Volkswagen and Peter-Maffay-start Children's Relief Foundation

Volkswagen and its dealer organization, the Children's Relief "Help us to help" the Peter Maffay Foundation as part of a nationwide exchange action all motorists to appeal to, to have their old-aid kit in their VW partner and him exchanged if necessary. Compensation they receive a reduced price. Any new aid kit is a euro in support of the Peter Maffay Foundation.

The first aid kit combines the useful exchange action with the charitable thoughts. Since any first aid kit has an expiry date. He should be replaced at least five years, for sterile packaging is no longer sterile, patches do not stick properly, and disposable gloves are porous and therefore unusable.

Volkswagen opened its U.S. plant in Chattanooga

After years of negotiations, preparations and planning and takes the new Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga today officially started its production operations. For the grand opening ceremony, they all had come to the U.S. state of Tennessee, nearly all of the Volkswagen Group executives and decision makers of the VW brand accompanied the Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn at the new premises outside of the 155 000 inhabitants city of Chattanooga.

Joachim Franz achieved with five Amarok VW Hannover

Since 18 April 2011 the extreme athlete Joachim Franz is on the road again on a worldwide expedition in the fight against HIV and AIDS. This Tuesday, the convoy of five Volkswagen Amarok has reached the Lower Saxony capital of Hanover. Thus, the adventurer and his team have already crossed the first continent and a third of the way - more than 20 000 kilometers - completed.

In the tenth year of the World Aids Awareness Expedition (waae) supports Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, based in Hannover Joachim Franz and makes him and his team, a fleet of Amarok with special extension is available. 65 000 km of roads in 100 days through 50 countries on all five inhabited continents - that's the goal of the mission 2011th In the past three weeks, the convoy rolled on American roads.

Minor repairs: save with the "lever method" money

You are always angry, the little dings and parking bumps, which is hardly a vehicle spares. Many drivers pay little attention to these mini-damage. However, the car is for sale or lease return, the moment of truth, the trouble is inevitable. The car must be in the workshop, and the repair bill comes mostly from juicy.

But even the smallest accident damage must be more expensive? The experts from the Society for Technical Supervision GTÜ in Stuttgart have now points to alternative repair methods that can be drawn with minor accident damage to the outer skin of the brakes. Many service centers are now working with the appropriate smart repair programs.

Jochen Mass: Why is the Mille Miglia so popular?

I have now taken part in 19 oder20 Mille Miglia (MM) with Mercedes and am amazed every year how much this event strikes us in their spell. It is hard, you sleep in two nights, no more than four to five hours. The heat in the cars is very difficult for one, and the hotels are so beautiful that it always with schwerfaellt, they leave in the morning again.

If we believe drivers that we have caught the stressful end of the MM, we are well advised to consider again the situation of the mechanics and the accompanying staff, get every night until late in the cars from us and then with a long list of must confront things that we want to see gentlemen drivers improved overnight.

Two changes to the registration point

In April 2011, there were two vehicle segments, a change in the number 1 at the most popular new cars. dissolves in the upper class, according to the Federal Motor Vehicle Office of the Audi A8, Mercedes-Benz S-Class at the forefront of new registrations. The so-called mini-van overtook the Opel Meriva, the B-Class Mercedes-Benz.

In the A segment of the Smart Fortwo defended the first place. Volkswagen dominated by Polo, Golf and Jetta and Passat, the small car, the compact and the middle class. In addition, the Wolfsburg-featured last month with Tiguan, Touran, T5 again the most successful models in the areas of SUVs, large vans and utilities.

Highway construction sites together over 1500 miles long

The number of highway construction sites in the past four weeks from 360 to 69 to 429 and thus rose by more than 19 percent. As the Auto Club Europa (ACE) today reported, are being renewed for a total distance of more than 1523 kilometers of the tracks and expanded. Just under a year (mid-May 2010) the number of highway construction was according to the club with 498 but still higher than today.

Driver squad for the Golf24 for 24-hour race is

If the Volkswagen Golf to the 24-hour race at the Nurburgring Nordschleife (June 23 to 26) returns, in addition to the famous Volkswagen drivers such as René Rast and Peter Terting, the former Formula 1 drivers Johnny Herbert and Mark Blundell and DTM driver Edoardo Mortara used. The Golf24 with 324 kW / 440 hp and four-wheel drive is already celebrating this weekend at the Long Distance Championship Nürburgring his racing debut in the "Green Hell".

Girls' Day 1500 Students learn about engineering jobs at VW

More than 1,500 students have yesterday, today informed the Girls' Day in Volkswagen commercial and technical professions. At its headquarters in Wolfsburg, the demand was so strong that the action was first extended to the afternoon. Here alone, 600 girls were guests. For the first time Volkswagen has Osnabrück, the recent Volkswagen site that participated in the Girls' Day.

Of a total ten Volkswagen plants in Lower Saxony, Hesse and Saxony took over the female trainees Director: They asked the students the seventh to tenth grade level, the engineering professions in presentations before with practical exercises and exhibits. Particularly good were the practical exercises.

Ratings: It's time for summer tires

When temperatures rise again, it is time to replace the winter tires to summer tires. They are generally from 7 degrees Celsius, the better choice. If the tires from last year be re-installed shall be sufficient for the profile. Legally required a tread depth of at least 1.6 millimeters. The Society for Technical Supervision (GTÜ) recommends, for reasons still improving road safety for summer tires at least 3 millimeters.

Nova sells the car Artega GT in Northern Germany

The car is Nova GmbH, Schleswig-Holstein near Hamburg Glinde new Artega dealer. She takes over the consulting, sale and service of the sports car brand in the entire north of Germany from the North Sea coast to Neubrandenburg. The Artega GT is made for almost a year in the East Westphalian Delbrück. The design of the 270 km / h sports car is from Henrik Fisker, who among other things, the BMW Z8 and the Aston Martin Vantage created.

Volkswagen of Nabu-excellent cooperation

Volkswagen has won in Hamburg by the Association for sponsoring his cooperation with the Conservation Federation of Germany (NABU). The Association paid tribute to the long-term partnership as a successful example of a credible and sustainable cooperation in the environmental field. The International Sponsorship Award was awarded this year in four categories.

The Volkswagen Group has been awarded by an independent panel of experts in the category of public sponsorship. The Association is the main stakeholder of the sponsorship industry in German-speaking countries and annually awards the best projects.

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Volkswagen celebrates 10 million Volkswagen engines from Chemnitz

Today, the 10 000 000th Volkswagen engine from Saxony, a 1.4 liter TSI engine with 132 kW, used in Chemnitz from the tape. Since 1988, there are built Volkswagen engines. Starting with the FSI engines all the modern new-generation engines from Volkswagen for the first time in Chemnitz transferred to mass production.

Last year alone, Volkswagen has invested 65 million euros in Chemnitz. For the current year, the investment amount for a further 45 million euros.

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Techno Classica: Volkswagen shows rare convertibles

Volkswagen uses the classic car show Techno Classica in Essen (30.3.-03.04.2011) the opening of the convertible season. The classical music department of the largest European car manufacturer shows the prototype of the first Gulf convertibles, open a few of the Type 34 Karmann Ghia, the Brazilian Puma as a roadster and coupe-like study of the Cheetah, which was once supposed to inherit the Karmann Ghia.

Japan: Production at Nissan is running slow again

Although all Nissan plants - with the exception of the Iwaki factory - could be carried out necessary repair work before, it will take some time for the reliable supply of parts is guaranteed by the supplier. Therefore, the production is there is slow again. Iwaki plant in the construction work will take because of strong aftershocks in the region over time.

In the work Oppama, Tochigi plant, plant Yokohama and Nissan Shatai a production stoppage is to Sunday (20/03/2011) is provided. Part of the work Yokohama on 13 March was taken back into service. In the Kyushu plant today, the limited production start due to lack of parts is started, the full production capacity for Saturday (19/03/2011) planned.

37 Mercedes-Benz-gas buses to Norway

The Norwegian transport company Tide ASA has ordered 37 Mercedes-Benz Citaro articulated buses in CNG EEV (Enhanced Environmentally Friendly Vehicle). The natural gas-powered low-floor buses fall below today's Euro 5 emission levels significantly. For the drive provides the natural gas engine HLAG M 447, which is offered in two versions with 185 kW / 252 PS and 240 kW / 326 PS.

Tide ASA is one of the largest transport companies in Norway for public passenger transport by road and sea. The company employs 3,700 employees and operates around 1,000 buses and 80 ferries and express boats. (Ampnet / jri)

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Car2go goes to the next round

The mobility concept Car2go going into the next round. Between 18 and 20 March Daimler replaced in the pilot project city of Ulm the existing 200 Smart Fortwo cdi by 300 of the new Smart "Car2go Edition". The increase in the vehicle fleet is a response to the great response. In the second Car2go City, Austin, Texas, at the same time, the fleet will be increased to 300 vehicles of the new type.

Volkswagen delivered by the end of February from more than 750 000 passenger cars

Volkswagen has delivered the first two months of 758 100 passenger cars to customers worldwide. Compared to the same period, the company was able to increase its shipments by 14.1 percent. The brand made gains in all regions worldwide. In the European region have been delivered in the first two months 245 200 (+3.3%) vehicles.

Of this total, 86 000 (+0.4%) to Germany. In the Asia / Pacific VW an extradition increase of 22.8 percent and handed over 301 200 vehicles to customers. In the individual market, China (including Hong Kong) in the same period, 274 300 (+19.6%) cars delivered. In North America, new car deliveries rose by 12.2 percent to 64 600 vehicles, which were 39 900 (10.3%) models her new owners in the U.S..

Three change at the top of the vehicle registrations

Last month, there have been in Germany in three vehicle segments, a change at the top of the new registrations. Mercedes-Benz took with 3375 B-Class models sold back to the first in the minivan, which had been occupied in January, the Opel Meriva. In the upper class was the Mercedes-Benz CLS with 682 units on most approvals in the previous month it had been the BMW 7 Series.

In the utilities, there was a brand change: The Volkswagen Caddy replaced with 2120 new registrations for the T5 at the top. When the Minister was, according to the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA), the Smart Fortwo with a piece of the most successful vehicle in 1971. With Polo (6329 registrations), Golf / Jetta (17 144 units) and Passat (8526 vehicles) and Touran (3991 pieces) and Tiguan (4361 units) certain Volkswagen the image in the small car, the compact and mid-range and in the Großraumvans and SUVs.

Rita Forst: We focus on small vehicles

"We are now all on the small vehicles," explains Rita Forst, Executive Board member, Adam Opel AG Vice President Engineering Europe, on the first press day of the Motor Show in Geneva. Thus it takes the issue off the table, whether Opel vehicles could also imagine above the current Insignia. One could imagine the already, because the General Motors group and large platforms are available.

But now it is only once around the smaller classes. Rita Forst is convinced that the market will give Opel law. An example of the conviction, the study of the new Opel Zafira, which we shall see in the summer for the first time on the road. The following new line outside the new group with all the elements, beginning with the Insignia and the new Meriva and the Opel van in rampage.