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Customer Incentives
… 5.9% VW GROUP OF AMERICA Volkswagen expires July 1; Audi expires July 8. 2014 models Audi A8 L 1.9-2.4% 2013 models Audi A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8 ..... S6, S7, S8 1.4-3.4% Volkswagen Beetle*, CC, Eos, GLI, Golf …
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GM tops benchmark quality study for the first time
… corporate stablemates, No. 13 Audi and No. 23 Volkswagen . GMC and Chevrolet were the ..... Ranked: Mazda MX-5 Miata Volkswagen Eos Volkswagen GTI Compact Premium Car Highest ..... Highest Ranked: Lexus LS Audi A8 Porsche Panamera Midsize …
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Estimated Europe registrations by make, May and YTD
… 2012 change 2013 2012 change Volkswagen division * 137,521 * 147 ..... 661,102 * 717,353 -8% Audi * 63,888 * 66,480 -4 ..... 124,118 * 113,661 9% Skoda * 43,079 * 45,476 -5 ..... 20,954 * 1,234 1598% VOLKSWAGEN AG * 275,593 * 283,592 …
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Aston Martin shareholder asks lenders for 50% cut on debt, sources say
… Investindustrial has a track record of turning around high-end vehicle manufacturers, selling Italian motorcycle maker Ducati to Audi last year. Investindustrial plans to remain an Aston Martin shareholder for at least 10 years, Bonomi said.
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European car sales sink to 20-year low in May
… brand. Ford Motor Co. limited its sales decline to half a percent while Volkswagen Group registrations fell by 3 percent led by a 7 percent drop at its namesake brand. The Audi division sold 4 percent fewer cars while sales at Seat were up 13 percent …
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Porsche-Piech family buys Qatar's 10% stake in VW's majority owner
… full control of the majority owner of Volkswagen Group. The holding company's only ..... Porsche SE as the largest shareholder of Volkswagen AG." Qatar's stake is worth about ..... euros linked to its aborted takeover of Volkswagen more than four years ago. Investors …
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Top 100 Suppliers
… daytime running lights for Audi , hopes to win the Q5 contract ..... North Amer- ica in 2012. Audi is not alone. Toyota Motor Corp. is reviewing ..... is near plants operated by Volkswagen , Mazda, Nissan and Honda ..... 15300 Centennial Drive Fred Bentley 698 fe 228 fe 2,921 fe 1 …
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Automakers spread more glue to eliminate weight, rattles
FRANKFURT -- Carmakers including Audi and Mercedes-Benz are turning to high ..... Mlekusch, head of technology development at Audi , said the proliferation of lightweight ..... may cause the amount of glue used in an Audi vehicle, which is often illustrated by …
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Soon, waving a finger will switch radio stations
… Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Audi AG showed how a vehicle's occupants might ..... Perhaps the most ambitious concept is Audi 's, which has three head-up displays ..... drowsy drivers. A German race? Although Audi and Hyundai have gone public with their …
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Global footprint, tech prowess buoy European suppliers
… more modules are coming from the suppliers. Do suppliers have higher profit margins than automakers? If you are looking at Audi , BMW, or Mercedes, then suppliers' relative margins are likely lower. But compared with volume automakers, suppliers …
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VW, BMW expected to come out of Europe's crisis best
… Stuart Pearson said. Investors have picked Volkswagen Group and BMW as the winners in a European ..... building on its success. VW Group's Audi brand will overtake BMW to become the ..... sales, Pearson said. This is because of Audi 's advantage in China and because it …
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Audi puts $2,000 premium on 3 new diesels
Audi plans to charge a premium of more than $2 ..... 3-liter turbocharged gasoline engine. Audi 's approach is different from the one taken ..... Filip Brabec, product planning manager at Audi of America, said the company may consider …
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Europe in the spotlight
… her perspective on the elements of design in a vehicle. Automotive News Publisher and Editor Jason Stein, left, applauds as Audi sales and marketing boss Luca de Meo addresses the crowd during the Rising Stars ceremony. Peugeot brand CEO Maxime Picat says …
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Economic revival boosts foreign car sales in Japan
… Benz sales rose 59 percent in May and are up 22 percent for the first five months. Also in May, BMW sales rose 18 percent and Audi sales 19 percent. American brands aren't catching the wave, except for Chrysler. It has nearly tripled sales, mainly because …
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Output soars to 16M, with high-profit twist
… Just three years later, after Volkswagen Group opens the plant its Audi brand is building, IHS says ..... top 4 million units a year. Audi had a seven-month waiting list ..... We are totally flexible," Audi AG CEO Rupert Stadler told reporters …
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Audi sales boss calls for car-to-car data standard
… ones to set the pace in this new game?" said Luca de Meo, Audi board member for sales and marketing. Speaking at the Automotive ..... of our products with the outside." To address the problem, Audi is working with other automakers on a Car2Car W-LAN, or wireless …
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Mitsubishi ad campaign takes on 2 vital missions
… vehicles dealers could stock, making it tough to compete against formerly second-tier brands such as Hyundai, Kia and Volkswagen , which gobbled up market share with fresh products. Dave Cantin, vice president of Brad Benson Mitsubishi and Brad Benson …
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Quick-swipe plan removes pain from pairing a phone
… Still, Elektrobit appears to have a legitimate hope for commercialization. The company produces navigation map software for Volkswagen , General Motors and others, so it's already a player in the infotainment world. And NFC technology is catching on quickly …
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Peugeot, Seat, Ford push LED headlamps into European mass market
… high-end models such as the Audi R8 and Mercedes-Benz CLS because ..... advantage via the technology. Volkswagen Spanish subsidiary Seat offers ..... headlamps, premium brands such as Audi are quickly extending their ..... into their lower segments. Audi the early leader Audi , which …
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A bigger, flashier C class is coming
… generation 2014 Mercedes-Benz C class will have a more dynamic exterior styling to challenge the BMW 3 series and the redesigned Audi A4 also due next year, sources tell Automobilwoche, Automotive News' German sibling publication. The 2014 C-class sedan …
