The company's sales had declined over 14 per cent last year.
The Justice Department has also been investigating criminal fraud allegations against Volkswagen for misleading U.S. consumers and regulators.
It seems that the Indian car buyers prefer the original German 'people's car' more than the original Italian 'people's car'
Launch will be under separate brand name
Volkswagen has recently launched Volkswagen Vento Petrol 'Comfortline' and Volkswagen Jetta 'petrol' in India to keep up with the competition.
The software could hide the fact that the emission levels of diesel cars were 40 times higher than the level of pollutants allowed in the US.
German carmaker Volkswagen said it has no plans to discontinue the sale of its current generation super luxury sedan Passat in the Indian market.
Phaeton is built at Volkswagens Glass factory at Dresden in Germany where a customer can see his or her car being assembled from the stage of choosing chassis.
The Tiguan will appeal to people who don't like big, brawny SUVs with immense road presence.
Volkswagen is planning to roll out a variant of its popular car, Polo, in by 2009. The car will be pitted against Maruti's Swift, Hyundai's Getz and Tata Motor's Indica.
The Polo would be available in both petrol and diesel variants.
German auto giant Volkswagen has asked its joint ventures in China to slash costs by $500 million by the end of 2005 to face an expected profit drop due to intense competition, especially from General Motors, the state media reported on Tuesday.
Volkswagen said last week it would recall and refit 8.5 million vehicles in the European Union.
Volkswagen said that it will reposition Skoda brand in India, to align with its global practice. This means, the company wants to move Skoda brand down the pecking order; and reduce price of the cars sold under the brand name.
VW has admitted that 11 million diesel engine cars worldwide were fitted with the software that helped in manipulating emission tests.
Volkswagen was not the largest carmaker in the US and that North America accounted for merely 1-1.5 per cent of its total sales.
Volkswagen is under huge pressure to act, with its shares down more than a third in value since the crisis broke, and the bad news still coming.
Volkswagen is planning to make India a low-cost manufacturing hub.
Volkswagen has admitted that 11 million diesel engine cars worldwide were fitted with the software that helped in manipulating emission tests.
Volkswagen AG said a scandal over falsified US. vehicle emission tests could affect 11 million of its cars around the globe.
Sources say Volkswagen may foray into this venture by May.
'Gujarat is the frontrunner at present.'
'However, Tamil Nadu's robust automobile ecosystem and Telangana's aggressive incentives make them strong contenders.'
Volkswagen is ready with yet another facelift of the Vento. The 2015 Vento will be launched today.
koda Auto India is set to drive in a new car by the first half of next year to reach its target of 100,000 unit annual sales in the country by 2026. The compact sports utility vehicle (SUV) will be positioned against the likes of Maruti Brezza, Hyundai Venue, and Kia Sonet, and would be competitively priced, a senior company official said. koda will also export the car to right-hand-drive markets like Australia, New Zealand and the Asean nations.
Volkswagen will start firing people responsible for rigging US emissions tests and shake up management on Friday,
While car models have come and gone the Volkswagen Beetle holds its ground firmly.
A Ferrari Testarossa sports car stolen from Austrian Formula One driver Gerhard Berger during the 1995 San Marino Grand Prix weekend has been recovered by London police almost 29 years later.
The Indian made Polo has a competitive price and suits the demands of many markets in South East Asia and Africa.
VW is under pressure to identify those responsible, to say how vehicles with illegal software will be fixed.
The design is timeless and only gets better with the revised front fascia.
VW had dodged environmental rules for which penalty could run up to more than $18 billion.
For 2012-13, while Volkswagen's sales in India declined 16 per cent Honda Cars India sales rose 35 per cent.
The car promises to offer oodles of performance and fun, but at a price. Is it worth all that money? Indian automobile website MotorBeam finds out.
The decision to release the Phaeton was, in part, a response to Mercedes' decision to compete directly with Volkswagen in the European marketplace with the low-cost A-Class.
The controversy came to public attention last week after Volkswagen acknowledged it had deliberately deceived officials about how much its diesel cars polluted.
Volkswagen last year acquired 20 per cent stake in Maruti Suzuki India's parent Suzuki Motor Corp for about $2.5 billion (over Rs 11,500 crore).
Indian car major Maruti's Japanese parent Suzuki on Wednesday said it will sell 19.9 per cent stake to Germany's Volkswagen for about $2.5 billion (about Rs 11,500 crore).
Volkswagen's Car Towers -- at the theme park Autostadt next to the carmaker's plant in Wolfsburg in Germany -- are transparent cylindrical buildings that rise 150 feet to 490 feet above the ground.
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