NEW VOLKSWAGEN T-SERIES
Broad range of engines, derivatives and transmissions offered Higher equipment levels across the new range Five or six-speed manual or seven-speed DSG transmissions Short and long-wheelbase derivatives available
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Volkswagen Group delivers 8.26 million vehicles to customers worldwide in first 10 months
Volkswagen Group delivers 8.26 million vehicles to customers worldwide in first 10 months VWSA dominates local passenger car market Polo and Polo Vivo best-selling passenger models
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Volkswagen Diesel scandal: VW told to take 2.4 million cheat cars back and fix software
German authorities have ordered Volkswagen to recall over 2.4 million VW diesel derivatives in Germany alone.
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VOLKSWAGEN ADVANCED CONNECTIVITY CELEBRITY-DRIVEN MARKETING CAMPAIGN
First brand to offer all three major smartphone integration platforms; available on virtually every model and nearly every trim Highlights App-Connect, a new technology which makes compatible smartphone integration seamless through Apple CarPlay®, Google Android Auto™, and MirrorLink® Multimedia Campaign stars Hollywood celebrities Michael Peña, Adam Scott and Christopher Mintz-Plasse
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VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN FRANKFURT INTERNATIONAL MOTOR SHOW
Powerful, authentic SUV design of the new Tiguan was completely reconfigured Tiguan is the first Volkswagen Group SUV to be based on the modular transverse matrix (MQB) Longer, wider, lower – new vehicle architecture enables sportier proportions Tiguan makes its debut at the IAA in an R-Line® version, a classic on-road version and a version […]
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Goodyear supports 2nd world record attempt to drive from Cape-to-Cape
Goodyear-Wrangler HP All Weather tyres and Rainer Zietlow team-up to drive from South Africa to Norway in less than 10 days. Cape Agulhas, South Africa – September 11, 2015: Goodyear has partnered with German record breaker Rainer Zietlow and his second world record attempt to drive from Cape Agulhas, South Africa to Nordkapp, Norway in […]
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VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE GRC CELEBRATES FIRST BIRTHDAY AT PORT OF LOS ANGELES DOUBLEHEADER
Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross team returns to site of Beetle GRC debut, hunting for more wins in the 2015 Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship
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Countdown International Spirit of Volkswagen Amarok Trophy begins
The countdown to the start of the inaugural International Spirit of Amarok Trophy has begun. The competition which will be contested by 20 teams from Australia, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa will take place on 14-18 September 2015 in Botswana.
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Volkswagen South Africa – Changing 1 100 lives, one bicycle and one book at a time
Volkswagen South Africa – After donating 1 100 bicycles to learners from 20 rural schools in KwaZulu Natal and the Eastern Cape in April and May respectively – Volkswagen South Africa together with its partners Qhubeka and World Vision South Africa returned to a KwaZulu Natal school to conduct bike maintenance, a road safety clinic […]
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Engen Volkswagen Cup racers battle the track at Dezzi Raceway
ROUND six of the eight round Engen Volkswagen Cup championship took place at a circuit new to the racers. Dezzi Raceway in Port Shepstone proved a hard outing for the competitors with the racers working hard to navigate the circuit. At the outset, championship leader Sheldon van der Linde (1 – Champion) looked set to […]
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LITTLE LUPINI SET TO BE CAPE’S YOUNGEST RACER
Saturday 5 September should prove a significant day for Franschhoek lad Giordano Lupini, who steps up from kart racing the ‘big track’ as the karting kids like to call it. Giordano will be the youngest Cape race driver yet when he makes his main circuit racing debut driving a Volkswagen Golf in Class C of […]
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Volkswagen Group South Africa to invest in excess of R4.5 billion by 2017 for new products and infrastructure
Thomas Schaefer, Managing Director of Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) announced the next phase of major new investments in the factory in Uitenage, its supplier base and the training of employees for the next generation of products to be manufactured in South Africa. Volkswagen Group South Africa announces plans to invest over R4.5 billion for […]
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Winners of the 2015 Spirit of Africa Trophy finals announced
Alwyn Jordaan and Melanie Barnard are the 2015 Spirit of Africa Trophy champions. The pair, who finished in the third position last year, successfully mastered five days of demanding 4×4 driving challenges at the Kwalata Game Reserve in Botswana. Alwyn and Melanie took home R50 000 prize money for their achievement.
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Beetle and up! add ‘Club’ special editions into their model line-ups
Volkswagen has refreshed the Beetle and up! model line-ups with the addition of a special edition package. The ‘Club’ special edition package has exclusive interior and exterior styling features such as new alloy wheels, painted side mirror housings and new seat trim.
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Volkswagen Sasolracing produce podium finish at Tshwane Motor Rally
THE Tshwane Motor Rally, round six of the National Rally Championship (NRC) saw Hergen Fekken and Pierre Arries on the podium – their first for the season and achieved in only their fourth rally together. Additionally, the Manufacturer’s Award was claimed by Volkswagen and Gugu Zulu and Hilton Auffray finished in the top five.
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VOLKSWAGEN ANDRETTI RALLYCROSS AND SCOTT SPEED SIGN CONTRACT EXTENSION
Three-time X Games Gold Medalist will continue to drive for Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross through the 2017 season
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VOLKSWAGEN ANDRETTI RALLYCROSS TEAM RETURNS TO D.C. TO COMPETE IN FRONT OF HOME CROWD
Scott Speed and Tanner Foust hope to improve standings at the second annual Red Bull Global Rallycross Washington D.C. presented by Volkswagen Herndon, VA — The Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross team heads to Washington, D.C. this weekend for the seventh round of the 2015 Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship. With two podium finishes at rounds 5 […]
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Volkswagen Amarok goes international with the Spirit of Africa Trophy
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is taking the Spirit of Africa Trophy to an international stage, by inviting teams from Australia, Namibia and Botswana to compete against South African winners in the inaugural Spirit of Amarok international competition in Botswana from 13 to 17 September 2015. Spirit of Africa Trophy going international Event moves to Botsweana from […]
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Leading contenders in African and SA Rally Championships looking for back-to-back wins in 24th edition of the Sasol Rally
The leading contenders in the 2015 season of both the FIA African Rally Championship (ARC) and the South African National Rally Championship (NRC) will be looking for back-to-back wins going into the Sasol Rally, to be staged in the Mpumalanga Lowveld for the 24th time on April 17 and 18.
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Volkswagen adds new Golf SV to the range
Volkswagen added an exciting new model to its top-selling Golf range. The Golf SV (or Sportsvan as it is known in Europe) is an all-new model with all the advanced technology of the award-winning Golf hatchback range, but it has a larger and more practical body. The Golf SV is the second body variant of […]
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Volkswagen to design special crossovers for special markets
Volkswagen has announced that it will give its crossovers aimed at the US mafrket a more aggressive design message specifically aimed at American buyers.
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