Christian Klingler Appointed to the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars Brand (The Auto Channel)
WOLFSBURG - June 30, 2008: Christian Klingler (39) will be appointed Member of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand as of 1st August. He will be responsible for Sales, Marketing und After Sales.
Volkswagen cars “came under fire” (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
30,000 brand new Volkswagen cars have been damaged by hail the size of tennis balls. The company has estimated the cost of the damage at 100 million euros.
Ten Best Cars For Families (Forbes)
Automakers know that families come in all different shapes and sizes--now, therefore, so do family cars.
Volkswagen Expected to Make Decision July 8 (WTVC Chattanooga)
Volkswagen's management board is set to decide July 8 where to locate its new production site, according to the German magazine "Auto Motor und Sport."
Police sign contract on new cars with Škoda Auto (Prague Daily Monitor)
Prague, June 30 (CTK) - Representatives of the Czech police and the Skoda Auto car manufacturer Monday signed a contract for the delivering of 2800 new cars for the police worth 1.32 billion crowns, deputy police president Tomas Kuzel told journalists.
French cars come bottom in satisfaction survey (Times of Malta)
French cars appear to have lost some of their "va va voom", according to a customer satisfaction survey dominated by Japanese makes. Six of the 10 worst cars in a Which? Car poll were French, with drivers complaining of poor reliability, cheap interiors and clunky gearboxes.
French cars last in satisfaction survey (Independent Online)
French cars appear to have lost some of their "va va voom", according to a customer satisfaction survey dominated by Japanese makes.
Hailstones damage new cars at plant (Channel 4)
Hailstones the size of pingpong balls damaged 30,000 new cars at a Volkswagen plant in northern Germany. The storm hit a field filled with cars waiting to be sent to dealerships overseas from a plant in Emden.
Volkswagen to decide July 8 on new 500 mln euros U.S. production site (Sharewatch)
FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - Volkswagen AG.'s management board is set to decide July 8 on the site of its new 500 million euros production site in the United States, auto motor und sport reported, citing management sources.