• Volkswagen ID Buzz lives up to the hype
    • 20/01/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The Volkswagen ID Buzz has been crowned What Car? Car of the Year 2023. It was named the best new car to be launched in the past 12 months at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House in London. The ID Buzz was also crowned Best Large Electric Car and stood out for combining the practicality of an MPV with the comfort of [...]
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  • Rod on McLeod nine after VW appointment
    • 23/09/2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Volkswagen UK has named Rod McLeod as new director. He will take up his new role in January. He succeeds Andrew Savvas, who moves to Volkswagen in North America in a new role of executive vice president of sales and marketing, Volkswagen brand, and chief sales and marketing officer, North American Region. McLeod [...]
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  • Rob Holdcroft steps into new VW fleet role
    • 25/06/2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has named Rob Holdcroft as head of fleet. He will step up from his position as national sales manager next month, replacing Claire English, who is moving to Audi UK. Director of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Cian O’Brien said: “I’m pleased to see Rob stepping up to a new [...]
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  • Škoda names new head of sales
    • 18/05/2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Škoda UK has appointed Kevin Rendell as its new head of sales operations. He joins the brand following five years as head of aftersales at Volkswagen UK. He will replace John French, who leaves the brand to take up the role of head of product planning for SEAT and Cupra UK. Škoda UK brand director Rod McLeod [...]
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  • Volkswagen hosts startup competition
    • 18/06/2018
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    As part of their growing digital ambition, Volkswagen Financial Services UK is hosting the second VWFS STARTUP BATTLEFIELD in Milton Keynes on 20 July 2018. The aim is to help identify and promote the latest innovative business solutions to support their customers and business strategy. In October 2017, VWFS [...]
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  • VW reduce level of capex
    • 20/11/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The Volkswagen Group is aligning investment activity in its Automotive Division with the current situation. The aim is for planned investments in property, plant and equipment, investment property and intangible assets, excluding capitalized development costs (capex), to be capped at approximately EUR 12 billion [...]
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  • VW must meet cost of retests
    • 17/11/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Volkswagen will have to meet the costs of retesting its vehicles in Britain in the wake of the diesel and carbon dioxide emissions scandals engulfing the German carmaker, Britain's transport minister said on Tuesday. In a letter to lawmakers, transport minister Patrick McLoughlin said, ‘We have made clear to [...]
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  • UK inquiry into emissions tests
    • 17/11/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    MPs are calling for an investigation into the way the UK approves the road worthiness of cars. This follows on from the Volkswagen emissions scandal in which some diesel cars had software fitted designed to cheat emissions tests. Parliament's Transport Committee said it would look into whether arrangements for [...]
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  • VW set diesel scandal amnesty deadline
    • 13/11/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Volkswagen has set a deadline of 30 November for staff with knowledge about its cheating in diesel emissions tests, so that they can come forward. Workers who speak up now to internal investigators will be exempt from dismissal, according to a letter from VW brand chief Herbert Diess. Mr Diess said the offer was [...]
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  • VW drivers could face 10-month wait
    • 11/11/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Motorists are being warned that work to fix some of the cars affected by the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal will not start until next autumn. Paul Willis, the boss of VW's UK divisions, said work on vehicles with 1.6-litre EA189 engines is scheduled to get under way on 26 September. It is hoped work on cars [...]
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