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Volkswagen Ends Buyouts In Favour Of Consolidation

With a long list of brands under their belt, Vokswagen have decided to tell their mergers and acquisitions department to take a holiday. Bloomberg reports that the ever-expanding Volkswagen Group, [...]

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Volkswagen/Porsche Merge Moving Slowly

So you thought the Volkswagen / Porsche merger was a done deal over a year ago? Well, so did we, but the Wolfsburg-based VW Group is facing tax and legal [...]

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New Volkswagen Polo Launched In South Africa

The Volkswagen Polo was first introduced to South Africa in 1996 as the Polo Classic sedan. The hatchback, known as the Polo Playa, joined the line-up two years later and [...]

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Volkswagen Takes 49.9% Of Porsche

In late July Porsche announced Wendelin Wiedeking would be leaving his position as the company’s CEO to be replaced by Michael Macht, clearing the way for the supervisory board at [...]

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Three New Porsche Models On The Way?

VW CEO Martin Winterkorn is wasting no time in coming up with huge plans for the Porsche brand. VW and Porsche recently announced a deal in which the two automakers [...]

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Volkswagen And Porsche Close Merger Deal

Europe’s largest automaker, Volkswagen, and Porsche announced at the end of last week that they reached an agreement to merge their operations to create an integrated automotive group led by [...]

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