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Detroit: VW of America targets 12.5% sales growth in 2012; U.S.-built Audis "a matter of when, not if"

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Filed under: Detroit Auto Show , Plants/Manufacturing , Volkswagen Today in a New York City prior to the start of press days at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Volkswagen of America Inc. President and CEO Jonathan Browning laid out ambitious plans the VW Group and Volkswagen brands have for the United States. After a stellar sales year in 2011 that saw VW brand sales in the U.S. go up over 26 percent and TDI (diesel) sales jump 33 percent, the automaker’s 2012 sales year promises more climbing up the sales and market share ladders

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Deep Dive: Mercedes-Benz E-Class Superlight

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Deep Dive: Mercedes-Benz E-Class Superlight Mercedes-Benz readies a revolutionary carbon-fiber sedan. Lightweight construction is an increasingly pivotal element of automotive R&D, and an absolute must have at the upper end of the premium segment. While Audi continues to reap the benefits of its aluminum spaceframe approach, BMW is putting a clear emphasis on carbon fiber. For its project i cars, BMW has teamed up with SGL Carbon, a leading systems supplier that recently also attracted the interest of the VW group

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New Porsche supercar will be based on Audi R8

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Porsche may have to yield to VW Group's demands in having a sport model based on an external architecture.

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2012 Audi A3

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2012 Audi A3 Not much, actually. The A3 is unchanged for 2012, which means the small premium hatchback is now in its seventh year with only one minor face-lift. For many cars that would be a problem, but not in this case, because the A3 was a very good car to begin with. The idea of a premium entry in the small-wagon category seemed strange back in 2006, but the A3 makes sense to enough buyers to have stuck around all these years.

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Skoda plans crossover/SUV assault

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Czech auto maker, and member of VW Group, will make aggressive push into new segments with two new crossovers and two new SUVs.

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Report: Former VW CEO Pischetsrieder settles tax evasion charges with charity

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Filed under: Europe , Government/Legal , Volkswagen Former Volkswagen CEO Bernd Pischetsrieder has successfully managed to avoid tax evasion charges in Germany by agreeing to donate around $193,000 to various charities, according to Automotive News . Pischetsrieder had been charged with evading more than €230,000 in taxes between 2000 and 2003 (around $322,500 USD) by transferring interest on loans between various properties. The ex-VW executive went on trial on Monday, and according to reports, Pischetsrieder told the court that he never set out to intentionally evade taxes and that he hadn’t hidden his activities from authorities. Pischetsrieder served as Seat CEO from 2000 to 2002, when he replaced Ferdinand Pi