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Volkswagen AG started production of its first compact car in India on Saturday, hoping to capture up to 10 percent of the country's fast-growing automobile market within the next six years, the company said.
The next-generation Volkswagen Beetle will be offered with an optional diesel engine, according to news reports quoting Stefan Jacoby, Volkswagen Group of America president. The Beetle is to arrive in the United States in 2011 as a 2012 model. The current Beetle has been around for about 10 years.
The German carmaker said Wednesday that it would pay $2.5 billion for a 20 percent stake in Suzuki Motor of Japan.
Suzuki Motor Corp. says Germany's Volkswagen AG will take a 20 percent stake in the Japanese carmaker. Suzuki said Wednesday Volkswagen will pay 222.5 billion yen for the stake.
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Volkswagen AG will pay 222.5 billion yen ($2.5 billion) for a 19.9 percent stake of Suzuki Motor Corp. Suzuki, based in Shizuoka prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, made the announcement in a statement to the Tokyo Stock Exchange today.
Volkswagen will buy nearly 20 percent of Suzuki for $2.5 billion in a deal poised to continue VW's ambitious growth plans and bolster its global product offerings.
Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- German stocks gained for the first time in four days, with the benchmark DAX Index climbing from its lowest level this month, as financial companies and steelmakers rebounded.
By MARI YAMAGUCHI THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO | Volkswagen AG will buy a 20 percent stake in Suzuki Motor Corp. for $2.5 billion, forming one of the world's biggest auto alliances and giving the two carmakers a boost in fast-growing Asian markets.
December 10, 2009, Las Vegas, NV – With the inclusion of the world of indoor karting into the PKE2010 show presented by the Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup, dozens of facilities around the country have embraced this event as their own and are working hard to make this an annual event.
Associated Press is reporting today that Volkswagen AG will buy a 20 percent stake in Suzuki Motor Corp. for $2.5 billion, forming one of the world's biggest auto alliances and giving the two carmakers a boost in fast-growing Asian markets.
CHATTANOOGA - A scathing, full-page ad in today's Chattanooga Times Free Press claims politicians sold out Tennessee workers, in the deal to lure Volkswagen.
