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@VW Group: Porsche Penske Motorsport reflects on another successful IMSA season010778
In a dramatic season finale at Road Atlanta, the Stuttgart-based sports car manufacturer and the Mooresville, North Carolina–based team claimed every title in the top-tier GTP class. Since the launch of the LMDh regulations in 2023, the Porsche 963 has been by far the most successful hybrid prototype in the IMSA series. Its record includes… Continue reading @VW Group: Porsche Penske Motorsport reflects on another successful IMSA season010778
@VW Group: Porsche Clubs: Where passion has no age limit010777
The first Porsche Club was founded on 26 May 1952, and the community now has more than 240,000 members across more than 700 Porsche Clubs worldwide. It’s no surprise, then, that the Porsche Club network comprises people from all over the world and all walks of life. But what one might not expect is the… Continue reading @VW Group: Porsche Clubs: Where passion has no age limit010777
@VW Group: ‘Start-up Your Dream’: New initiative supports founders and innovations010776
16/10/2025 The goal of the Singapore-based start-up Atera Water is to improve people’s livelihoods in the long term through clean drinking water. Porsche is supporting this ambitious project as part of its new ‘Start-up Your Dream’ initiative, which supports fledgling companies worldwide with outstanding innovations specifically intended to improve living and working conditions in the… Continue reading @VW Group: ‘Start-up Your Dream’: New initiative supports founders and innovations010776
German FAZ: Volkswagen replaces the procurement director010133
In the middle of the chip crisis, Volkswagen announces that the board’s procurement department will be filled on November 1st. The new board member is Karsten Schnake, is 57 years old and is taking on the position at Volkswagen in addition to his position as head of procurement for the Škoda group brand. The previous… Continue reading German FAZ: Volkswagen replaces the procurement director010133
German FAZ: VW will stop Golf production in Wolfsburg next Wednesday010131
The car company Volkswagen will interrupt production of the Golf at its headquarters in Wolfsburg next Wednesday. At the same time, production at the Zwickau plant, where various electric cars are built, is also to be stopped. This is reported by the Bild newspaper and refers to people familiar with the matter. In Zwickau, the news… Continue reading German FAZ: VW will stop Golf production in Wolfsburg next Wednesday010131
German Manager Magazine: Volkswagen: Herbert Diess is finally leaving VW and retiring004509
A good three years after his departure from the top of VW Herbert Diess (66) is now actually retiring: his contract ends tomorrow, October 24th – this is his 67th birthday – and he will receive retirement benefits from October 25th, a VW spokesman confirmed at the request of the German Press Agency. This ends… Continue reading German Manager Magazine: Volkswagen: Herbert Diess is finally leaving VW and retiring004509
German Manager Magazine: Volkswagen is negotiating with alternative chip suppliers due to the Nexperia crisis004508
The automobile manufacturer Volkswagen hopes to avoid the threat of short-time work in the VW brand factories chipdue to lack of being able to prevent it. “We have an alternative supplier who could compensate for the loss of delivery of Nexperia semiconductors,” VW brand production director Christian Vollmer (56) told the “Handelsblatt” on Thursday. Negotiations… Continue reading German Manager Magazine: Volkswagen is negotiating with alternative chip suppliers due to the Nexperia crisis004508
Battle between Netherlands and China over chipmaker could disrupt car factories, companies say
The VW factory in Zwickau, Germany. The company confirmed that Nexperia components are used in its vehicles. Photograph: Jens Schlueter/Getty View image in fullscreen The VW factory in Zwickau, Germany. The company confirmed that Nexperia components are used in its vehicles. Photograph: Jens Schlueter/Getty Battle between Netherlands and China over chipmaker could disrupt car factories,… Continue reading Battle between Netherlands and China over chipmaker could disrupt car factories, companies say
Crewe story: Bentley’s difficult journey from start-up to supremacy
It has become an all too familiar tale in this era of new technology: a new company emerges from nowhere, boasts of an amazing car and promises that production will begin very soon – and then goes suspiciously quiet. History is repeating itself, as one 105-year-old Autocar article shows: “Since the announcement in May 1919… Continue reading Crewe story: Bentley’s difficult journey from start-up to supremacy