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Over at the Opening of the Volkswagen Fest 2019 earlier today (the event will run till 1st September over at Setia City Convention Centre), Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia (VPCM) launched Das WeltAuto, Volkswagen’s global used car programme that offers customers certified used cars they can trust. Das WeltAuto is backed by the global know- how, standards and processes, systematic solution
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Friday, August 30, 2019
Das WeltAuto, Volkswagen’s Global Used Car Programme is now in Malaysia
Over at the Opening of the Volkswagen Fest 2019 earlier today (the event will run till 1st September over at Setia City Convention Centre), Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia (VPCM) launched Das WeltAuto, Volkswagen’s global used car programme that offers customers certified used cars they can trust. Das WeltAuto is backed by the global know- how, standards and processes, systematic solution
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Matthias Muller, Chairman of the Board of Management, Volkswagen AG announces key steps to realign the group
Matthias Müller, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG (ex-CEO of Porsche), has announced the five key steps to realign the Group especially in light of the current 'DieselGate' crisis that the group is facing. I think this is very much needed as we are now hearing that the 3.0liter Volkswagen/Audi diesel engine also has some cheat device for emissions testing in them.
The crisis faced by Volkswagen group is really huge. For the first time in years the group has posted a loss. There are 600,000 employees worldwide to care about too. The key steps would be put in place (five of them) and we would now see a new game plan that would see the Volkswagen group's future to the year 2025 would be rolled out by middle of 2016. This effectively replaces the earlier Group Strategy 2018.
A lot of hard work ahead for one of the automobile industry's biggest players. And one of the hardest hit in recent history.
PRESS RELEASE
Matthias Müller unveils next steps for the Volkswagen Group
• Support for customers top priority
• Volkswagen looks beyond current crisis
• New strategy to be unveiled in 2016
Wolfsburg, October 28, 2015 – Matthias Müller, Chairman of the Board of Management
of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, has announced the five key steps to realign the
Group. “We have to look beyond the current situation and create the conditions for
Volkswagen’s successful further development”, said Müller in Wolfsburg on
Wednesday. He presented a five point plan that he intends to use so that Volkswagen
remains one of the world’s leading automobile manufacturers in the future. Müller is
confident that “Volkswagen will emerge from the current situation stronger than
before”. He announced that the cornerstones of the Group’s Strategy 2025 will be
presented next year.
The Volkswagen CEO explained that his top priority is to support the customers affected by
the diesel issue. “Our customers are at the core of everything that our 600,000 employees
worldwide do”, he said. According to Müller, Volkswagen is working intensively to develop
effective technical solutions. In contact with the Kraftfahrtbundesamt (KBA – German Federal
Motor Transport Authority) the implementation is set to begin in January 2016.
Müller’s second priority is to systematically drive forward and complete the investigation into
what happened. “We must uncover the truth and learn from it”, he said, adding that
Volkswagen is being extremely thorough in its analysis. For this purpose, audit firm Deloitte
has been engaged in addition to the steps already announced. According to Müller, those
responsible for what has happened must face severe consequences.
Müller’s third priority is to introduce new structures in the Volkswagen Group. “The key point
is that Group management will be decentralized to a greater extent in the future”, he said,
with more independence for the brands and regions. Müller stated that the Board of
Management will focus on addressing cross-brand strategies, leveraging synergies and
ensuring that Group resources are used effectively. “We will review in detail our current
portfolio of more than 300 models and examine the contribution that each one makes to our
earnings.”
As his fourth priority, Müller is driving forward a realignment of the Group’s culture and
management behavior. He noted that the pursuit of perfection, the employees’ commitment
and social responsibility in the Volkswagen Group must be retained. However, he believes
that changes are necessary in how Volkswagen communicates and how it handles its
mistakes. “We need a culture of openness and cooperation.” Müller also called on everybody
at Volkswagen to display more courage, greater creativity and a more entrepreneurial spirit in
their dealings with one another.
The Volkswagen CEO announced that the fifth priority will be to transform the Group’s
Strategy 2018 into a Strategy 2025. “Many people outside of Volkswagen, but also some of
us, did not understand that our Strategy 2018 is about much more than production numbers.
A lot of things were subordinated to the desire to be “Faster, Higher, Larger”, especially
return on sales.” According to Müller, the point is not to sell 100,000 more or fewer vehicles
than a major competitor. Instead, the real issue is qualitative growth. Müller announced that
the cornerstones of the Group’s Strategy 2025 will be developed over the coming months,
and that it would be unveiled mid-way through next year.
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Trucking News: Volkswagen creates integrated commercial vehicles group - MAN, Scania & VW Commercial vehicles
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For those not in the know, Volkswagen Group also owns MAN and Scania commercial vehicle brands aside from the usual car brands. So now, they are creating an integrated commercial vehicle group lumping these two familiar names together with Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles too.
The gist of it is as follows:
- Truck & Bus GmbH to become holding for commercial vehicle brands
- Prof. Martin Winterkorn: “MAN and Scania will together become global champion”
- Board Member for Commercial Vehicles Andreas Renschler: “MAN and Scania brands retain their independence”
- Works Council Chairman Bernd Osterloh: “The holding strengthens employees’ participation rights”
- Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles will also form part of the integrated commercial vehicles group but the brand will continue to maintain close ties with the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand where the synergies mainly lie.
Volkswagen Caddy
PRESS RELEASE
Wolfsburg, 2015-05-05
Volkswagen creates integrated commercial vehicles group
Volkswagen is creating the integrated commercial vehicles group and thus putting in place a structured framework for business with mid-sized and heavy trucks and buses. Truck & Bus GmbH is to become the new Volkswagen Group holding for the MAN und Scania commercial vehicle brands. This was decided yesterday (Monday) by the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG. To this end, the shares in Scania AB held by Volkswagen AG will be transferred to Truck & Bus GmbH. The wholly-owned Volkswagen subsidiary already holds 75.28 percent of the voting rights in MAN SE.
Truck & Bus GmbH will establish processes specific to the commercial vehicles business, thus leveraging the full synergy potential between the brands. The company will be led by Andreas Renschler, member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft. The Supervisory Board, composed on a parity basis, will be chaired by Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, CEO of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft: “MAN and Scania are strong, successful brands with a global reputation. Our clear objective is to become a global champion in trucks and buses, too, and together with the workforce to take this business to the top of the industry.”
The realization of the commercial vehicles holding is an important milestone on the way to becoming a global champion in the commercial vehicles industry. “Our goal is to take the commercial vehicles holding to the top of our industry in terms of profitability, technologies and, above all, customer satisfaction. Bringing together our commercial vehicle brands under one roof means we can focus more strongly on the needs of the truck and bus business and can therefore accelerate the decision-making process”, Andreas Renschler said. “In so doing, the MAN and Scania brands retain their independence, in line with Volkswagen’s basic principle.”
Truck & Bus GmbH will steer and coordinate cooperation among the three commercial vehicle companies MAN Truck & Bus AG, MAN Latin America and Scania AB.
The CEOs of MAN Truck & Bus AG, MAN Latin America Ltda. and Scania AB will be represented in the management of Truck & Bus GmbH. The aim is to coordinate strategy, development, human resources, purchasing and other issues across the brands. This will lead to closer networking among the brands, shorter decision-making paths and swifter implementation.
The Chairman of the Group Works Council at Volkswagen, Bernd Osterloh, underscored that “together with our colleagues from MAN and Scania we supported the creation of such a holding. We need clear structures in the Group in order to act swiftly and flexibly in the various business areas. At the same time, the holding strengthens employees’ participation rights. For the first time in a supervisory board, employee representatives from MAN, Scania and Volkswagen will discuss the right strategies for our integrated commercial vehicles group together with the shareholders. We support the goal of taking our place among the world’s leading players. In so doing we will, as always, make sure there is a balance between economic efficiency and secure jobs.” Osterloh himself will become a member of the supervisory board of Truck & Bus GmbH. He will be joined on the controlling body of the integrated commercial vehicles group by one further employee representative from Volkswagen and two employee representatives each from MAN and Scania.
As a manufacturer of light commercial vehicles, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles will also form part of the integrated commercial vehicles group and will report to Andreas Renschler; furthermore, the brand will continue to maintain close ties with the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand where the synergies mainly lie.
Truck & Bus GmbH will establish processes specific to the commercial vehicles business, thus leveraging the full synergy potential between the brands. The company will be led by Andreas Renschler, member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft. The Supervisory Board, composed on a parity basis, will be chaired by Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, CEO of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft: “MAN and Scania are strong, successful brands with a global reputation. Our clear objective is to become a global champion in trucks and buses, too, and together with the workforce to take this business to the top of the industry.”
The realization of the commercial vehicles holding is an important milestone on the way to becoming a global champion in the commercial vehicles industry. “Our goal is to take the commercial vehicles holding to the top of our industry in terms of profitability, technologies and, above all, customer satisfaction. Bringing together our commercial vehicle brands under one roof means we can focus more strongly on the needs of the truck and bus business and can therefore accelerate the decision-making process”, Andreas Renschler said. “In so doing, the MAN and Scania brands retain their independence, in line with Volkswagen’s basic principle.”
Truck & Bus GmbH will steer and coordinate cooperation among the three commercial vehicle companies MAN Truck & Bus AG, MAN Latin America and Scania AB.
The CEOs of MAN Truck & Bus AG, MAN Latin America Ltda. and Scania AB will be represented in the management of Truck & Bus GmbH. The aim is to coordinate strategy, development, human resources, purchasing and other issues across the brands. This will lead to closer networking among the brands, shorter decision-making paths and swifter implementation.
The Chairman of the Group Works Council at Volkswagen, Bernd Osterloh, underscored that “together with our colleagues from MAN and Scania we supported the creation of such a holding. We need clear structures in the Group in order to act swiftly and flexibly in the various business areas. At the same time, the holding strengthens employees’ participation rights. For the first time in a supervisory board, employee representatives from MAN, Scania and Volkswagen will discuss the right strategies for our integrated commercial vehicles group together with the shareholders. We support the goal of taking our place among the world’s leading players. In so doing we will, as always, make sure there is a balance between economic efficiency and secure jobs.” Osterloh himself will become a member of the supervisory board of Truck & Bus GmbH. He will be joined on the controlling body of the integrated commercial vehicles group by one further employee representative from Volkswagen and two employee representatives each from MAN and Scania.
As a manufacturer of light commercial vehicles, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles will also form part of the integrated commercial vehicles group and will report to Andreas Renschler; furthermore, the brand will continue to maintain close ties with the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand where the synergies mainly lie.
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Thursday, October 2, 2014
New record: Volkswagen Group celebrates 200 million vehicles produced & previews XL Sport Concept Car
Press Release
• A top value among European automakers
• Record-breaking vehicle XL Sport makes its world debut at Paris Motor
Show
• French film icon Catherine Deneuve receives €200,000 donation for
“Cinema for Peace”
Wolfsburg/Paris, October 1, 2014 – A new record for the Volkswagen Group: Europe’s
leading automaker has now produced 200 million vehicles. Volkswagen is one of the
few manufacturers in the world to have reached this impressive total. At the Group
evening, the sports car study Volkswagen XL Sport made its world debut as the 200
millionth Group vehicle. On the occasion of the production record, actress Catherine
Deneuve, founding chairperson of “Cinema for Peace”, received a check for a
donation of €200,000 from the Chairman of the Board of Management of the
Volkswagen Group, Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn.
The Volkswagen Group has been able to double the number of vehicles produced within a
few years. In 1999, the Group celebrated the 100 million vehicle mark with an anniversary
New Beetle. In the meantime, customers can choose from a unique individual mobility
portfolio ranging from motorcycles through to supercars. Vehicles are produced at 106 plants
in 27 countries.
As its latest model, Volkswagen is presenting the XL Sport at the Paris Motor Show. The
highly efficient sports car design study is driven by the world’s most powerful twin-cylinder
engine. 200 PS from the V2 engine of the Ducati 1199 Superleggera take the high tech
driving machine manufactured from carbon and magnesium to a top speed of 270 km/h. The
Volkswagen XL Sport symbolizes the innovative power and passion of the brand as well as
the technical competence and success of the entire Volkswagen Group.
Catherine Deneuve, who starred in movies like “Belle de Jour”, “Indochine” and “Dancer in
the Dark“, congratulated Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the Board of Management
of the Volkswagen Group, on the world premiere and on the Group’s overall success: “I am
impressed that you have celebrated 200 million vehicles with this extraordinary car. Très
magnifique!”.
“We are proud to have produced 200 million vehicles. This impressive figure also bears
witness to our customers’ confidence in the Group. For Volkswagen, success and
responsibility are inseparable. This is why we are pleased to support Catherine Deneuve in
her commitment to “Cinema for Peace”, said Winterkorn.
Volkswagen is donating €200,000 to aid the Cinema for Peace Foundation. This charitable
organization is committed to peace and human rights throughout the world, mainly through
the medium of film, and supports a large number of humanitarian aid projects.
Sunday, March 16, 2014
News pursuant to the recent hoo-haa made by some Volkswagen owners as regards warranty issues
Volkswagen Group Malaysia has decided to take more remedial action pursuant to the recent protest by a group of VW owners on the 13th of March 2014. Aside from the earlier announcement that service centers will be opened on Sunday, owners can now look forward to voicing out their EXTENDED WARRANTY grievances when ever they feel like it during 9am to 6pm on weekdays begining 17th of March 2014.
In short, VGM has a call center so that you can inform them directly on how you are being treated by the service centers as regards the Extended Warranty or whether you have any other complaints to voice out. The hotline (which isn't so hot as it is only during office hours - but a good step) is 1-800-88-8947. Call them to try exorcise your haunted Volkswagen. Do not call a coconut holding shaman as he wouldn't know nuts about how to exorcise your faulty DSG transmission. This is the better way.
Aside from that, sources say that VGM are indeed aware of the quagmire their dealership service centers are causing them and are doing every effort to resolve servicing issues with them. Of course, you owners should pray that they do but also take all of this with a pinch of salt.
PRESS RELEASE
VOLKSWAGEN GROUP MALAYSIA REINFORCES COMMITMENT TO CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
KUALA LUMPUR, 16 March 2014 – Volkswagen Group Malaysia today reiterated the importance of customer satisfaction as its key strategic focus whilst it continues to address after-sales concerns. In response to the latest feedback from customers received recently, Volkswagen Group Malaysia announced that it is working to address these concerns by taking the following steps: -
- Enhancing the dedicated Volkswagen Hotline to handle all Extended Warranty Programme (EWP) enquiries – Owners can call their dedicated hotline at 1800-88-8947 from 9am to 6pm from Monday to Friday starting 17 March, e-mail them at info@volkswagen.com.my or contact authorized Volkswagen dealers for any EWP questions that they may have.
- As announced recently, Volkswagen Group Malaysia service centres are now open on Sundays for maintenance service - 20 Volkswagen service centres in Peninsular Malaysia will now be open on Sundays from 9am to 5pm. Owners only need to call their respective dealers to book an appointment.
Volkswagen Group Malaysia will be sharing more information with regards to plans on how it will intends to continually raise its standards to set the industry benchmark in Malaysia.
