With the purchase of the Porsche brand in August 2012, Volkswagen Group added a 12th nameplate to its broad portfolio, which stretches from Ducati motorcycles via VW mass-market vehicles to 40-ton trucks. Here is a brand-by-brand breakdown of VW Group’s most important marques.
BorgWarner is supplying its Pressure Sensor Glow Plug (PSG) for Volkswagen’s all new diesel engines starting with the 1.4-liter version and then adding the 1.6-liter and 2.0-liter versions later this year.
Volkswagen Group deliveries rose 6 percent to 864,600 vehicles last month as rebounding demand in Europe and strong sales in China helped offset declines in the United States and South America.
Volkswagen Group raised output at its Slovak unit 2 percent to a record last year as demand for the SUVs and minicars made in the former communist country held strong even as the recovery in western Europe has been fragile.
