U.S.
Volkswagen has agreed to pay nearly $15 billion to settle claims stemming from its diesel emissions cheating scandal in what…
Emissions Scandal: CPC gives Volkswagen 7-Day ultimatum
The Consumer Protection Council, CPC, has issued a seven-day ultimatum to Volkswagen Nigeria to provide information on the status of…
SERAP charges Buhari to probe Volkswagen over emission scandal
Kazeem Ugbodaga Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, urging him to…
Volkswagen set to buy 100 per cent of Scania
Europe’s biggest carmaker, Germany’s Volkswagen, said Friday it was making a 6.7-billion-euro ($9.19 billion) offer to grab the nearly 40…
Toyota leads the rest in record sales
Toyota sold a record 9.98 million vehicles last year, it said Thursday, outpacing rivals General Motors and Volkswagen to maintain…
SsangYong Brands Berth At Stallion
Stallion Motors has won exclusive dealership for SsangYong, Korea’s 4th largest automaker, bringing to nine similar automobile franchises managed by…
Smoother Amarok Flexes Muscles
It usually takes ages (and sometimes it never happens) for car manufacturers to actually listen to complaints from the public…
Toyota Reclaims Status As World’s No. 1 Carmaker
Toyota has pushed ahead of General Motors and Volkswagen as the world’s largest automaker in the first half of 2012.…
Stallion Parades All ‘European Car’ Test Drive
The Nigerian automobile media last week scored the trio of European engineered Volkswagen, Audi and Skoda range of automobiles A+…
Toyota Puts Up Strong Presence
But for the absence of major automobile companies, the Coscharis Group and Stallion Group, this year’s 7th Lagos Motor show…
Toyota On Top For 32nd Year
According to Engineeringnews.co.za, despite the growing threat posed by German rival Volkswagen, Toyota has again clinched the number one spot…
Hyundai Rattles Volkswagen
Earlier this month, Volkswagen threw a party in New York’s Museum of Modern Art to mark a breakthrough year in…
Mercedes Aims To Sell 2.7m Cars
Daimler plans to more than double output of Mercedes brand vehicles to 2.7 million by 2020 in its drive to…
Toyota, Mercedes, BMW Retain Top Auto Brand Values —Report
Toyota, Mercedes-Benz and BMW retained their ranking among the world’s top 15 global brands, while Volkswagen and Nissan made the…
Chevrolet Hits Sale Record In 2011
With its 100th birthday behind it, Chevrolet is on pace to set an all-time global sale record in 2011, having…