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The collaboration between Volkswagen and Suzuki could form a moto  division in the future, in the German car maker. That will benefit by Japanese experience on this segment.
The windfall of the 20% holding of Suzuki offered Volkswagen a lot of opportunities. One of the most important would be the Germans chance to enter  the moto segment, where Suzuki is doing very well and has a hard-set image.
The alliance between VW an Suzuki could make this the world’s largest automaker group.

“We first made contact with Suzuki in August, 2009 and visited Hamamatsu (where Suzuki has its head office) in November. While there, we were able to have the same level of technical discussions with the Suzuki engineers as we usually have with the engineers in VW’s head office. We speak the same language because the engineers at both companies share a great emphasis on technological development” said VW chief, Martin Winterkorn.
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Volkswagen R is the name of the performance division of the German automaker, which will deal with the modification and customize of the existing models in the range.
After they unveiled the Scirocco R and Golf R models, the official announcement that a separate performance division  within Volkswagen will be created was only a matter of time.
The German automaker has not extended the fan’s waiting time and has confirmed the rumors: the two sports models initiate the R GmbH division, responsible for future versions of Volkswagen performance models and sports packages. In the future, the future R Line sport packages and the future Volkswagen Exclusive custom kits will see the sunlight within the performance workshop.

The new established R GmbH will be autonomous, in charge of the division, to the general manager chair to be more precisely, will be installed Ulrich Riestenpatt gt. Richteer. He will lead the Warmenau site, located near Wolfsburg, where he
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ABT was involved in the modification of the most powerful Golf available. The result? An even more powerful Golf, obviously.
The body kit for Volkswagen Golf R is the same prepared by ABT for the GTI version; it comes with changed spoilers, ABT daylights, 18 or 19 inch wheels and new accessories for the interior. What is their version of Golf R,  it is the software that increases the power to 310 HP, thus accelerating the car from 0 to 60 mph in 5.2 seconds with a top speed now of 162 mph.
“The compact car is really good fun, particularly on corners. VW gave the Golf dynamism when it was in the cradle – it defines sportiness in its class. And the Golf R is the champion of fast Golfs.” said Hans-Juergen, the ABT manager.

We expect more details and we are waiting to see it on the street one of the
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The German automaker launched the iPhone application called Geneva Salon 2010. The app can be downloaded from the Apple’s official site.
Geneva Salon 2010 is the name of the new iPhone application released by Volkswagen. This is very useful to the visitors of the Geneva Motor Show and can be downloaded for free from the AppStore.
The application has several useful features, one of them being the gallery for the VW’s cars present at Geneva, with technical specs and the position of each model at the Volkswagen stand. The customers can even schedule a test drive using their iPhone application.
Another interesting feature is the Highlights menu, that brings you some interesting information about the hot debuts of the Swiss auto show. The integrated map, gives you an overview of the Geneva Motor Show, but it also offers details about every stand. The Geneva City Guide, shows you the map of the city, being the function
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2010 marks the 80th edition of the Geneva Motor Show, which will bring more than 30 world premieres and many other debuts in Europe. Mibz.com presents you a list of the new cars in this edition, structured on brands.
The Geneva Motor Show is one of the most important auto events of the year and one of the three auto shows the car makers should not miss if they want to build themselves a name on the market in Europe. Despite the assumptions that announced a difficult year for the automobile industry, 2 and 3 March will bring a high number of car debuts, some of them global and others in Europe, all following the same ecological trend of the recent years. Also, the car makers will continue to apply the worldwide trend of downsizing, which is focused on reducing carbon emissions and fuel consumption while the models on which this strategy was implemented
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