UK passenger car sales fall 1.0% in February 2025 UK passenger car sales fell 1.0% year-on-year to 84,054 units in February 2025, marking the fifth consecutive monthly drop, according to data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) released on March 5. Year-to-date sales were down 1.9% with 223,399 cars registered in the first 2 months of 2025. February sales for VW rose 3.9% to 8,029 units (9.6% market share), BMW sales droppe...

News  Updated at: 2025/03/06

VW starts all-new Tayron SUV production at Wolfsburg plant On November 28, VW Group announced the beginning of production of the all-new Tayron D-segment SUV at the Wolfsburg plant. The Tayron, which offers an optional seven-seat configuration, joins the Golf, Tiguan, and Touran models in production at the site. Plant Manager Uwe Schwartz praised the collaborative effort across departments that ensured the smooth integration of Tayron production ...

News  Updated at: 2024/11/29

UK passenger car sales fall 6.0% in October UK passenger car sales fell 6.0% to 144,288 units in October 2024, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) on November 5. Year-to-date sales increased 3.3% with 1,658,382 cars registered in the first ten months of 2024. In October, sales for VW increased 1.8% to 13,294 units (9.2% market share), BMW sales dropped 15.9% to 9,407 units (6.5% share), Audi sales plunged 28.5% to 9...

News  Updated at: 2024/11/06

China releases 41st list of exemptions for NEV purchase tax On March 31, 2021, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) of China released the 41st list of exemptions for the NEV purchase tax on its website. The list added 35 pure electric passenger vehicle models (including the Model 3 and Model Y of Tesla Inc., the ID.4 CROZZ and ID.6 CROZZ of FAW-Volkswagen Automotive Co., Ltd., the Aion Y of GAC Motor Co., Ltd., the Geometry ...

News  Updated at: 2021/04/06

AIC General Motors Corporation Limited (SAIC GM) will exhibit models under the Chevrolet, Buick and Cadillac brands. The Chevrolet models exhibited at the event will include the all-new Malibu XL, Monza RS, Equinox RS, Blazer and Menlo. Buick will exhibit the VELITE 7 battery electric SUV, VELITE 6 PHEV and Envision S. Cadillac will display the CT4 and CT5 as well as such technologies as the Super Cruise intelligent driver assistance system, the ...

News  Updated at: 2020/09/26

Volkswagen Tiguan breaks six million mark On April 17, Volkswagen announced that in spring 2020 the Volkswagen Tiguan broke the production barrier of six million units. A total of 910,926 units of the SUV were manufactured in 2019 alone. This makes the Tiguan the best-selling car in the Volkswagen brand and Group. The versatile vehicle is available to purchase in 80% of all countries globally. The Tiguan is one of the three most popular sport uti...

News  Updated at: 2020/04/20

VW Transmission (Tianjin) starts producing components for new energy cars Volkswagen Automatic Transmission (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. announced the launch of the mass production of its first drive motors (APP290) and hybrid transmissions for PHEV (DQ400e) on June 20, 2019. The former is primarily used for the SAIC-VW Lavida EV, the FAW-VW Bora EV, the Golf EV, and the Audi Q2L etron. The latter is adapted mainly by the Magotan/Tayron GTE, and the Tigua...

News  Updated at: 2019/06/21

VW debuts new PHEVs in China On December 11, VW (China) debuted the PHEV version of the next-generation Touareg, FAW VW’s Magotan GTE Concept, and the Tayron GTE Concept. This further added to the PHEV version of SAIC VW’s Tiguan L, PHEV version of the Passat, and the imported VW Variant GTE wagon that are currently on sale. Unveiling of the new PHEV models marks the start of VW’s first phase of its electrified mobility strategy for China.W...

News  Updated at: 2018/12/17

VW will launch additional six SUVs in China by 2020 On November 14, VW showcased its SUVs developed for the Chinese market prior to the 2018 Guangzhou International Auto Show. The automaker’s T-Family now has six models. Volkswagen has doubled the number of SUV models available in China compared to early 2018.VW will double the number of T-Family SUV models again to twelve by 2020. It will develop a whole series of SUVs for FAW VW and SAIC VW i...

News  Updated at: 2018/11/19

VW debuts Tiguan L PHEV SUV at Chengdu Motor Show On August 31 VW’s Tiguan L PHEV SUV had its world premiere at the Chengdu Motor Show 2018. The company also opened preorders for the model in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Tianjin, Hangzhou, Shijiazhuang, Xi’an, and Chengdu. The SUV will be produced at VW’s Shanghai Plant.The vehicle basically has the same look as the Tiguan GTE Concept. It has a “PHEV” mark added to its three-spoke gri...

News  Updated at: 2018/09/04