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International Engine of the Year Awards 2008:

Class victory for 140 PS and 170 PS TSIs with twin charging

Second place for the newest 122 PS TSI in its first competition

The winning streak continues: for the third time, Volkswagen’s dual charged TSI engines have won the “International Engine of the Year Award” in the category “1 litre to 1.4 litres”. It is no coincidence that the 103 kW (140 PS) and 125 kW (170 PS) TSIs, which are charged by both a turbocharger and a supercharger, are among the most efficient petrol engines in the world. The motto for these engines is “maximum dynamics with minimum fuel consumption”. And that’s also how the jury, comprising 65 journalists from 32 countries, saw it. According to one jury member, “This engine does everything right and fits into the most diverse types of vehicles.” Moreover, the new 122 PS TSI took second place in the same category in its first attempt. The “International kEngine of the Year Awards 2008″ will be presented today in Stuttgart.

Dr Rüdiger Szengel, Head of Petrol Engine Development, accepted the award for Volkswagen commenting, “Our TSI engines have set the standard since their introduction in the performance class of 90 kW to 125 kW. They achieve new levels of economy for petrol engines while providing performance that offers real fun. We take it as a compliment to the entire development team that our TSI has won again in the displacement class to 1.4 litres.”

Moreover, an additional award underscores the Volkswagen Group’s great competence in building engines. Audi took first place in the category 1.8 litres to 2.0 litres with the 2.0 TSI. This engine made its debut at Volkswagen in the Golf GTI and is presently finding use in several performance versions.

TSI engines are already powering diverse models in ten Volkswagen families. The petrol direct injection engines between 90 kW (122 PS) and 169 kW (230 PS) cover the entire range from Golf to the recently introduced Passat CC. What’s more, the new Scirocco will be off to a running start in 2008 with TSI engines. In the 122 PS version, it requires only 6.1 litres of fuel per 100 kilometres, making it one of the world’s most economical sports cars.

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Hyderabad - Volkswagen India today announced the appointment of Orion Motors as its authorized dealer in Hyderabad. Mr. Joerg Mueller, Volkswagen Group Representative for India and President of Volkswagen India as well as of the Volkswagen National Sales Company, said: “The partnership is in line with our strategy to extend Volkswagen’s reach in the country.

The announcement comes at a time when the company is witnessing an upsurge in demand from across the country and is building up a plant in Chakan/Pune with a start of production in the year 2009.

The showroom spread over an area of 6,000 sq. ft. area, and, located at KBR Park, Jubilee Hills promises premium buying experience to its customers, at par with the world-class Volkswagen standards of sales and services. The state of the art service facility well equipped with tools and equipment capable of servicing 10 cars per day is being set up at Hafeezpet and will be ready by July 2008.

Commenting on Volkswagen’s dealer network strategy Mr. Andreas Prinz, Managing Director, Volkswagen Passenger Cars India said “Our partnership with Orion Motors in Hyderabad reiterates Volkswagen’s strong focus on widening our presence across key markets and providing world class services to our customers. We are confident that this new partnership is a major milestone for Volkswagen’s expansion plans in India.

Volkswagen currently operates Franchises in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore and now adds Hyderabad, Ludhiana, Chandigarh, Gurgaon and a further Franchise in Delhi to its network. In the year 2008 Volkswagen aims to operate 15 outlets in India and will soon finalize its further network partners. The company is aiming to open 30 outlets in India by end 2009.”

As with every other Volkswagen dealership, Orion Motors has been provided intense training in management of sales, service, spare parts and business systems to assure its customers of the best-in-class pre and post sales ownership experience.

Mr. Rajiv Sanghvi, Director, Orion Motors said, “We are pleased to partner with Volkswagen and look forward to building a strong relationship with our premium customers in Hyderabad. We are confident of providing world-class Volkswagen standards of experience to our customers as any other Volkswagen international dealership”.

introduction about Volkswagen
Volkswagen Group (listed as Volkswagen AG, FWB:VOW, TYO: 7659) is a German automobile manufacturing group, currently the fourth largest automobile maker in the world and the largest in Europe. Volkswagen’s core market is the European Union, and its major subsidiaries include well-known car brands like Audi, Bentley, Škoda, Lamborghini, Bugatti, SEAT and the brand Volkswagen itself. It also owns Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, and Scania.

The Volkswagen Golf is the third bestselling car in the world, selling over 25 million cars through 2006. In 2007 the Volkswagen Group sold 6.19 million automobiles, claiming over 10% of the world passenger car market. In late 2007, the company openly reported that they plan to double sales, overtake Toyota and become the world’s largest automaker by 2018.[2]

Volkswagen’s second-largest market is China where its subsidiary, Volkswagen Group China is by far the second largest joint venture automaker.