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Touch pads help industry fight driver distraction
… in March, when it announced a $1.3 billion contract to produce infotainment systems for the Volkswagen Golf, Audi A3 and Skoda Octavia. To get a piece of the action, TRW is taking the touch pad concept a step further with a unit that can be molded into …
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Fate of Russia, Turkey car markets crucial to Europe
… a 13.1 percent market share, just ahead of Volkswagen Group's market share of 10.7 percent. Sales of VW-, Audi-, Skoda - and Seat-brand vehicles rose 77 percent during the quarter to 65,965. Hyundai might make history Hyundai's sales in …
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Europe's weak economy catches up with VW as April car sales plunge
… brand fell 8.4 percent. Sales at VW's Spanish unit Seat were down 22.3 percent, while Audi had a 4.4 percent gain and Skoda 's volume increased by 4.0 percent. VW Group's European market share dropped by three percentage points to 24.7 percent …
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Will the Chevy Trax add to Opel's woes?
… mainly against Japanese and Korean brands, they say. Volkswagen Group often wins praise for keeping its volume brands -- VW, Skoda and Seat -- separate despite their lineup sharing the same architectures and similar powertrains. With Opel shrinking and …
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VW warns growth will slow after group vehicle sales rise to 2.9 million
… from luxury carmakers Audi and Bentley to volume brands VW, Skoda and Seat, rose to 732,000 in April, compared with the same ..... increased by 9.4 percent to 1.81 million. Sales at Czech unit Skoda were up 9.8 percent to 324,100, while Seat's sales dropped …
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Will buyers like the name Adam for Opel's new Fiat 500 rival?
… founder was called Alexander Wilson. Some of the more radical car names seen recently andndash; the Nissan Juke, Skoda Yeti and Skoda Roomster andndash; were tested with concepts cars shown at auto shows. Opel is unveiling the Adam as a production …
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With TRW touch pad, drivers write commands to cut distraction
… March 6, when it announced a $1.3 billion contract to produce infotainment systems for the Volkswagen Golf, Audi A3 and Skoda Octavia. To get a piece of the action, TRW is taking the touch pad concept a step further with a unit that can be molded into …
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VW brand posts April sales rise on China, U.S. demand; western Europe volume down
… flat, rising just 0.6 percent to 246,300. Volkswagen is due to release sales for all its group brands, including Audi, Skoda , Seat and Bentley, on May 11 VW Group aims to pass General Motors Co. to become the world's best-selling automaker by …
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Germany's car industry thrives on U.S., China demand
… from the VW Up minicar to Lamborghini sports cars and 50-ton trucks. German support The VW group, whose brands also include Skoda and Seat, increased first-quarter deliveries 9.6 percent to 2.16 million vehicles. The gains compare with revenue declines …
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Pare it down or beef it up?
… Toyota, Volkswagen and Chrysler keep adding brands? The once-cozy VW-Audi combo has swollen in recent years far beyond Skoda and Seat, with Bentley, Lamborghini, Bugatti and Porsche (VW and Porsche continue the family squabble about which is corporately …
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Volkswagen quarterly profit beats expectations on higher sales
… brand grew 5.3 percent to 1.1 billion euros. Audi's profit rose by 26.6 percent to 1.4 billion euros. The group's Skoda brand posted an 11.8 percent rise in profit to 209 million euros while Seat's quarterly loss widened by 17 million euros …
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Red-Hot Benz Concept (4/19/12)
… new Audi 83. Volkswagen will use one standardized global platform. That eventually will underpin more than forty Audi. VW Skoda and say up bottles. VW says models ranging from micro cars or crossovers. Could theoretically be made on the same assembly …
standardized global platform. That eventually will underpin more than forty Audi. VW Skoda and say up bottles. VW says models ranging from micro cars or crossovers. Could theoretically be made on the same assembly line. -
Europe car sales fall to 14-year low in March
… sales grew 1.7 percent to 352,455, boosted by a 3.4 percent rise at the core VW brand and a 7 percent rise at Audi. Skoda sales were flat while Seat fell 15.2 percent. BMW brand boosted sales by 5.3 percent to 73,899 while Mercedes sales increased …
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Aging Piech maintains iron grip on Volkswagen
… Bentley and Lamborghini and integrated the mass-market Seat and Skoda brands. And the buying spree isn't over yet. VW's luxury ..... supplier Continental, and Winfried Vahland, the chief of Skoda , according to Ellinghorst. Despite his more immediate ambitions …
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VW Group posts record March sales but worries about 'uncertainty' in Europe
… by 10.5 percent to 1.36 million, while luxury brand Audi grew sales 10.8 percent to 346,100 in the first quarter. Skoda sales were up 11.8 percent to 242,700 in the first three months, while Spanish unit Seat maintained its position as the …
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Skoda posts record March sales on China, Russia demand
PRAGUE -- Skoda sales rose 12.1 percent to 95,200 units ..... year to a record 242,700 vehicles, Skoda said. "Though market conditions were ..... growth strategy,'' Juergen Stackmann, Skoda head of sales and marketing, said in a …
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VW seeks successor to 'people's car' with Up family
… vehicles a year by 2018. Volkswagen's Skoda and Seat brands are both selling Up clones ..... Small Family, which already includes the Skoda Citigo and Seat Mii, the Up models will ..... Renault ask for the Panda and the Twingo. Skoda said it's breaking away from its focus …
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1 platform, 4 million cars
… of a massive recall, some analysts say. By 2017, according to VW, the MQB platform will underpin more than 40 Audi, VW, Skoda and Seat models. The Audi A3 and VW Golf, the first cars built off the MQB, go on sale in Europe this year and in the United …
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Skoda workers to halt production on Saturdays over pay dispute
… Workers at Volkswagen's Czech carmaker Skoda will halt production on Saturdays in a ..... resume until an agreement is reached." Skoda is the largest Czech company by revenue ..... year to 147,500 vehicles. Last month, Skoda said it was well on its way to meeting …
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Former Opel sales boss Visser quits GM instead of joining Chevrolet
… Visser's former role as Opel's sales and marketing boss starting July 1. Rieck, 55, joins Opel from Volkswagen, where he was based in Beijing as vice president of VW China. Before that, he led the launch of VW's Skoda brand in China.
