named as lead creative agency for the North American Volkswagen account. That represents a minor blow for WPP, which had secured the whole integrated account at the end of last year. At the time, Taxi

Hooky / Moving". These two strong new spots for Volkswagen USA are either the last from incumbent Deutsch or the first from the newly appointed (and newly created) WPP entity VW Partnership. (We're still

part of the Volkswagen Group - is ramping up its offering with the launch of a separate performance brand, Cupra, which is slowly being rolled out in a few select markets. Confusingly, its first offering

WPP was one of the surprise victors in the global Volkswagen brand creative review. The German auto giant confirmed allocation of its global business to three agencies. DDB - currently one of the brand'

Global giant Volkswagen Group was especially hard-hit. Its main VW brand reported a shock 46% plunge in volumes in Western Europe as well as 11% in its single biggest market, China. It said trade tensions

Volkswagen is to end production of its iconic Beetle compact car next year after more than 80 years. It was the company's first ever car, originally designed in pre-war Nazi Germany as a "people's car"

Volkswagen named Ralf Brandstatter as global COO of the passenger cars brand. He was previously board member for procurement. Under Armour's SVP global brand Adrienne Lofton has resigned, reportedly to

long-serving CEO of Volkswagen's Audi brand, in connection with the Dieselgate emissions-cheating scandal. He has been jailed without bail to prevent possible interference in the ongoing investigation.

Volkswagen received its first penalty in Europe over the Dieselgate emissions-cheating scandal. German regulators fined the group €1bn, one of the largest penalties ever levied in that country. Volkswagen

In a dramatic escalation of the investigation into Volkswagen's "Dieselgate" cover-up, the US Justice Department filed charges against former group CEO Martin Winterkorn for conspiracy to commit fraud