FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen plans to nearly double its production in China in the next few years, according to a management board member who was recently appointed to head the group's operations in the country. "By 2018 we will raise our production capacity in the country to 4 million vehicles," Jochem Heizmann told German weekly magazine Focus. VW's two Chinese joint ventures are investing a total of 14 billion euros ($17 billion) by... full story ![]()
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Volkswagen AG , which sells more cars in China than any other foreign firm, will recall 384,181 vehicles there to fix a long-standing gearbox problem, China's quality watchdog said on Wednesday.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Volkswagen AG will recall vehicles in China to fix a gearbox problem after coming under criticism from state-run China Central Television's (CCTV) annual corporate malpractice expose.
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen AG Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn will be paid 14 million euros ($18.7 million) for 2012, 20 percent less than the previous year, German magazine Der Spiegel reported.
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen is recalling about 91,000 cars in Japan, a spokesman for the company said, citing potential gearbox problems that have already caused a recall in China.
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Filed under: Automotive IndustryVolkswagen is already at the top of the auto sales food chain in China, tied most months with General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM). But despite a flattening in growth in Chinese car sales, as well as a threat the government will curtail car use because of inflation, Volkswagen says it will increase production in the People's Republic. Volkswagen must...
dailyfinance.com (2 months and 12 days ago)
, and Volkswagen AG are all vying to be the world's largest automaker, and the race is tight when it comes to vehicle sales. Toyota sold 9.7 million cars and trucks last year, compared to GM's 9.29 million and VW's 9.1 million. But if you're wondering which carmaker is the biggest, most powerful company in the industry, it's no contest: Volkswagen.
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Volkswagen will recall 384,181 cars in China for a transmission fix state regulators said Wednesday, just days after the automaker was the subject of a state television expose.
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VOLKSWAGEN is revving up its rivalry with GM in China, with a new plant to be built in the city of Changsha in central China.
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Volkswagen is to recall 384,000 cars in China after the country’s state broadcaster ran a damning report on faults in...
thetimes.co.uk (2 months and 6 days ago)
Volkswagen will recall an unspecified number of vehicles in China to fix a possible gearbox problem after coming under criticism from state-run China Central Television.
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