
Volkswagen Group increased sales at its core VW passenger car brand by 5 percent in March, the second-highest growth rate in the past 10 months, as recovering demand in Europe and Chinese growth outweighed declines in the Americas.

Volkswagen Group increased sales at its core VW passenger car brand by 5 percent in March, the second-highest growth rate in the past 10 months, as recovering demand in Europe and Chinese growth outweighed declines in the Americas.

Volkswagen Group has applied to set up its first car plant in Thailand to help narrow the gap with Toyota in Southeast Asia, people familiar with the matter said.

Frank Fischer, who has led Volkswagen’s plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, since the automaker announced its return to U.S. manufacturing in 2008, has been reassigned to lead an assembly plant in Germany.

Volkswagen Group will add a compact SUV to its Seat division’s lineup in 2016 to win new customers and accelerate a turnaround at VW’s only unprofitable unit.
The Volkswagen Group’s new 2.0-liter TDI diesel (EA288) will eventually replace all the 2.0-liter TDI Clean Diesel engines fitted in Audi and Volkswagen TDI Clean Diesel models, and as such, is a strategically important engine.