Volkswagen Phaeton News

New Delhi, Delhi, India, Wednesday, July 08, 2009 -- Volkswagen India today announced the appointment of Volkswagen Delhi West as its third authorized dealer in New Delhi & NCR region.

In the first five months of this year, when sales of other companies went down by 20%, Volkswagen sold 1.57 million cars, equaling its performance in the corresponding period last year.

With the world economy struggling to regain stability, carmakers from GM to Aston Martin are racing to downsize their product lineups.

By Marc Davison , Wednesday, July 1, 2009. Flickr photo by Paulo Brandao . A brokerage model of the future is coming.

Wait a minute... a $60,000 to $80,000 Hyundai? Methinks a certain car company is getting a little too big for its britches.

Volkswagen announced a few years ago a particularly ambitious plan to become one of the major players in the US market, that is, to sell 800,000 units by 2018.

Not every car has the staying power of, say, a Pontiac GTO, Porsche 911, or Chevrolet Corvette.

Pretensions or pretentiousness notwithstanding, there is a simple fact: Some people who drive Volkswagens grow up.

Phaeton is the first full-size luxury sedan by Volkswagen, first introduced at the 2002 Geneva Motor Show it was suppose to change people's idea of the whole brand.

Volkswagen will be updating its Phaeton flagship for the second time in its short life, reaffirming the lackluster opinion of the car in the full-size luxury sedan market.

For the second year in a row the Volkswagen Phaeton has won the Luxury Car category at the British Insurance Vehicle Security Awards , presented today by Thatcham, the Motor Industry Repair Research Centre, in Berkshire.

June 15, 2009: Volkswagen is renowned for offering fleets cars with superb levels of build quality, refinement and safety.

A spirited engine, responsive handling and high level of comfort made Volkswagen's new-for-2009 CC a treat to drive during a week of wheel-jockeying. Yet the most fun I had with the sleek, sexy CC occurred while it was parked.

The 2010 Bentley Continental GTC Speed certainly is guilty of excess. It is wretched only in the number of dollars it takes to own one.

It's supposed to look sleek and, in a way, it does look sleek. In the case of VW's new CC, sleek means lower roof line and a seemingly smaller cabin -- indeed, there's less headroom in this squashed Passat.

A book I wrote got a sniffy review on Amazon the other day. I considered tracing the amateur critic and posting him some waste matter and a copy of my next book as a punishment, but after some moments' reflection, I decided to look on it as a blessing.

As the dealership networks for Chrysler and GM are being quite painfully trimmed, Volkswagen's dealer network is doing just fine, according to Volkswagen of America president and CEO Stefan Jacoby, and all of its individual dealerships remain profitable.

The Volkswagen concern has launched production of the compact Skoda Fabia from its new factory in Pune, India, with the small Polo car to follow later this year, the car maker has announced.

Vehicle Tested: 2009 Volkswagen CC Sport 4dr Sedan MSRP of Test Vehicle: $29,325 Price It!! What Works: Arresting style; tractable, flexible power; resilient ride.

This is the new Hyundai Equus in the steel and on U.S. roads, courtesy of Autoblog reader Alex Krafcik.