Better still, BMW had beaten Volkswagen in a race to win another British carmaker, Rolls Royce. VW outbid BMW for the Rolls Royce and Bentley car manufacturing business, which it acquired from Vickers

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Volkswagen has set aside $10bn to compensate almost half a million US owners of 2.0 litre diesel vehicles fitted with "Dieselgate" emissions defeat devices. It will be the biggest settlement ever made

time partner Mediacom as global media network for Volkswagen Group's massive €2bn budget. Instead, in a triumph for Omnicom over WPP, the business will transfer to PHD from January 2017. The latter

Toyota and Volkswagen joined the global battle for the car-hailing market, but on opposing sides. Toyota has put its weight behind Uber, investing around $100m in that business and agreeing a strategic

Volkswagen appears to have sidelined incumbent Mediacom for its digital media budget in favour of Blackwood Seven (or BW7), an independent agency hailing originally from Denmark. There's no firm confirmation

venture partner in China for both General Motors and Volkswagen Group. It continues to produce Buick, Chevrolet, Wuling and other vehicles in China for GM, and VW and Skoda for Volkswagen. The wholly

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