Four efficient petrol engines are now available to order for the first time from Volkswagen Retailers in the popular Passat Saloon and Estate, and Tiguan SUV, model ranges. The comprehensive line-up of new petrol engines now being offered in Passat and Tiguan further broaden the cars’ appeal while also allowing the growing numbers of buyers keen to enjoy the benefits of petrol power to consider … [Read more...]
Newslines 3 February
Germany's auto industry is losing hope that trade tariffs with the UK can be avoided, several executives have told Reuters, despite warnings from British Prime Minister Theresa May that an overly tough stance on post-Brexit commerce would seriously harm the country's EU partners. " Merkel may force us to walk away from UK profits for the sake of preventing further EU fragmentation," said a … [Read more...]
VW faces no-win, no-fee fight in UK court
Around ten thousand UK owners of VW Group cars affected by the diesel emissions scandal have begun proceedings for a class action lawsuit demanding around £3000 each in compensation. To date, VW has not offered compensation to UK owners of 1.2M affected cars, arguing that its cars didn’t breach the laxer European emissions regulations and if successful it could cost VWG £30m and potentially … [Read more...]
Massive jobs cut by Volkswagen
Volkswagen is axing 30,000 jobs. Most will be in Germany but jobs will also go in the United States, Brazil and Argentina. Unions have agreed the packages to be offered to staff in a bid to prevent enforced redundancies as a result of the massive fines and penalties the VW Group must pay around the world for its diesel emissions falsifications. The jobs will go over the next decade but … [Read more...]
Tradelines 21 September
The UK’s appetite for on-demand services continues to gather pace as AA Tyres has grown its fleet of vans by 40% in response to escalating demand. The ten new Volkswagen Crafter vans will allow AA Tyres to push into the West Country, where the demand for mobile tyre fitting in Bristol, Bath and the surrounding areas has surged. Volkswagen is making slow progress in repairing its illegal … [Read more...]
VW is cleaning up a year after “dieselgate”
As “Dieselgate” turns one year old, a study by Transport & Environment reveals that Volkswagen is currently selling the least polluting Euro 6 diesel vehicles. Nonetheless, the marque caught cheating in the US also has the most grossly polluting Euro 5 vehicles on the road, which were sold between 2011 and 2015 . The better performance of Volkswagen Euro 6 cars has nothing to do with the … [Read more...]
Golf & Passat production resumes after settlement
Volkswagen Group will compensate a supplier to end a six-day standoff that stopped Golf and Passat production in Germany. The $14.7 million amount is well below supplier Prevent Group's initial demands seeking about €58 million ($66 million) to cover factory alterations made in preparation for a €500 million order that VW cancelled. The deal also ensured VW will continue purchasing parts … [Read more...]
VW dealers to get compensation for fraud, but only in US
Volkswagen AG executives in the United States have promised restitution within a month for American franchise dealers damaged by the carmaker's diesel emissions violations, The Wall Street Journal reports. A senior American executive from Volkswagen made the pledge at a meeting with over 150 dealers from the northeast at a hotel in New Jersey, the paper said citing dealers. The meeting was … [Read more...]
Volkswagen ‘fix’ rejected and more action could follow
Volkswagen’s recall plan for its illegal vehicles has been rejected in California. California's chief air regulator turned down the proposed recall plan from Volkswagen to fix 3.0-liter diesel VW, Audi and Porsche models in the state equipped with devices designed to cheat emissions tests. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) said the plan to fix the vehicles, which range from model … [Read more...]
Swansea salesman is rising star of industry
A young car Sales Executive who joined Sinclair Volkswagen Swansea at just eighteen years old has scooped a top award from one of the motor industry’s top magazines. Nineteen year old Cameron Davies has been named a 2016 ‘Motor Trader Rising Star’ in the title’s UK search for the next generation of movers and shakers. The magazine launched the competition in 2015 to find those people already … [Read more...]
