Wolfgang Durheimer to head Bentley

Wolfgang Durheimer, General Representative of the Volkswagen Group responsible for motorsport, is to become Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bentley Motors Ltd. with effect from June 1, 2014. He is to succeed Dr. Wolfgang Schreiber, who will take up a leading

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Bentley to produce its first-ever SUV

Bentley Motors confirms that it will proceed with the development of the Bentley SUV, the company's fourth model line. The SUV will be made in Crewe and will go on sale in 2016. It will create over 1,000 jobs in the UK. Over the next three years Bentley will invest more than

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Volkswagen Group delivers over nine-million vehicles for first time in 2012

The Volkswagen Group recorded a further strong increase in worldwide deliveries for the full year 2012 and exceeded the prior-year delivery record. The Company delivered 9.07- (2011: 8.16; +11.2 per cent)* million vehicles for the first time in a twelve-month period.

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Volkswagen Group builds own engine plant in Russia

The Volkswagen Group is expanding its capacities in Russia. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, and Anatoly Artamonov, Governor of the Kaluga province, has signed contracts in Moscow concerning

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Wolfgang Schreiber appointed new Chairman and Chief Executive at Bentley

Bentley Motors announces the appointment of Dr. Wolfgang Schreiber (54) as its new Chairman and Chief Executive. Dr. Schreiber joins Bentley from his current role as CEO at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. He will commence his new position on

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Launching of the Amarok Assembly at the Volkswagen Hannover Plant

Today Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG, the Prime Minister of Lower Saxony David McAllister, and the Lord Mayor of Hannover Stephan Weil, together with Chairman of the Volkswagen General and Group

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