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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Volkswagen AG said Tuesday that U.S. December sales rose 16% to 20,387 vehicles from 17,577 a year ago. Jetta sales increased 27% to 10,233, and Passat sales fell 68% to 800 from a year ago.Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.  

2010 VOLKSWAGEN EOS STYLING | [7 out of 10] Edmunds: "one of those cars that doesn't really stand out" Kelley Blue Book: "attractive but understated styling" ConsumerGuide: "clear gauges [that] complement mostly handy, intuitive controls" Styling is one of the low points for the 2010 Eos, which derives its name from the Greek goddess ...See 360 Tour | Browse Photos  

Nine-time Dakar winner Stéphane Peterhansel (six in the motorbike category, three for the car) leads the general car rankings after winning stage three. He tells FRANCE 24 about the battle between Volkswagen and BMW.  

French David Fretigne (Yamaha) wins stage 2 between Cordoba and La Rioja, raising doubts among the KTM's. In the car category, Volkswagen release their Touareg in the wild and place four of their cars in the top 5.  

Das Volkswagen-Team hat sich einen Tag vor Beginn der 32. Rallye Dakar in der argentinischen Hauptstadt Buenos Aires siegesgewiss gezeigt. «Wir waren noch nie mit einem so starken Team bei einer Dakar», sagte der VW-Motorsport-Chef Kris Nissen.  

Volkswagen is ready to start producing next generation of its old compact-size model. The 2011 VW Jetta that was caught in Californian Death Valley undergoing testing on public roads. The camouflaged prototype test mule seen in the spy video suggests that the new Volkswagen Jetta will boast all-new sheetmetal with a pinch of Audi A4 [...]  

If your last experience with a diesel-powered Volkswagen was with a slow, smoky Rabbit Diesel back in the 70s or 80s, times have changed. Considerably. Diesel is not what it once was - massive technical changes analogous to what happened to gasoline ...  

Wie der Automobilkonzern am Montag bekannt gab, fließen rund 80 Prozent der Sachinvestitionen - also rund 5,9 Mrd. Euro - bis 2012 in die Entwicklung neuer Produkte, die weitere Optimierung konventioneller Antriebe sowie die Entwicklung von Elektro- und Hybridmodellen. AUDI will ihre Modellpalette bis 2015 von derzeit 34 auf 42 Modelle ausweiten.  

Filed under: Truck, Volkswagen, Diesel Volkswagen Amarok - Click above for high-res image gallery Want a new Volkswagen Amarok pickup truck? Well then, now would be the time to let VW know about your interest. Speaking to our man Mike Levine at PickupTrucks.com, Stefan Jacoby, President and CEO of Volkswagen of America, says that the automaker would need 100,000 takers per year in order to make any money on the Amarok here in the States...  

VW teases us with a race-inspired Scirocco. Born into the oil crisis of the early 1970s and based on the compact Volkswagen Golf platform, the first-generation Scirocco was an efficient and sporty answer to the many domestic two-door coupes in the U.S. VW followed it up with a slightly bigger, second-gen car—as well as the Corrado, [...] Related posts:2010 Volkswagen Scirocco R – Car News2009 Volkswagen Scirocco – Mini Test Road Test2009...  

The new Volkswagen Golf GTI comes packed with advanced features. To announce its arrival in the Malaysian market, an email was sent out to car enthusiasts. We created an eDM that mirrored the concept of the car -- sleek, with the many ...  

Volkswagen is adding a sportier touch to its Passat CC model with the European market launch of an 'R-Line' equipment package that was previewed at the Frankfurt Motor Show last September. Sadly though, the R-Line model is simply about cosmetic and convenience features as the package does not include any sort of performance upgrades. On the outside, the R-Line sports package adds 17-inch or optionaly, 18-inch "Mallory" alloy rims with 235/45...  

Filed under: Diesel, MPG, Volkswagen 2010 Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion - click above for high-res image gallery When Volkswagen rolled out the all new 2010 Polo last March in Geneva, the automaker also showed a revamped BlueMotion version as a concept. That updated Polo BlueMotion is now available for order in European markets. The new high-efficiency Polo is powered by a new 1.2-liter three cylinder TDI diesel that is essentially the 1.6-liter...  

Some of us are old enough to remember the controversy when Volkswagen finally gave up the classic Beetle. But we’re also young enough to appreciate the VW GTI. As far as what to call this car, I wish VW would make up its mind. It was the Rabbit back in the 1970’s, then the Golf, then Rabbit again, and now we hear it is the Golf. Whatever the heck it is, it is a blast. read more  

Das Unternehmen sei auf dem Weg zum Weltmarktführer. Es beteilige sich mit 20% an Suzuki. Mit diesem passenden Deal erschließe sich VW weiteres Wachstum in den Emerging Markets im Kleinwagensegment. Zwar habe der Konzern in China mit 18% Marktanteil Platz 1 inne, dafür seien aber die Marktanteile in den anderen asiatischen Ländern bescheiden. Suzuki habe sich auf so genannte Minicars spezialisiert. In diesem Bereich fehle VW das komplette Know...