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| 19/12/2011 I Company Volkswagen NZ achieves Asia Pacific first
New Zealand has become the first country in the Asia Pacific region to complete the Master Technician Programme by qualifying seven Master Technicians according to Volkswagen standards. This programme ensures that Volkswagen is market leader in understanding the importance of comprehensive vehicle maintenance and customer service excellence. |
| 01/12/2011 I Models The Golf Cabriolet
Volkswagen is introducing a new generation of Golf Cabriolet to New Zealand. It offers all the advantages of Golf – the most successful car in the world. The soft top opens fully automatically in 9.0 seconds, and this can be done while driving up to 30 km/h. And what happens in autumn when the Golf top is closed and summer is over? The Golf Cabriolet is a versatile, year- round cabriolet thanks to the sophisticated design of its soft top. |
| 02/08/2011 I Models Pure dynamic performance. Golf GTI Edition 35.
Volkswagen is celebrating the 35th anniversary of this icon with the new Golf GTI Edition 35.
Punching 173kW of power, 300Nm torque and reaching a top speed of 247km/h it will be a collector’s item from day one – arriving right on the 35th anniversary of the GTI legend.
5,000 GTIs were originally planned – yet the GTI of our day is approaching the production milestone of 2 million units built! |
| 04/07/2011 I Models New Eos – arriving August 2011
The new Eos gives you a driving experience that will stimulate your senses. Its one touch folding steel roof allows you to enjoy any view, switching from windproof luxury to windswept exhilaration in only 25 seconds, while the 2.0 litre 155kW TSI engine and 6-speed DSG automatic transmission provides an exceptionally smooth performance, with class leading 0 – 100km in just 7.8 seconds. The Eos is the perfect combination of cabriolet fun and a dynamic performance sports coupe - never before has driving been such fun.
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| 04/07/2011 I Models Evolution of The Thinking Man’s Ute
In many respects, the Amarok has already set new standards in its class, but now yet another special feature is being added: the Amarok will soon be available with an innovative 8-speed automatic transmission. This transmission combines excellent ride comfort with good off-road capabilities and unrivalled fuel economy values; it will again set the benchmark in the 1-tonne Ute market.
This automatic transmission is combined with permanent four-wheel drive and the new 132kW / 420Nm Twin Turbo TDI engine. The Amarok with an automatic gearbox also has an increased towing capacity of 3.2 metric tonnes (up to 12% gradient). |
| 04/07/2011 I Models Whatever path you want to take. New Tiguan.
The new Tiguan is here and surpasses expectations with a sleek new design, improved clever assistance systems and the on-road/ off road ability you would expect from a small but sophisticated SUV affectionately dubbed the "baby Touareg". |
| 19/05/2011 Volkswagen Polo R to compete in WRC 2013
Volkswagen have declared their entry into the World Rally Championship (WRC), the most versatile of the four automobile world championships. Unveiling the concept of the Polo R WRC, the car with which Volkswagen will compete from 2013 onwards, Luca de Meo, Head of Marketing of Volkswagen AG said "Today we are proud to show you the hottest Polo of all time – the Polo R WRC.”
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| 06/05/2011 The New Beetle. An icon debuts.
The New Beetle is finally revealed and whilst much has changed, its iconic status indefatigably remains. |
| 29/03/2011 I Models Amarok Receives 5-Star ANCAP Safety Rating
ANCAP has awarded its first 5-star double-cab ute safety rating to the new Volkswagen Amarok.
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| 27/02/2011 The new Volkswagen Amarok is unleashed
Amarok is the fifth model series by Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and the first ute by a high-volume European producer and it is eagerly anticipated in New Zealand. |
| 27/02/2011 The new Passat
In its technology, design and comfort the Passat is crossing over to the next higher class. It is precisely the technology, further improvements in workmanship and material quality that set it apart from its competitors more than ever but with an impressive 320Nm of torque in the 103kW Trendline or 350Nm in the 125kW Comfortline the new Passat combines timeless beauty with surging power. The newly available TSI 118kW includes a 7-speed DSG transmission with Direct Injection and accelerates from 0-100km/h in just 8.5 seconds. |
| 17/01/2011 I Models The new Volkswagen Polo GTI is now available in New Zealand
The Polo GTI is back in New Zealand. A powerful 132 kW/ 250Nm torque comeback! And this GTI lives up to its legendary name with superior handling combined with uncompromising power and maximum safety. |
| 17/01/2011 I Models The new Volkswagen Caddy is now available in New Zealand
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| 17/11/2010 I Models The new Volkswagen Touareg is now available in New Zealand
This Touareg is reinterpreting the multipurpose SUV idea in a contemporary way – thanks to a range of engines that are up to 25 percent more fuel efficient and a large variety of new driver assistance and safety systems. |
| 12/05/2010 Volkswagen now powering the All Whites and Football in New Zealand
On the eve of the All Whites World Cup Squad heading to South Africa to represent New Zealand at the World Cup, Volkswagen announces a new partnership program with Football New Zealand.
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| 07/04/2010 I Models Double Success at World Car of the Year Awards
At the New York International Auto Show in Manhattan the Volkswagen Polo was declared the 2010 World Car of the Year.
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| 30/03/2010 I Models Newest TSI Engine Set to Arrive in New Zealand.
A new engine, the 1.2L TSI, is getting ready to follow the success of its predecessor. The 77 kW / 175Nm strong engine will shortly be available for the Polo and Golf and rounds off the successful family of TSI engines.
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| 26/03/2010 I Models The new Scirocco R is here.
The new Scirocco R is here. Power: 195 kW. Character: genuine sports car. Performance: at its fullest. Handling: just like it should be. Fun factor: maximum.
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| 04/02/2010 I Models Volkswagen Golf is the Safest Car of 2009
For the first time ever, the EuroNCAP Institute in Brussels compiled all of its crash test results for the year 2009 and named the safest car of the year: The Golf won out against the competition with a total of 103 points.
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| 28/01/2010 Amarok’s Confidently Complete the Dakar Rally
The racing pilots competing in the Dakar Rally have crossed the finishing line in Buenos Aires. Volkswagen drove home a brilliant triple victory in the world’s toughest rally. Alongside the successful Race Touareg’s, the escort teams travelling in the Volkswagen Amarok have also returned to Argentina’s capital.
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| 25/01/2010 The new T5
Backed by a 60+ year history in producing Transporter vehicles, Volkswagen New Zealand is launching the new 2010 T5 model range with a more competitive offering to the local marketplace than ever before.
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| 12/01/2010 Volkswagen Group reports delivery record for 2009
The Volkswagen Group set a new delivery record in 2009, topping the prior-year figure. A total of 6.29 million vehicles were delivered to customers, compared with 6.23 million in 2008 or an increase of 1.1%. In contrast, the world passenger car market contracted by over 6%. In a difficult economic environment, the share of the world passenger car market held by Europe’s largest automaker rose to 11.4% compared with 10.3% in 2008.
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| 16/12/2009 I Models The new Golf Variant
The new Golf Variant will shortly be available in New Zealand for the first time in a number of years. The new Golf Variant has been completely redesigned. Its visual appearance follows today’s Volkswagen “Design DNA”. From now on, its appearance will be defined by clear horizontal lines and bold headlight styling. Key
engines from the Golf have also been transferred to the Variant. In the interior, high-end materials and instruments of the current Golf set the tone.
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| 03/12/2009 I Models 0-100kph in 5.5 seconds. Volkswagen’s fastest ever production car.
Automotive passion – even in 2009 it still has something to do with power and performance. However, Volkswagen is demonstrating in the new Golf R – that fuel consumption can be lowered even in sports cars without even a hint of a compromise in dynamic performance.
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| 02/12/2009 I Models The new Polo. European Car of the Year 2010.
The new Polo is the European Car of the Year 2010: Today the Car of the Year jury chose the Volkswagen as number 1; this is the crowning achievement of an extraordinary year for the new Polo.
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| 02/12/2009 Volkswagen Amarok; set for Launch
With huge anticipation world-wide, we now have official photos of this ground-breaking new Ute offering from Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. The new model combines the robustness demanded of a Ute with innovative technology, high safety standards and top values in fuel efficiency, comfort and ergonomics. Conceptually and stylistically, the Amarok – up to 5.25 meter long – is a Ute that looks like it came right out of the pages of a stylish copybook. Its body, set upon a ladder frame, clearly reflects properties of the new Volkswagen design DNA. As usual, the emphasis here is on horizontal lines, a clear interplay of surfaces and precision.
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| 18/11/2009 Volkswagen Amarok supports the Dakar Rally 2010
It is durable, robust and can tackle any road, no matter how tricky: the Volkswagen Amarok will have to prove those claims from January 2010 during the world’s toughest rally. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is the “Official Supplier” to the Dakar Rally and a partner to the organiser, the Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.). The new Amarok from Volkswagen will be the Support Vehicle for the rally. The organiser is to use 20 Amarok, with a further 15 to be used as press and shuttle vehicles.
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| 27/08/2009 I Models Five stars for the safest Polo ever
The new Polo has been subjected to the more stringent Euro NCAP crash tests and received the best possible score of five stars. Volkswagen put together a safety package for the new 5th-generation Polo including optimised body structure, a highly effective beltand-airbag combination and driver-assist systems. The result is one of the safest compact cars in the world.
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| 21/08/2009 The new generation ‘facelift’ T5
In September 2009 at the IAA in Frankfurt, the worldwide T5 model launch will begin with the premiere of the Multivan and California models. The new perfected versions give out even fewer emissions as well as being more efficient, economical, comfortable, elegant, intelligent and safer than ever before. The T5 series is made up of the Transporter, Caravelle, Multivan and California models. Each individual model is made up of a scope of individual model variants.
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| 09/07/2009 I Models Volkswagen’s sixth generation of the legendary Golf GTI
In 2004, the fifth generation Golf GTI brought back the legend more powerfully than ever before. Between the debut of the first in 1976 and the end of production of the fifth generation, more than 1.7 million car buyers made the GTI a world bestseller. Now this is being followed up by the sixth GTI, even sharper and more confident than all of the others before it. A GTI whose chassis systems redefine its behaviour in curves and traction. A GTI that is more fun to drive with its powerful 155kW TSI turbo charged engine. Yet it only consumes 7.4 litres of petrol per 100km. A GTI that successfully transfers the tradition of the original version to the future.
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| 01/07/2009 The One Millionth T5 is Built
Hanover, 30th June 2009 – Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles produced the one millionth vehicle of the T5 series at the Hanover plant. The vehicle was a T5 Transporter Van 1.9l TDI 62 kW in tornado red.
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| 22/06/2009 I Models Volkswagen TSI Engines Lead the Charge
Volkswagen has achieved its greatest success to date in the international engine technology competition with the 1.4 litre TSI engine. Besides the “International Engine of the Year” award, the
twincharged TSI also earned the titles “Best Green Engine 2009” and “Best Engine” in the 1.0 to 1.4 litre engine category. Dr. Rüdiger Szengel, Head of Volkswagen Petrol Engine Development, accepted
the awards today in Stuttgart.
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| 05/06/2009 A name is born – the New Volkswagen Amarok
An interview with Mr Harald Schomburg, Member of the Board of Management for Sales and Marketing at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles on the naming of the Ute.
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| 03/06/2009 Living the Dream – The Crafter Motorhome.
Living the dream, that’s what the new Volkswagen Crafter / Coachcraft based ‘Coachburg 770’ motorhome is all about. Built on a Crafter 50 cab chassis powered by a 100kW turbo diesel motor that delivers 300Nm of torque through the six speed Shiftmatic gearbox, the motorhome is a pleasure to drive.
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| 15/04/2009 I Models Setting a new benchmark. The Golf VI.
Volkswagen is sending a new Golf out into the world, the best in six generations. The Golf is a phenomenon, regardless of its particular generation. Positioned in the compact segment, this style icon defies all automotive and social class distinctions. No other car in this price class has even come close to reaching as large a cross-section of people.
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| 04/03/2009 I Models The new Volkswagen Polo
No other car in this class has such a mature and high-end image as the new Polo. Comfort, quality and safety have all taken a considerable leap forward. From the outset, the new Polo was specifically designed to attain the recently established, stricter and more comprehensive, 5-star EuroNCAP rating. The higher structural rigidity of the Polo’s bodyshell contributes to these results. In the footwell area alone, intrusion – related to the car body’s deformation strength in a frontal crash – was lowered by 50 percent! In the case of a side impact, the intrusion value was reduced by 20 percent.
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| 12/02/2009 I Models Scirocco. The comeback of a sports car legend.
It's back: 34 years after the first Scirocco was unveiled to a waiting world at the Geneva Motor Show, Volkswagen presents a new Scirocco for a new era at the same venue. Now as then, the coupé is inspired by the fascinating idea of creating an affordable sports car for every day of the year. And that is the essence of the Scirocco: the successful marriage top technology and low running costs, dynamic performance and high comfort, a surprisingly spacious interior and an uncompromising sporty design.
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