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  VW to assemble T5 Transporter and Multivan in Indonesia

  1 February 2012 / 24 comments

  Volkswagen will assemble “Semi Knocked Down” (SKD) units of its Transporter and Multivan vans in Indonesia. Both based on the current T5 platform, the vans will be for the local market. Indonesia is ASEAN’s most […]

   

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  Reports: Volkswagen AG directors visit DRB-Hicom, looking into technical collaboration with Proton

  1 February 2012 / 96 comments

  Reports linking Volkswagen with Proton have emerged, with the national carmaker’s new owner playing host. According to Business Times, DRB-Hicom is understood to have hosted two Volkswagen AG group directors last Thursday. The duo met […]

   

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  Reports: Volkswagen thinking of F1, to supply engines first

  30 January 2012 / 9 comments

  This is not something we’ve heard of the first time, but Volkswagen is considering joining Formula 1, according to a report from Germany. Apparently, VW’s motor sport representative Wolfgang Durheimer told prominent business mag Wirtschaftswoche […]

   

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  2011 Volkswagen Phaeton facelift spied in Malaysia!

  21 January 2012 / 56 comments

  The Volkswagen sedan you see on the trailer above with its badges covered up is not a Jetta or a Passat. Notice the twin rear tailpipes, one on each side of the rear bumper? You’re […]

   

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  Volkswagen Polo Sedan sighted at a Malaysian port

  16 January 2012 / 118 comments

  The new Volkswagen Polo Sedan – we’ve seen it being tested on the roads before, and now reader Wan has sent in photos of a big shipment of mostly white, silver, grey and black Volkswagen […]

   

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  Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid – 1.4 TSI marries 20 kW motor

  10 January 2012 / 35 comments

  You’ve seen the cool Volkswagen E-Bugster earlier, now here’s something less exciting but nearer to the showrooms, the Jetta Hybrid. The Jetta’s zero-flair bodyshell now houses a hybrid powertrain which marries a 150 PS/250 Nm […]

   

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  Volkswagen E-Bugster – the Beetle gets electrified!

  10 January 2012 / 10 comments

  Volkswagen has debuted a Beetle concept car called the E-Bugster at the NAIAS in Detroit. The two-seat Beetle speedster features pure electric drive and is a powered by a Blue-e-Motion system, with a 85 kW […]

   

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  Volkswagen opens its latest showroom in Kuantan

  5 January 2012 / 18 comments

  Volkswagen Group Malaysia (VGM) has opened its latest VW showroom in the country, and the new outlet – operated by authorised dealer Okuan Otomobil – is located in Kuantan, Pahang. The new dealership extends the […]

   

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  VW gives workers respite from Blackberry messages

  27 December 2011 / 33 comments

  In a move that should hopefully unshackle the idea that work has to follow one home, Volkswagen has agreed to stop sending emails through Blackberry devices to its workers in Germany after working hours. According […]

   

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  Volkswagen Passat “The Force” ad is the top watched car video on YouTube in 2011!

  22 December 2011 / 10 comments

  Remember Volkswagen’s The Force commercial? The one featuring a pint-sized Darth Vader trying his “powers” out on the new Volkswagen Passat in his parent’s driveway. Well, it turns out that the amusing ad made it […]

   

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  Tokyo 2011: VW Cross Coupe Concept is small but stout

  6 December 2011 / 20 comments

  One of the best looking and realistic concepts on show in Tokyo is German. Volkswagen brought this broad, hunky piece of metal to Japan, called the Cross Coupe Concept. VW says that this crossover is […]

   

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  New Volkswagen showroom opens in Ipoh, 10th in M’sia

  5 December 2011 / 13 comments

  Volkswagen Group Malaysia (VGM) and Goh Brothers Motor, an authorised dealer of VGM, recently launched Goh Brothers Motor’s Volkswagen showroom in Ipoh, located along Jalan Kuala Kangsar. In his speech at the launch, Ricky Tay, […]

   

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  Suzuki wants to divorce VW, taking the dispute to court

  25 November 2011 / 64 comments

  We saw it coming, and the sour relationship between Suzuki and VW is now going to the courts, with the Japanese bride demanding that her estranged German husband sign the divorce papers. “Suzuki is today […]

   

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  VW briefs local and ASEAN vendors at Suppliers’ Day

  25 November 2011 / 9 comments

  Volkswagen’s Regional Sourcing Office recently hosted a Suppliers’ Day, which saw the attendance of more than 300 automotive suppliers from Malaysia and throughout the ASEAN region. The purpose was to share information with the vendors […]

   

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  WRC star Sebastien Ogier leaves Citroen for Volkswagen

  24 November 2011 / 10 comments

  Highly rated World Rally Championship (WRC) driver Sebastien Ogier has joined Volkswagen after exiting the sport’s top team Citroen. The Frenchman, who was a strong and competitive teammate to 2011 champ and living legend Seb […]

   

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