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Diesel Phaeton U.S. bound?
Volkswagen may soon offer a 5.0-liter, 310-hp, 553 lb-ft twin-turbocharged V10 diesel in its top-of-the-line Phaeton sedan in the United States. The V10 is a Phaeton option in Europe and the big powerplant is available in limited numbers now in the United States in VW's Touareg SUV. Phaeton is sold here with two gasoline engines, a 335-hp, 4.2-liter V8 and a 420-hp, 6.0-liter W12. If VW decides to bring diesel Phaetons to the States, it will join the company's growing list of vehicles available with a diesel engine, including the New Beetle, Golf, Jetta and this spring, Passat. Diesels account annually for about 10 percent of VW's U.S. sales.
Maserati to VW?
All signs point to an eventual sale of Maserati to Volkswagen.
It's no secret that VW wants the Quattroporte platform for future Phaeton-size vehicles, nor that the 2006 Maserati Coupe and Spyder will have all-wheel drive and electronics on them from VW-owned Audi. Maserati is also sharing Audi dealers in certain markets and benefiting from Audi client services and financing ...
- VW brand plans a product blitz.(NEWS)(Volkswagen United States Inc.)
- Magazine article from: Automotive News Kurylko, Diana T. October 5, 2009 700+ words
...Tenn. Here are VW's product plans for the United States. E-Up...2011. Polo: VW may sell this...small car in the United States. A redesigned...2012. Phaeton: VW executives say...return to the United States when it is redesigned...
- Fourth annual MADD/VW Drive For Live launched. (Mothers Against Drunk Driving;...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 30, 1990 700+ words
FOURTH ANNUAL MADD/VW DRIVE FOR LIFE LAUNCHED...MADD) and Volkswagen United States (VW/U.S.) are teaming...president in charge of VW/U.S. "But the simple...assistance program in the United States with affiliates in Canada...
- VW ponders Phaeton's U.S. flop, may try again.(News)(Volkswagen United States...
- Magazine article from: Automotive News Kranz, Rick February 18, 2008 700+ words
...Annual sales in the United States ranged from 17 units to...car buyers still view VW as an entry-level brand...Europe in 2002 and the United States in 2003, the Phaeton...problems, Jacoby said VW made a mistake by dropping...
- White House endorses VW-MADD 'Drive For Life' campaign. (Volkswagen United...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 23, 1987 700+ words
WHITE HOUSE ENDORSES VW/MADD 'DRIVE FOR LIFE...MADD) and Volkswagen United States, which culminates tomorrow...petition-signing events at VW dealerships across the...support for this cause, VW/U.S. and MADD are...Boland of Volkswagen United States, Inc., 313-362...
- Congress backs VW-MADD drunk driving campaign. (Labor Day Weekend; Volkswagen...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 10, 1988 700+ words
CONGRESS BACKS VW/MADD DRUNK DRIVING...Last evening, the United States Senate and House of Representatives...MADD) and Volkswagen United States, Sen. Paul Simon...Nancy Reagan, all 50 United States governors and mayors...
- United States : VW Lifts a $5.75 Million VAIL at Stanford.
- News wire article from: TendersInfo October 27, 2009 700+ words
...creation of new automotive tech. Along with VW s Electronics Research Laboratory in Palo Alto, VAIL gives VW the largest Silicon Valley research presence...of Bentley Motors, said in a statement. (VW owns Bentley.) The goals are to accelerate...
- Audi moves away from VW in US.(Audi and Volkswagen seperates their buildings in...
- Magazine article from: Automotive News Europe May 1, 2006 700+ words
...Kurylko Audi and Volkswagen are separating their US offices. The VW group brands have shared two US headquarters buildings since 1991...Starting this summer, Audi of America will have its own building at VW group's Auburn Hills, Michigan, headquarters. In the more...
- United States: VW gets 170-mln euro EIB loan for Argentine plant.
- News wire article from: TendersInfo July 25, 2009 700+ words
...car plant in Argentina under an agreement signed on Friday. The EIB said in a statement the funds would go towards financing VW's existing car manufacturing facility near the Argentine capital Buenos Aires to produce energy-efficient light commercial...
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