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R-rated performance SUV: 340kW Volkswagen Touareg R from $129,990 RRP

30/11/2023

Volkswagen’s most powerful model to date arrives in March 2024. With a heroic 340kW, the Touareg R is priced from $129,990 RRP* – a sticker that rewinds the clock by 15 years to match the V10 diesel Touareg R50 of 2008.
The Touareg R is also $6,500 more attainable than the V8 diesel Touareg R-Line of 2020, reinforcing Volkswagen’s commitment to delivering successful performance models in one of the hallowed R division’s strongest markets. Read More >>
Volkswagen Group Australia appoints Karsten Seifert as Managing Director

24/10/2023

Volkswagen Group Australia (VGA), the nation’s biggest European auto importer, today announces Karsten Seifert as its new Managing Director.
Mr Seifert arrives from Hanover, where he has since 2020 been Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles’ Executive Director of European and international sales. Read More >>
Van, damn! Australia, it’s time to register your interest in the Volkswagen ID. Buzz

5/10/2023

Volkswagen Australia has opened a register your interest page for its eagerly awaited ID. Buzz people mover and ID. Buzz Cargo commercial van ahead of their local public debut this month and first deliveries arriving in late 2024.
The instantly iconic 'electric Kombi' will publically debut at the Volkswagen Cronulla Surf Masters championship on October 21, 2023, alongside dozens of beloved Type 2 originals all positioned at their spiritual home – the beach. Read More >>
Volkswagen’s new state of the art emergency vehicles

24/08/2023

A Volkswagen police pursuit car and a prototype emergency services Amarok have starred at the AFAC23 exhibition, Australasia's largest emergency management conference and exhibition, in Brisbane this week.
The latest version of the screen integration featured in a Volkswagen Passat – thousands of which are already in service in state law enforcement services – is a collaboration with Lumen Australia, Opses UK and Ecco Safety Group. Read More >>
Volkswagen’s first fully-electric ID models arrive in New Zealand with five-star safety.

18/07/2023

Australia and New Zealand's independent vehicle safety authority, ANCAP SAFETY, has today released five-star safety ratings for the new Volkswagen ID.4 and ID.5 models available for purchase in New Zealand.
Volkswagen's first fully-electric SUVs both scored well across the range of independent safety tests and assessments, with the five-star rating applying to the following variants sold in New Zealand... Read More >>
T-Roc rocks Volkswagen's Passenger Vehicles sales in May

5/06/2023

Volkswagen's T-Roc crossover SUV range raced to a record month in May with 949 sales.
With four variants at present, including (for a time) two versions of the R performance T-Roc, Volkswagen Passenger Vehicle Director Michal Szaniecki said the brand's new sales pillar would likely exceed 1000 units this month with plentiful supply at hand. Read More >>
Volkswagen appoint Andrew Huenerbein Head of Network Development

8/03/2023

Volkswagen has appointed Andrew Huenerbein, a six year veteran of its business, as the brand's new head of Network Development.
He replaces veteran David Stone, who left the industry last year. Read More >>
Mawson Lakes, South Australia, is Volkswagen's Dealer of the Year

3/03/2023

A green fields business that commenced building at the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, was the double winner at the Volkswagen's Dealer of Year (DOTY) on Thursday night.
In DOTY's first physical gathering since the 2019, Mawson Lakes – located in Salisbury 12km from Adelaide's CBD – took out the awards for National DOTY and Metro DOTY. Read More >>
Volkswagen passenger vehicles announces second quarter supply

8/02/2023

Volkswagen has ample supply for T-Roc Style, R-Line and R, in addition to Tiguan 110TSI Life with more Tiguans Rs incoming for waiting customers.
Supply will improve for the Tiguan 110TSI Life normal wheelbase (NWB), Tiguan, which complements solid availability of Tiguan Allspace. Read More >>
#2,600 – the final outgoing-generation Walkinshaw Amarok rolls off the line in special W580SE guise

25/11/2022

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and Walkinshaw have today signed off on the final outgoing-generation Amarok W Series in luxurious and tough style – with a W580SE final edition as build number 2,600.
The Volkswagen Amarok W580SE rolled off Walkinshaw's Clayton, Victoria, production line to cap off a successful first-generation Amarok partnership with an authentically Australian and German engineered dual-cab ute flavour. Read More >>
Value at large – 5 year free servicing for MY22 Arteon and Touareg until Dec 31

3/10/2022

Volkswagen Australia is providing even greater value in its largest models, with Model Year 2022 (MY22) versions of the Arteon and Touareg gaining a complimentary 5-year Care Plan if purchased before December 31.
The fully transferable offer provides a seamless ownership experience with scheduled servicing taken care of for five years or up to 75,000km across all variants of the flagship Volkswagen passenger and SUV models. Read More >>
Volkswagen Group Australia signs with JET Charge

29/09/2022

Volkswagen Group Australia (VGA) marks World EV Day with the announcement of its partnership with JET Charge.
VGA consists of the Volkswagen Passenger Vehicles, Audi, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, SKODA and CUPRA brands.
Previously JET Charge provided EV hardware and related services to Audi. This new master services agreement extends to the broader VGA national sales company, which formed on January 1. Read More >>
Volkswagen Group Australia hails progress on Electric Vehicles

19/08/2022

Volkswagen Group Australia (VGA) has welcomed this morning's proposal by federal Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen to impose carbon emission rules on new car sales.
VGA Managing Director Paul Sansom said: "Our company was first to warn that this country would become a 'third world dumping ground' for obsolete auto technology. This has become a rallying cry." Read More >>
Tiguan Allspace Adventure the special edition that toughens and sizes up

30/05/2022

The Tiguan Allspace Adventure, a unique take on Volkswagen's multiple car of the year winning SUV, reaches showroom in August priced from $51,990 plus on-road costs. Read More >>
Volkswagen lowers cost of ownership on new and pre-owned vehicles

5/04/2022

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and Volkswagen Passenger Vehicles are responding to Australia's cost of living pressures by delivering unprecedented ownership value to owners of both new and pre-owned vehicles.
All new Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles purchased before June 30, 2022, can choose to benefit from a dramatic decrease in the cost of five-year servicing thanks to an exclusive 5 year Care Plan for the price of a 3 year Care Plan offer. Read More >>
Volkswagen Group Australia's Paul Sansom elected to Electric Vehicle Council

29/03/2022

Volkswagen Group Australia (VGA) Managing Director Paul Sansom has been elected to the board of the Electric Vehicle Council, promising to campaign for a nationally mandated Co2 target and EV charging capability in new residential and commercial buildings.
"Electric Vehicles are the form of personal mobility to meet the demands of urbanisation, sustainability and digitalisation – the three prevailing and irrevocable mega trends of life in our time," Mr Sansom said. Read More >>
Volkswagen Group Australia calls for national focus on home charging for EVs and federal Co2 standard

24/03/2022

Volkswagen Group Australia Managing Director Paul Sansom has called on the building industry and government to "liberate Australians from traditional filling stations with home EV charging".
In the keynote address at the Green Building Council's TRANSFORM 22 summit in Sydney, Mr Sansom said that the automotive and the building industries "are becoming increasingly and permanently interdependent". Read More >>
Volkswagen Group Australia welcomes Premier Palaszczuk's Electric Vehicle initiative

17/03/2022

Volkswagen Group Australia (VGA) welcomes the Queensland Government's initiative in encouraging the uptake of Electric Vehicles.
VGA – which is comprised of the Volkswagen, Audi, SKODA and CUPRA brands – has strong ambitions over the next year to introduce a number of new models that will benefit from Queensland's new policy. Read More >>
Two new faces for Volkswagen Group Australia's Corporate Communications team

17/01/2022

From February 28, Daniel DeGasperi is VGA's Product PR Communications Manager. Reporting to the VGA's General Manager of Corporate Communications, Paul Pottinger, Daniel brings 15 years' experience as a journalist and, over the past three years, the spokesman for Lexus Australia and senior account director of Havas. At VGA, Daniel will work with Volkswagen Passenger Vehicles and Commercial Vehicles, SKODA and CUPRA.
Roxanne Salzborn joins VGA on January 31 in the role of Group Communications Specialist. Previously Roxanne interned with Audi Australia's communications team since which she has worked with the solar company sonnenConnect. She will work with VGA's Corporate Communications Specialist Adriana Wahbe on brand and internal matters for Volkswagen, SKODA and CUPRA. Read More >>
Volkswagen Group Australia Announces Its New Managing Director

12/11/2021

Volkswagen Group Australia announces today that Mr Paul Sansom will become the company's Managing Director as of January 1, 2022. Mr Sansom, currently Managing Director of Audi Australia and Chairman of the Audi Foundation, succeeds Mr Michael Bartsch, who shortly returns to Volkswagen of America. Read More >>

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The One Million Trees Project in the Eurardy Nature Reserve in Western Australia will receive $250,000 dollars and a project to restore 400 hectares in the Scottsdale Reserve in New South Wales will receive $750,000 dollars. "Although the world has been ravaged by the COVID 19 pandemic since the fires earlier this year, Volkswagen remains committed to supporting bush fire relief and restoration," said Michael Bartsch, Managing Director of Volkswagen Group Australia. Bush Heritage Australia is an independent, not-for-profit national organisation that acquires and manages land and works with indigenous people to protect the local flora and fauna. Bush Heritage owns 37 nature reserves covering an area of 1.24 million hectares. Through its 25 Aboriginal partnerships, the organisation supports the management of an additional 10.1 million hectares.

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