Ford brings another classic nameplate to the EV world with the all-new Capri CUV. The Capri attempts to bolster Ford’s presence in Europe while also fleshing out a partnership with Volkswagen at the same time.
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Volkswagen Confirms 2024 Will Be Last Chance To Get Manual GTI Model
The 2024 Volkswagen GTI was always an iconic adherent to manual transmissions with the model offering a shift-it yourself option alongside its seven-speed dual-clutch automatic. However, changing market conditions are forcing the German auto giant to scrap the manual with 2024 being the last chance for buyers to get one.
Volkswagen Says Plans For Scout Still On Track After Rivian Investment Deal
Volkswagen’s investment deal with Rivian opened up new avenues of cooperation between the two firms in the world of electrification. However, Volkswagen confirms that plans for the revival of the Scout brand are still on track despite its agreement with the upstart EV company.
Rivian Gets $5B Investment from Volkswagen
Larger automakers just can’t seem to stay away from EV startup Rivian. Ford Motor Co. once held a large, multi-billion dollar stake in the company and now Volkswagen plans to invest $5 billion in company. What does it mean? Go to Headlight.News for the story.
UAW Looking To Build on VW Victory With Vote at Mercedes-Benz’s Vance Plant, Daimler Truck Also In Crosshairs
At Volkswagen, the United Auto Workers has succeeded organizing workers in the South for the first time and the union is now preparing for a vote at Mercedes-Benz in Alabama while pushing for a new, richer contract at Daimler Truck.
UAW Achieves Representation Victory At VW’s Chattanooga Assembly Plant, Historic Vote Could Prompt More Plants To Join
UAW achieves key victory in the Southern U.S. with historic membership vote at VW’s Chattanooga, Tennessee assembly plant. This vote could give the union more momentum in its push to expand representation in hotly contested region
United Auto Workers Union Seeks to Schedule Representation Vote At Volkswagen’s Chattanooga Plant
The United Auto Workers is asking the National Labor Relations Board to schedule a vote on union representation among workers at the Volkswagen assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Get the story at Headlight.News.
New EV Maker Scout Motors Breaks Ground on $2 Billion Plant
The stagnation of electric vehicle sales isn’t slowing the charge of automakers into the market. Scout Motors, Volkswagen’s U.S. EV subsidiary, broke ground on its $2 billion plant in South Carolina. The company expects vehicles to begin rolling off the line there in 2026. Headlight.News has details.
VW Celebrates 75 Years in America
The VW trend took off in the 1960s, as the loosening culture embraced the idea of a low-cost, easy-to-fix car. The low cost was key as the Boomer generation came of age and went looking for America. Read the whole story at Headlight.News.
First Look at the 2025, ChatGPT-enabled Volkswagen Golf GTI
Despite its increasingly aggressive push to electrify, Volkswagen isn’t walking away from some of its most familiar models, notably the Golf GTI. And it offered a first, thinly disguised look at the hot hatch, due out next year, during a news conference at CES 2024 this week.
2024 VW Atlas Brings Competence to a Higher Plane
With style so often counting for more than substance, it’s nice to find a vehicle with the substance to supplement middle-of-the-road style. While it may sound like a slight for the 2024 Volkswagen Atlas, being described as “very good” at what you’re supposed to be, is no slight. Find out more in the review at Headlight.News.
Next-Gen VW Tiguan Revealed – But American Drivers Will Have to Wait
VW’s European Tiguan is first to debut and has some promising features for the upcoming U.S. model. However, the long-wheelbase version isn’t crossing the Atlantic until early next year, reports Headlight.News.