VW Group Initializes New Parts-Sharing Strategy Across All Brands to Save US$6.5 Billion a Year

Parts and platform sharing has been a common practice in big automotive groups. Volkswagen, which has been pioneering this method among its brands since the early ‘90s, has mastered the art. Still, there is always room for improvement...

The VW Group wants to push the envelope further with a much broader parts sharing program among the various brands and models in its empire, starting with the new Audi A3 that will be launched in 2012.

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Skoda Builds 1.5 Millionth Octavia II After Seven Years

The good times continue to roll for the Volkswagen Group's Skoda division that has just built the 1,500,000th example of its second-generation Octavia model, with the aforementioned figure not including the production numbers of the structurally identical "MingRui" that is sold in China.

The anniversary vehicle is a white Octavia Combi ‘GreenLine’, which rolled off the assembly line at the Czech company’s main plant in Mladá Boleslav on Wednesday.

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Skoda Remembers the VisionD Concept with a New Set of Photos

We're not sure why, but Skoda has released a new gallery of pictures of its VisionD concept that we first laid eyes on at the Geneva Motor Show back in March 2011.

Perhaps it is because the Czech automaker would like to refresh our memory on the design of the VisionD, which according to the company, offers a "clear indication" of the future styling direction for all Skoda models.

That or the VW Group owned company wants to show us how good the VisionD looks alongside a pretty woman...

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