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The Italian, who retired in the first race with brake problems, took the best start in the second race. Tarquini was jumping in the lead ahead of poleman Huff and Turkington. Later he was second. Tarquini completed a great defensive race, salvaging a second position that was completely unexpected, considering the brake problems he had had in the first race. Continue reading ‘Gabriele Tarquini second at WTCC Shanghai’
With the Mii, SEAT is presenting the perfect automobile for the urban lifestyle of today. The Mii makes life easier – with compelling utility, exceptional driving fun, high efficiency and innovative technology. The Mii combines SEAT’s sporty Mediterranean design with the very best craftsmanship and enormous scope for individualization. Moreover, the outstanding value-for-money and reasonable maintenance costs make the joy of driving a Mii easily attainable – also typical SEAT. Spain, SEAT’s home market, will begin sales of Mii before the end of the year, with the rest of Europe following in Spring 2012. Continue reading ‘SEAT Mii – the sporty city car with a youthful design’
Gabriele Tarquini was the most successful SEAT driver with two podium positions at the eighth World Touring Car Championship race weekend at Oschersleben. Continue reading ‘Gabriele Tarquini celebrates at WTCC Oschersleben’
The Volkswagen Group with its Volkswagen, Audi, SEAT and Skoda passenger car brands again grew deliveries in the key accounts business in the first half of 2011. A total of 91,712 vehicles (previous year: 77,122) from Group brands were registered on the relevant fleet market (fleets of ten cars or more), representing an increase of 19 percent.
The Volkswagen brand remains at the top of the German passenger cars brand ranking with 56,329 registrations, an increase of 22 percent. The SEAT brand is particularly successful, with registrations growing 96.5 percent to 2,108 units, while the Skoda brand grew 31.4 percent in the first half year with registrations running at 9,050 vehicles. That makes Skoda the best import brand on the German market.
The model ranking also reflects the Group’s marked success. Volkswagen takes first and second place with the Passat and the Golf. Audi ranks third with the A4.
In the fleet market for light commercial vehicles (maximum 6.0 metric tons), where data are recorded separately, the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles brand consolidated its clear market leadership during the first half of 2011 with 13,126 vehicle registrations (previous year: 12,979).
“These results show that our customers have confidence in the Group’s first-class product quality and innovative technology. This gives us an incentive to continue meeting our customers’ wishes during the second half of the year with competitive cars and services,” Martin Jahn, Head of Volkswagen Group Fleet International, commented.
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Alejandro Mesonero-Romanos, who is currently design director at Renault Samsung Motors, will become design chief at Volkswagen Group’s Seat brand, VW said on Friday.
Mesonero-Romanos, 34, succeeds Luc Donckerwolke, who moves to a new role as VW Group’s head of advanced design, reporting directly to VW Group Design Chief Walter de Silva. Continue reading ‘Renault exec to head design at VW Group’s SEAT’
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