Sentences with phrase «volkswagen group»

There's nothing surprising here — the Yeti uses Volkswagen Group engines that are as effective as they are familiar

April 28, 2015: Bugatti, originally French and now owned by Volkswagen group is oiling up its Veyron successors named as Chiron.

The Bugatti Veyron Super Sport currently holds the Guinness top speed record for production cars at a slightly slower 267.86 mph, but that was the average of upwind and downwind runs at Volkswagen Group's Ehra - Lessien test track, a high speed facility with a 5.4 - mile long straightaway.

It's unlikely the Czech budget brand will ever be truly set free to develop a world - beating, fire - breathing, dare - devil RS performance car with drift mode, since the Volkswagen Group keeps the heavy artillery for its VW and Audi brands.

The basis for this top value is the Volkswagen Group's modular transverse matrix (MQB) with its strict lightweight construction concept.

That's changed, but the Focus still doesn't have the class or intuitive sophistication of a Volkswagen Golf or SEAT Leon — in fact, Ford could really learn a thing or two about tasteful cabin design from the Volkswagen Group products in general.

And because Bentley is part of the Volkswagen Group, the Flying Spur plug - in hybrid will share its guts with not only the Bentayga plug - in, but also the Porsche Panamera 4 E-Hybrid.

Although the latest - generation Volkswagen Group engines have been transplanted in, and some of the older units like the 1.6 TDI and 1.8 TSI have been dropped, the fact is that the Yeti's older design means it can't compete when it comes to emissions.

The acclaimed framework within which all this advanced technology is integrated is the Volkswagen Group's modular transverse matrix (MQB) with its strict lightweight construction concept.

Many of the VW - owned brands are trying to share costs across the board as the Volkswagen Group is still recovering from the diesel scandal.

The Volkswagen Group also announced that a hydrogen powered Audi A7 will debut at the 2015 LA Auto Show.

The all - new model utilises the Volkswagen Group's MLB platform for models with a longitudinal engine layout, shedding as much as 100 kg of weight compared to the outgoing model.

The only flaw in the Yeti's interior is that it's soldiering on with the older - tech Volkswagen Group sat - nav and infotainment.

In the first five years or 75,000 km of ownership, Volkswagen Group Australia says servicing will set you back $ 2670.

The SEAT Leon Cupra was a bit of an own goal for the Volkswagen group.

With just days left to go for the Geneva Motor Show that kicks off on the 4th of March, Volkswagen group company Skoda has announced via its Facebook channel that no less than 14 vehicles will be

The Volkswagen Group has officially confirmed that it will launch the next - gen Audi A1 in 2018, and it is hiring staff for the project.

Note: TDI, TSI, DSG and Twincharger are registered trademarks of Volkswagen AG or other companies of the Volkswagen Group in Germany and other countries.

Volkswagen Group and Mercedes - Benz already revealed a few of their showstoppers at the International Motor Show in Germany and those stories are already online.

BorgWarner, which call their technology «DualTronic», [1][11][15] entered series production (excludes Bugatti Veyron) for Volkswagen Group, [5][11] which renamed Direct - Shift Gearbox (DSG) in 2003 in the Volkswagen Golf Mk4 R32.

It will start its model life with a 220kW version of the Volkswagen Group's 3.0 - litre V6 turbo - petrol engine, which also delivers 440Nm of torque.

Local assembly of the Volkswagen Passat had already commenced at Volkswagen Group's Aurangabad facility in Maharashtra, the space it shares with the Skoda Octavia, Superb, Kodiaq and the VW Tiguan along with several Audi models.

Riding on Volkswagen Group's ubiquitous MQB platform, the A3 feels as solid as a proper luxury car, but it's also as nimble as its compact dimensions would suggest.

This is a Mexican car manufacturer now found under the Volkswagen Group umbrella that is known for creating sporty cars tuned more toward the youthful crowd.

The 2019 Continental GT rides on Volkswagen Group's MSB architecture, found elsewhere underneath the new Porsche Panamera.

We are used to seeing most of the vans sporting powerful diesel engines, but Volkswagen Group has decided to make a switch, announcing that at least the future Caravelle van would come with a petrol engine lineup.

During the recent Paris Auto Show, Volkswagen Group not only confirmed that the company was preparing a new all - wheel drive PQ25 platform that will be used for the future Audi S1, but they also stated that the use of this new platform could extend to two future models: a possible Polo R and a CrossPolo.

Volkswagen Group subsidiary Audi AG have also developed an all - new DCT, the DL501, for use in longitudinal powertrains.

It's a sportier, more organic - looking machine than either of its predecessors, taking the Volkswagen Group's premium MLB Evo architecture and delivering five seats and a phenomenal 810 litres of luggage capacity.

Annual production figures are approximately 90,000 - units and the Volkswagen Group has plans to begin production in Hanover, Germany to meet consumer demand in the European market.

* According to The Volkswagen Group of America.

Thanks to the new Volkswagen Group's MLB Evo platform, the Audi SUV has gone lighter by upto 90 kg (depending on variants).

According to him, it's not that Volkswagen Group is afraid a 928 revival would cannibalize Bentley Continental GT sales.

Built on the same Volkswagen Group MLB Evo aluminum architecture as the aforementioned Bentley Bentayga (as well as the Porsche Cayenne, Audi Q7 and forthcoming Q8), the Urus features a 48 - volt electrical system that has the requisite juice to power an active antiroll system to keep this big SUV spookily level in hard cornering.

With a fully modular chassis, this platform leads to a more efficient development towards identical modules and can be implemented into most cars manufactured by the Volkswagen group.

The third generation Skoda Octavia is underpinned by the much talked about Volkswagen Group's MQB platform.

«We're very proud that the Jetta Hybrid has not only posted the fastest speed for a hybrid at Bonneville, but that it has gone out and broken an SCTA land speed record as well,» said Jonathan Browning, CEO and President, Volkswagen Group of America.

The United States is the Panamera's largest sales market, though the car is built entirely at Porsche and Volkswagen Group facilities in Germany.

Volkswagen Group produces, so far, the fastest DCTs in the world (8ms) under the direct - shift gearbox name, [10] from the German: Direkt - Schalt - Getriebe.

As of 2009 [update], the largest sales of DCTs in Western Europe are by various marques of the German Volkswagen Group, [10] though this is anticipated to change as other transmission makers and vehicle manufacturers make DCTs available in series production automobiles.

Side profile: In the side profile of this sedan, styling characteristics that mark all new Volkswagens launched during the past year meld into yet another interpretation of the «design DNA» conceptualized by the Italian Head of Design for the Volkswagen Group (Walter de Silva) and the German Head of Design for the Volkswagen Brand (Klaus Bischoff).

Based on the MLB Evo platform that also underpins other Volkswagen Group SUVs such as the Bentley Bentayga, Porsche Cayenne and Audi Q7, the Urus utilises plenty of aluminium in its construction and has a claimed kerb weight of under 2.2 tonnes.

The Tiguan's service requirements are similar to those of other models in the Volkswagen group.

The SEAT Leon uses the Volkswagen Group's MQB platform, so it shares its running gear with the Volkswagen Golf, Audi A3 and Skoda Octavia.

Founded in 1955, Volkswagen of America, Inc., an operating unit of Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (VWoA) is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia.

Sources insist Winkelmann is on the verge of being moved across to the Volkswagen Group's Bugatti hypercar franchise, but has stayed on to launch the sports estate in Germany.

It seems that almost every time we write an article about any sort of Volkswagen Group product, there will be at least one commenter who...

See the Volkswagen Group compared with other manufacturers at the bottom of GoodCarBadCar.net's monthly Auto Sales By Brand posts.

Hinrich Woebcken, CEO of Volkswagen Group of America, told Automotive News that VW won't relaunch «clean diesels» as a core element of its brand identity in the U.S.

As with the previous - generation Optima, the new model was designed by Kia's Chief of Design, Peter Schreyer, who was a previous designer for Volkswagen Group, AG, working mainly with their Audi division of luxury cars.