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Volkswagen 2010 Jetta SportWagen Honored With TOP SAFETY PICK Award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

HERNDON, Va., June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2010 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen has received the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's (IIHS) TOP SAFETY PICK award for 2010, the highest rating possible from the non-profit research organization. The annual award recognizes those vehicles that perform best in protecting passengers in the Institute's front, side, and rear crash test evaluations, and the newly required roof-strength test evaluations. Another requirement is that the vehicles have electronic stability control (branded Electronic Stabilization Program® / ESP® on Volkswagen vehicles).

"The Jetta sedan was the first car to ace the Institute's tough side impact test in 2005 and one of our first TOP SAFETY PICK winners," said IIHS president Adrian Lund. "Now the Jetta SportWagen is a top performer across the board with the addition of our rigorous new rollover test. Volkswagen is committed to offering its customers state-of-the-art safety performance that goes beyond basic federal standards."

"From the initial vehicle designs in Germany, all the way to the production plants, Volkswagen upholds safety to the highest level of importance," said Mark Barnes, COO, Volkswagen Group of America. "To have such a distinguished group as the IIHS recognize the 2010 Jetta SportWagen with the TOP SAFETY PICK award is a realization of the care, safety, and precision we strive for with every Volkswagen we build."

Beyond their fun-to-drive dynamics and fuel-efficient engines, every 2010 model year Volkswagen vehicle includes, as standard, Volkswagen's Prevent and Preserve Safety System. Composed of more than 40 different features, the Prevent and Preserve Safety System helps keep drivers and passengers safe during normal driving conditions, and reduces the severity and consequences of a possible crash. The Jetta SportWagen comes standard with an Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS), Electronic Differential Lock (EDL), Engine Braking Assist (EBA), ESP, up to eight airbags (depending on model), and more.

In addition to the Prevent and Preserve Safety System, the entire 2010 Volkswagen lineup includes the no-charge Carefree Maintenance Program. With it, all of the scheduled maintenance for the vehicle, as described in its maintenance booklet, is covered for the length of the New Vehicle Warranty -- three years or 36,000 miles, whichever occurs first.

The 2010 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen (starting at $19,265) is available now at Volkswagen dealerships across the U.S.

For more information, please visit www.vw.com, or media.vw.com.

About Volkswagen of America, Inc.

Founded in 1955, Volkswagen of America, Inc. is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia. It is a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG, headquartered in Wolfsburg, Germany. Volkswagen is one of the world's largest producers of passenger cars and Europe's largest automaker. Volkswagen sells the Golf, GTI, New Beetle, New Beetle convertible, Jetta, Jetta SportWagen, Eos, Passat, Passat Wagon, CC, Tiguan, Touareg and Routan through approximately 600 independent U.S. dealers. All 2010 Volkswagens come standard-equipped with Electronic Stabilization Program. This is important because the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has called ESC the most effective new vehicle safety technology since the safety belt. Visit Volkswagen of America online at www.vw.com or www.media.vw.com to learn more.

About the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is an independent, nonprofit, scientific, and educational organization dedicated to reducing the losses - deaths, injuries, and property damage - from crashes on the nation's highways. To learn more about the IIHS, please visit www.iihs.org.

SOURCE Volkswagen of America, Inc.

VOLKSWAGEN GOLF, JETTA TDI RECEIVE TOP HONORS FROM KIPLINGER’S

Golf 4-Door Hatch Named Best in Class, Best New Car Under $20,000; Jetta TDI 4-Door named Best in Class for Cars Between $20,000-$25,000

HERNDON, Va., May 18, 2010— Kiplinger’s personal finance – the highly respected money guide - bestowed top honors on two Volkswagen cars for their quality and performance relative to price, Volkswagen Group of America announced today.

The 2010 Golf 4-door hatch was named Best-in-Class for cars under $20,000 and Best New Car for cars under $20,000. The magazine also named the 2010 Jetta TDI 4-door Best in Class for cars between $20,000-$25,000.

“At Volkswagen, we are continuously listening to our customers and researching new ways to offer the best cars for the greatest value,” Volkswagen Group of America CEO Stefan Jacoby said. “The Golf and the Jetta TDI are great examples of how we are achieving our goals. I appreciate the recognition of such a noted publication as Kiplinger’s and am proud to accept these awards on behalf of everyone at Volkswagen who made this possible.”

Kiplinger’s editor-in-chief Knight Kiplinger, presented the awards in person to Mr. Jacoby and Tim Ellis, Vice President, Marketing at Volkswagen’s corporate offices here.

The magazine, which annually reviews the newest car offerings against a stringent set of standards, aims to find the best value for readers. In choosing the Golf, Kiplinger’s noted “Its zippy five-cylinder engine puts out 170 horsepower and the most torque in this class (but manages 30 mpg on the highway), and the Golf comes with all the safety features we look for standard.”

Kiplinger editors further noted that that Jetta TDI “…continues to impress with classic German handling and good looks. It also boasts high resale value, low annual fuel cost and top safety pick honors.”

Video demonstration of the Toyota Recall as reported by ABC News:

www.abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=8980024

This video shows an engineer from Consumer Reports who provides instructions to consumers on what to do if your car accelerates out of control. He is in a Toyota product for his demonstration and he makes the point that the brake cannot override the accelerator in some vehicle models.

There is a very positive message for Volkswagen at the end of the video. The Consumer Reports engineer performs the same demonstration in a Jetta Sportwagen and he states that in VWs, the brakes do override the accelerator. Volkswagen has had this technology in place in our vehicles since 1993 on diesel products and since 1999 on all gasoline models.

News Release | November 18, 2009

http://www.iihs.org/news/rss/pr111809.html

2010 Golf, Tiguan, Jetta, Passat - TOP SAFETY PICKS!

27 winners of 2010 Top Safety Pick award;
new requirement to win is good rating for protection in rollovers

2010 Automobile of the Year: 2010 Volkswagen GTI

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 | Automobile Magazine | Joe DeMatio |

Yes, the VW GTI is our Automobile of the Year. Again. The last-generation car got the nod only three years ago and now its successor, the sixth-generation GTI, walks away with the trophy as well. How is it that, for the first time since we started naming an Automobile of the Year exactly twenty years ago, we have deemed a single make and model vehicle worthy of our top award not once, but twice? It's very simple. Because the Volkswagen GTI continues to burn the affordable-enthusiast-car flame like no other vehicle in the world. Because the new, Mark 6 GTI, although only a mild update to the Mark 5 GTI, made a good thing even better. Because, as we pointed out in our February 2007 issue, the GTI is "the right car for our times. Hell, it's the right car for any time." And because, as we also stated three years ago, "what the world really needs now is not cars that are fast, but cars that are practical, fuel-efficient, and fast." Not to mention affordable and fun. The 2010 VW GTI is all this, and more.

We've said it before, but it's worth repeating: It's one thing for an automaker to create a car for fifty, or seventy-five, or a hundred thousand dollars or more that gets our pulses racing. Cars that cost that much certainly better be exciting to drive, rewarding to own, and well-built, with quality interiors. But it's another thing entirely, a real achievement, when an automaker creates a car that starts at only $24,239 - well within the reach of most new-car buyers - that is, as our West Coast editor, Jason Cammisa, says, "just as much fun to drive and with just as much street cred as cars costing three times as much." Volkswagen alone has managed to do this, with varying degrees of success, longer than any other automaker: the first GTI reached the U.S. in 1983 and single-handedly created the whole "pocket rocket" genre. Lots of other cars, most recently two successive generations of the Mazdaspeed 3, have attempted to replicate the GTI formula, but none have quite cracked the code.

The key to that code, of course, is the blend of athleticism, practicality, and performance that was the basis of the original GTI and which was resurrected so well in the Mark 5 edition. In 2007, we grooved to the remarkable 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine and even went so far as to say that we might take the dual-clutch DSG transmission over the standard six-speed manual. Both gearbox choices have carried over to the 2010 car, but it's a little-known fact that the 2.0T engine was, as of mid-2008, new. Code-named EA888, it's still a 2.0-liter turbo four, and it still makes 200 hp and 207 lb-ft of torque in the GTI, but it reflects a ground-up redesign of VW's four-cylinder engine and offers as its biggest benefit improved fuel economy. The 2007 GTI with DSG was rated at 22/29 mpg by the EPA, while the 2010 GTI DSG jumps to 24/32 mpg. Underneath its attractive new sheetmetal, the GTI is pretty much the same car as it was before, but a bigger rear antiroll bar effectively eradicates the car's understeer on the racetrack. VW also added so-called XDS programming to the stability control system to mimic a limited-slip differential, helping the GTI put its power down more efficiently. And as good as the GTI is on the road, with crisp steering, a supercommunicative chassis, and a firm but well-damped ride, on the track the car is a revelation. During our Automobile of the Year and All-Stars evaluation drive program, we drove a rich selection of the hottest new cars for 2010 during a day at GingerMan Raceway in southwest Michigan, including a Chevrolet Camaro SS, a Ford Mustang GT, a Porsche Panamera S, a Jaguar XFR, a BMW Z4, and a Porsche Cayman S. As exhilarating as they all were, the GTI was not in the least bit out of its league as it jostled among them on GingerMan's entertaining road course. Check out the logbook commentary from pit lane: "Remarkably competent on the track," said tech editor Don Sherman. "Superb handling and good feedback," seconded road test coordinator Mike Ofiara, who has a Mark 3 and a Mark 5 GTI at home. "Oodles of fun," enthused contributor Preston Lerner, adding, "front-wheel drive never seemed to be an issue." Copy editor Rusty Blackwell ordained it "the best slicer and dicer on the market today," while editor-in-chief Jean Jennings succinctly called it "a superb little rocket." Before we hit the track, Cammisa bemoaned the fact that stability control cannot be fully switched off, but even he admitted, at the end of the day, that "it's really a nonissue, as it still lets you get away with murder."

The GTI also distinguishes itself from other pretenders to the pocket-rocket throne with its interior, which we already admired in the Mark 5, especially the retro plaid upholstery (happily, it carries over to the Mark 6, and leather is optional). "The interior of the Mark 6," enthused Cammisa, "is a huge improvement on something that really didn't need much help to begin with." Luxury doesn't come at the expense of function, though: "I love the firmly bolstered seats, the flat-bottomed steering wheel with red stitching and aluminum accents, the driving position, and the great outward visibility," noted senior editor Joe Lorio. "And the back seats are spacious, with room for a six-footer to sit behind a six-foot driver."

Pocket rockets like the GTI have a reputation of being cars for callow young men, and indeed we have a few of those on our staff. But what's cool about the 2010 VW GTI is its universal appeal. From our editors who were not yet born when the GTI debuted in 1983, to those of us in our forties, to septuagenarian design editor Robert Cumberford, who calls the GTI "a perpetual good-value proposition for performance and practicality," we all like and admire the GTI and would happily have one in our own garages.

At a time when the world's economy is in shambles and fuel consumption and CO2 emissions are on everyone's minds, there remains only one car that ticks all the enthusiast boxes without setting off a single wretched-excess alarm. That's the Volkswagen GTI, and that's why it is, once again, Automobile Magazine's Automobile of the Year

Ferdinand Porsche was born (134 years ago this week): September 3, 1875: Ferdinand Porsche, engineer and patriarch of Porsche cars, was born on this day (9/3/1875) in Maffersdorf, Austria. He began his career at the Daimler Company, rising to general director, but he eventually left in 1931 to design his own sports and racing cars.

Volkswagen’s Chattanooga Factory Construction: (updates): About 4 months ago, the first wall of the new Volkswagen plant was hoisted by crane. Today, you can see that major progress has been achieved since then. The new Volkswagen plant is expected to generate $12 billion in income growth and an additional 9,500 jobs over the life of the project. With a projected completion date of early 2011, the VWGoA Chattanooga plant is coming together piece by piece. Recently, VWGoA released the following facts about the paint shop:

v Paint shop footprint: the size of approximately 47 soccer fields. The roof deck alone is the size of nearly three (3) soccer fields. Total area: enough to span 26 Olympic swimming pools. Installed to date: enough to roofing to cover nearly eight (8) Olympic swimming pools

VOLKSWAGEN tops in vehicle quality survey
June 29, 2009 9:43 AM

ET NEW YORK (AP) - Volkswagen took the most awards in an annual U.S. automobile quality survey by a California research company, but Ford's Focus also proved to be a favorite, rising to the top of the survey's small car category. Volkswagen of America, which includes Audi, came out on top in six of the 17 market segments in the results released Monday by San Diego-based Strategic Vision Inc. General Motors Corp. vehicles won four categories and Nissan models took three. Volkswagen and Ford Motor Co. were the top scorers among automakers that offer a full line of products in the U.S. The survey looked at 20,101 buyers who bought 2008 and 2009 models between September and December of last year. "Volkswagen is building vehicles that people are falling in love with," said Strategic Vision President Alexander Edwards. "They're focused on interesting, sporty vehicles and those sporty cues also add to the safety perception of consumers." The New Beetle was the German automaker's top model, scoring 924 points out of a possible 1,000 to win the survey's small specialty coupe division. The Volkswagen CC and Audi A4 sedans tied for first place in the survey's near-luxury car division with total quality index scores of 923 and 922, respectively. Volkswagen's Tiguan won the entry utility division with 914 points, while the Rabbit scored 889 points to take the small multifunction division and the Jetta won the medium car division with 891 points. Meanwhile, the Ford Focus sedan won the small car division with 877 points. GM's winners included the Chevrolet Corvette, which won the premium coupe division and was the top scoring vehicle in the survey with 938 points and the Pontiac G8, which tied for first in the large car division with 899 points. The Detroit-based automaker's GMC brand came out on top in two sport utility vehicle categories, with its Envoy tying for first in the medium SUV division with 859 points and the Yukon XL wining the large SUV category with 899 points. To get the rankings, Strategic Vision calculated the index based on survey questions about reliability, vehicle characteristics, dealership experience, styling, interior and exterior design and their overall perception of initial quality. The idea is that by looking at a variety of factors such as driving enjoyment and buying experience, the survey can produce a more complete picture of a customer's overall commitment to a particular vehicle than it would have if it just counted the number of vehicle problems. Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

VOLKSWAGEN CC EARNS TOP SAFETY PICK AWARD FROM INSURANCE INSTITUTE FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY

HERNDON, Va, June 8, 2009 —Volkswagen of America, Inc. announced today that the stylish CC, which was designed and engineered to blend sports car dynamics and dimensions with sedan comfort and functionality, has received the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) TOP SAFETY PICK award for 2009. A TOP SAFETY PICK is the highest rating possible from the non-profit research organization. The annual award recognizes vehicles that perform best in protecting passengers in the Institute’s front, side and rear crash test evaluations.

“The TOP SAFETY PICK award from the IIHS is a tremendous honor for our CC,” said Mark Barnes, Chief Operating Officer, Volkswagen of America, Inc. “We are thrilled when organizations like the IIHS recognize the hard work of our engineers who are dedicated to the safety of our customers. This award further validates Volkswagen’s Prevent and Preserve Safety System approach to vehicle safety.”

The CC is designed to deliver outstanding safety performance andcomes with an abundance of safety technologies. The Prevent and Preserve Safety System portfolio for MY2009 consists of 45 safety features, all of which contribute to protecting the driver and passengers as well as possible, helping avoid crashes and keeping the severity and consequences of possible crashes to a minimum.

The CC, like all 2009 model year Volkswagen’s features standard electronic stability control, which Volkswagen brands Electronic Stabilization Program (ESP). Four-wheel anti-lock brakes(ABS), Anti-Slip Regulation (ASR), Brake Assist and Electronic Differential Locking (EDL)also come standard on the CC. All of these safety features contribute to exceptional stability and control on all kinds ofroads and situations where even the best of drivers might struggle to keep their cars onthe road. The addition of 4Motion all-wheel-drive on the CC VR6 takes vehicledynamics to an even higher level.

In addition to ESP, the CC comes equipped with standard driver and front passenger advancedmultistage front airbags; driver and front passenger side-thorax airbags; head curtainairbags (front and rear); three-point safety belts front and rear; emergency lockingretractors for all seating positions; optimized front head restraints; safety belt powerpretensioners at the driver and front passenger positions; safety belt load limiters fordriver, front passenger and rear outboard seating positions; tire pressure monitoringsystem; and rear seat LATCH (Lower Anchors and Tethers for CHildren) anchorage andtop tether child seat attachments. A rear passenger side-thorax airbag system with safetybelt pretensioners is optional.

CC is based priced at $27,100, reflecting the Volkswagen brand commitment of providing both tremendous value and affordable German engineering. CC offers EPA SmartWay Certified fuel economy of 21 mpg in the city and 31 mpg on the highway.

CC, like all current 2009 model year Volkswagen vehicles, is included in the no-charge Carefree Maintenance Program. Under this program all of the CC scheduled maintenance, as described in its maintenance booklet, is covered for the length of the New Vehicle Warranty—three years or 36,000 miles, whichever occurs first.

Volkswagen of America, Inc.
Founded in 1955, Volkswagen of America, Inc. is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia. It is a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG, headquartered in Wolfsburg, Germany. Volkswagen is one of the world’s largest producers of passenger cars and Europe’s largest automaker. Volkswagen sells the Rabbit, New Beetle, New Beetle convertible, GTI, Jetta, Jetta SportWagen, Eos, GLI, Passat, Passat wagon, CC, Tiguan, Touareg 2 and Routan through approximately 600 independent U.S. dealers. All 2009 Volkswagens come standard-equipped with Electronic Stabilization Program. This is important because the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has called ESC the most effective new vehicle safety technology since the safety belt. Visit Volkswagen of America online at vw.com or www.media.vw.com to learn more.

Volkswagen Tiguan Wins AutoPacific's 2009 Vehicle Satisfaction Award

Survey of Owners Rates Tiguan Top of its Class

HERNDON, Va., May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Volkswagen of America, Inc. announced today that owners of their Tiguan have given it strong ratings that place it at the top of the Mid-Size Crossover Sport Utility Vehicle category in AutoPacific's 2009 Vehicle Satisfaction Award research. AutoPacific's Vehicle Satisfaction Award (VSA) is an industry benchmark for objectively measuring how satisfied an owner is with their new car or light truck, and reflects the opinions of consumers nationwide.

"Having our Tiguan recognized by AutoPacific and our customers for its vehicle satisfaction is a tremendous honor for us," said Mark Barnes, Chief Operating Officer, Volkswagen of America, Inc. "Owner based awards such as AutoPacific's VSA help consumers make educated decisions when purchasing a new vehicle. We believe in our products and we're glad to see that our customers believe in them as well," added Barnes.

The VSA Awards summarize the results of AutoPacific's 2009 model year vehicle satisfaction research. More than 25,000 consumers around the country participated in the survey. The VSA is derived entirely from owner satisfaction which is measured across 48 specific areas related to a vehicle's operation, comfort, safety, and overall purchase/lease experience. The 2009 ratings reflect input from buyers and lessees of new vehicles acquired September through December 2008.

"AutoPacific has conducted this industry research since 1997. Vehicles that score highest in AutoPacific's Vehicle Satisfaction Awards have hit the mark delivering value and satisfaction with their buyers by performing well in 48 separate categories that measure the ownership experience," says AutoPacific president George Peterson.

Tiguan, the GTI of Compact Sport Utility Vehicles, features the "fun to drive" handling and performance owners have come to expect from Volkswagen. The Tiguan comes standard with Volkswagen's 2.0L TSI(R) engine that delivers turbo-charged acceleration while still delivering responsible fuel efficiency. This award winning turbo-charged four-cylinder power plant delivers 200 horsepower and 207 lbs.-ft. of torque. The combination of four valves per cylinder, direct fuel injection and turbo-charging delivers the optimum balance of power and economy. European tuned suspension enables connected handling, while also providing a smooth and compliant ride. Both front wheel drive and 4Motion(R) all-wheel-drive is available to suit any weather or road condition.

Recently the Tiguan was rated one of the top small SUVs in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's (IIHS) new Roof Strength safety-test. Tiguan also received the IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK award for 2008, and top ratings in the IIHS front and side crash testing making it one of the safest small SUVs available in the market today. The Tiguan also comes standard with electronic stability control, branded ESP on Volkswagen vehicles, and six airbags, with rear seat airbags as an option.

Tiguan is available in three trim levels, S, SE, and SEL. It is based priced at $23,200, reflecting the Volkswagen brand commitment of providing both tremendous value and affordable German engineering. Tiguan offers EPA fuel economy of 19 mpg in the city and 26 mpg on the highway.

Tiguan, like all current 2009 model year Volkswagen vehicles, is included in the no-charge Carefree Maintenance Program. Under this program all of Tiguan's scheduled maintenance, as described in its maintenance booklet, is covered for the length of the New Vehicle Warranty -- three years or 36,000 miles, whichever occurs first.

About AutoPacific

AutoPacific is a future-oriented automotive market research and product-consulting firm. Every year AutoPacific publishes a wide variety of syndicated studies on the automotive industry. The firm also conducts extensive proprietary research and consulting for auto manufacturers, distributors, marketers and suppliers worldwide. Company headquarters and its state-of-the-art automotive research facility are in Tustin, California, with an affiliate office in the Detroit area.

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