Volkswagen’s management board will sign off on a budget car for emerging markets after ending a long struggle to meet cost targets for the vehicle, a German business magazine said.
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Bentley will build W12 engines for Audi, VW
Bentley will build Volkswagen Group’s W12 engines for sister brands Volkswagen and Audi starting next year, creating about 100 jobs for its England factory and ending production of the engines in Germany.
Bentley, which was bought by VW in 1998, will make its factory in Crewe, northwest England, a ”center of excellence” for W12 engines, which are used in Bentley models, Audi’s flagship A8 sedan and the VW Phaeton.
VW recalls 160,351 Passat sedans in US, Canada for light issue
Volkswagen said it is recalling about 160,351 Passat sedans in the United States and Canada because a low-beam headlight could become inoperable.
VW said it is possible on Passat cars from model years 2012 and 2013 that in instances where the hood is closed roughly or dropped from a certain height the resulting vibration or impact can cause a low-beam headlight bulb’s connector to lose electrical contact. Losing the light could lead to reduced visibility, the company said.
VW will expand Tiguan production to Hanover factory
Volkswagen will expand its production of the Tiguan compact SUV to its Hanover factory in northern Germany to boost capacity utilization at the site, sources said.
VW targets 10 million sales this year on model expansion
Volkswagen Group may sell more than 10 million vehicles in 2014, four years earlier than planned, as Europe’s largest carmaker accelerates model introductions in a strategy to overtake Toyota as the global industry leader.
