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Jalopnik: Volkswagen-Porsche World's Largest Automaker, Toyota The New GM [Breaking]
Easy Car Blog: Congratulations! VW-Porsche Is Now The World’s Largest Carmaker
Autoblog: REPORT: VW takes over #1 carmaker slot, sings "Wir sind die Meister, mein Freund"
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Year's biggest news? Volkswagen-Porsche beats Toyota as world's largest carmaker http://bit.ly/3k4npT #branding @tweetFreakBlog @imcsquared 8 days ago |
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Volkswagen-Porsche Overtakes Toyota as World's Largest Carmaker .. http://bit.ly/wy9gY 8 days ago |
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UK's Guardian newspaper credits cash-for-clunkers plans with VW's rise http://bit.ly/3k4npT No surprise given cars like the Jetta (50+ mpg) 8 days ago |
Volkswagen-Porsche World's Largest Automaker, Toyota The New GM [Breaking]
Jalopnik —
... But none of that changes the fact that Volkswagen has quickly passed Toyota and GM at the top of the heap. We'll see if it lasts all year and, hopefully, if it works out any better for them. [The Guardian] ...
Congratulations! VW-Porsche Is Now The World’s Largest Carmaker
Easy Car Blog —
... VW has moved to the Chinese market where they have sold 128,000 cars since July, and this counts for nearly a quarter of their global sales for that month. China has boosted car demand, and sales tremendously for the company. The UK and German markets were only successful as they were running cash-for-clunkers schemes. Although Volkswagen can be proud about what happened, it was said that Toyota only dropped behind as they halved their output during the first quarter of the year. [s: guardian ] Tags: ...
REPORT: VW takes over #1 carmaker slot, sings "Wir sind die Meister, mein Freund"
Autoblog —
Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, Toyota, Volkswagen
It was a little more than a year ago when Volkswagen, because of Porsche's stock market finagling, briefly became the most valuable company in the world. This was just after it passed Ford for the number three slot in global sales. Now the big company that could -- powered by the little car that could -- has passed Toyota to take the number one slot as the world's largest automaker.
Of course there is, again, some number play involved. We're talking about the combined ...
Volkswagen supera a Toyota y se convierte en el mayor fabricante del mundo
Autoblog Español —
... El reinado de Toyota en la lista de fabricantes podría ser mucho más corto de lo que esperaban sus dirigentes. Efímero, incluso. Cuando aún no se había sacudido la resaca de haber derrotado a General Motors, VAG ha irrumpido en la primera posición por número de vehículos fabricados de acuerdo a las cifras de la analista IHS Global Insight. ...
Volkswagen (Production) Über Alles
The Truth About Cars —
We're number ee! The Guardian reports that in the first 9 months of 2009, Volkswagen/Porsche made 4.4 million cars whereas Toyota made 4 million. Naturally, the majority of VW’s growth has come from the area which is growing even faster than VW, China. But the lads from the Middle Kingdom weren’t the only modes of growth for Volkswagen. The Wolfsburg warriors were also beneficiaries of European stimulus packages (A.K.A: Cash for Clunkers) where Volkswagen have large market share (Germany, UK, etc). Charitiy really does begin at home! However, IHS Global Insight, the company ...
Who’s On First? Toyota? VW? Or, Gasp, GM?
The Truth About Cars —
Whoâs on third? Pictures courtesy samwatkins.co.uk Volkswagen wants to unseat Toyota as number one by 2018. When they announced that strategy, it was widely discounted as Wolfsburg hubris, and as a goal so far out that nobody will recall nine years down the road that the goal has ever been set. Or as the saying goes in Wolfsburg: “In 2018, I’ll be retired.” A few days ago, The Guardian reported that in the first 9 months of 2009, Volkswagen/Porsche made 4.4 million ...
Who’s On First? Toyota? VW? Or, Gasp, GM?
Car News Articles —
... Volkswagen wants to unseat Toyota as number one by 2018. When they announced that strategy, it was widely discounted as Wolfsburg hubris, and as a goal so far out that nobody will recall nine years down the road that the goal has ever been set. Or as the saying goes in Wolfsburg: “In 2018, I’ll be retired.”
A few days ago, The Guardian reported that in the first 9 months of 2009, Volkswagen/Porsche made 4.4 million cars whereas Toyota made 4 million. Which ignited speculations that VeeDub may have reached its elusive goal 9 years early. ...
