Post by VWCA_Adman on Nov 22, 2016 21:10:23 GMT -6
VW’s Transform 2025: VW will shakeup its core VW brand for greater profits and top volume sales worldwide. Objectives include e-mobility leadership, a new design concept, expanding U.S. product range. About 30,000 employees mostly in Germany will be laid off.
Audi Introduces New Q5 Crossover, A5 Coupe and Sportback
Atlas, billed as VW’s largest passenger vehicle ever, fits Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The NBA All Star rode the Atlas shotgun at its LA show turntable premiere. Numbers: 198.3 inches long; 77.9 wide, 96.6 high. The second-gen Microbus was 177.4 long, 67.7 wide and 76.4 high.
VW e-Golf: bigger battery and motor. Range is now 124 miles vs. 83 and a 134 hp motor replaces the former 155 hp unit. As with the announced 2018 Euro-Golf refresh the e-Golf gets Audi-like virtual cockpit instrumentation plus a gesture-control feature and more driver-assistance choices. Euro Golf line gets new headlamps, bumpers and a fresh 1.5-liter engine.
Passat GT: VW’s LA concept car sports GTI-like red accents. Vehicle has 280-hp VR6 engine, 19-inch wheels and a lower stance.
Gas Pains: Audi Gas Engine Emissions Cheating?
Regulators say Audi’s 3.0-liter V-6 gas engines have software that detects emissions testing and revises shifting program to reduce emissions. Whether it’s illegal or similar to adaptive shifting controls such as sport mode hasn’t been determined. A Class-action lawsuit has been filed.
VW Group Makes 3.0-liter TDI Deal: Will update software on 60,000 V-6 diesel vehicles and repurchase 19,000 that are too difficult to repair. Vehicles involved include Audi cars and VW/Audi/Porsche SUVs. Not settled: customer compensation. Currently only the Audi Q7 and VW Touareg are part of the buyback program.
Audi Introduces New Q5 Crossover, A5 Coupe and Sportback
Atlas, billed as VW’s largest passenger vehicle ever, fits Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The NBA All Star rode the Atlas shotgun at its LA show turntable premiere. Numbers: 198.3 inches long; 77.9 wide, 96.6 high. The second-gen Microbus was 177.4 long, 67.7 wide and 76.4 high.
VW e-Golf: bigger battery and motor. Range is now 124 miles vs. 83 and a 134 hp motor replaces the former 155 hp unit. As with the announced 2018 Euro-Golf refresh the e-Golf gets Audi-like virtual cockpit instrumentation plus a gesture-control feature and more driver-assistance choices. Euro Golf line gets new headlamps, bumpers and a fresh 1.5-liter engine.
Passat GT: VW’s LA concept car sports GTI-like red accents. Vehicle has 280-hp VR6 engine, 19-inch wheels and a lower stance.
Gas Pains: Audi Gas Engine Emissions Cheating?
Regulators say Audi’s 3.0-liter V-6 gas engines have software that detects emissions testing and revises shifting program to reduce emissions. Whether it’s illegal or similar to adaptive shifting controls such as sport mode hasn’t been determined. A Class-action lawsuit has been filed.
VW Group Makes 3.0-liter TDI Deal: Will update software on 60,000 V-6 diesel vehicles and repurchase 19,000 that are too difficult to repair. Vehicles involved include Audi cars and VW/Audi/Porsche SUVs. Not settled: customer compensation. Currently only the Audi Q7 and VW Touareg are part of the buyback program.