Germany

The 63rd IAA Passenger Cars, also known as the 2009 Frankfurt International Motor Show, will be held at the Trade Fair Grounds in Frankfurt/Main, Germany and is one of the world's largest automotive fairs. This will be the site for the unveiling of many new passenger vehicle models and concept cars.

Trade Show Days:
Thursday, 17 September and Friday, 18 September 2009

Show Hours:
9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Public Ticket Prices (Sept. 19 - Sept. 27):
- Weekends (Sept. 19, 20, 26 or 27): € 15,00
- Weekkdays (Sept. 21 - Sept. 25): € 13,00
- Special tickets
Schoolchildren, students: € 7,50
Evening tickets after 15.00 h (Only valid per weekday Sept. 21 - Sept. 25): € 8,00
Evening tickets for schoolchildren, students: € 4,50

Location:
Trade Fair Grounds

8/17/2008 -- The 7th ADAC Rallye Deutschland finished at lunchtime in front of an enthusiastic crowd that had gathered to cheer on their heroes from every category. The fifth round of the Junior World Rally Championship proved to be extremely positive for the Citroen C2 Super 1600s, which were classified first, second and fourth at the end of the event. Weather conditions were a lot less fickle than usual throughout the rally, with sunshine and dry roads characterising the 352.63 competitive kilometres.

Toolbox for enhancing customer satisfaction

Wolfsburg, 18 July 2008 - Volkswagen has presented its first Volkswagen Service Quality Award to its 100 best service partners. The award honors service partners who have achieved the best results in service quality and customer retention.

Share of voting rights will amount to 68.60 percent

Wolfsburg, 17 July 2008 -- The Volkswagen Group has received the antitrust approvals necessary to acquire a majority voting stake in Swedish truck manufacturer Scania AB. The majority voting stake is expected to be acquired on July 22, 2008. In addition to the approval by the European Commission, a large number of antitrust proceedings were required in other countries worldwide.

Munich/Hockenheim, 07/17/2008 -- During the German Formula 1 Grand Prix, BMW will be paying very special homage to the legendary pop artist Andy Warhol. To mark the 30th anniversary of the BMW M1, Warhol's BMW Art Car (1979) will again be taking to the starting grid. The setting for the celebration is the revival of the most spectacular stable trophy in racing history - the BMW M1 Procar series.

Andy Warhol, Art Car, 1979 - BMW M1 group 4 racing version

In 1958 Volvo Cars had two models, today there are ten series and 84 model variants

July 8, 2008 -- 50 years of Volvo in Germany - a success story from the "economic miracle" until the 21st century. This year sees Germany holding the position of third largest market in the world for Volvo Car Corporation, following the USA and Sweden, Volvo Cars' home market. The fate of the Swedish, premium-brand automotive manufacturer, which celebrated its 80th birthday last year (2007), is controlled in Germany by Volvo Car Germany GmbH based in Rodenkirchen in Cologne.

Cologne, July 3, 2008 – All eyes are on the Ford muscle cars competing this weekend in the next round of the FIA GT3 European Championship and the FIA GT4 European Cup racing series at Oschersleben circuit in Germany.

After an excellent start to the season, Ford cars lead both championships and all standings for drivers and teams, despite the torrential rain that dominated the last round in Monza on May 18.

In GT3, the Matech GT Racing team leads the European Teams Championship with 49 points thanks to the success of the Ford GTs driven by Ian Khan/Thomas Mutsch, and Bradley Ellis/Alex Mortimer.

Dr. Wolfgang Lindheim appointed as Chief Financial Officer

Stuttgart, 6/27/2008 -- The rapid development of Porsche Consulting GmbH, Bietigheim-Bissingen, calls for an expansion of management capacities. For this reason, the board of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, has appointed Dr. Wolfgang Lindheim (47) as Chief Financial Officer of the subsidiary. From August 1, 2008, Dr. Lindheim will take responsibility for the departments of Finance, Controlling, Human Resource and IT.

At the same time, Eberhard Weiblen (44), who up till now was the sole Director of Porsche Consulting, will be appointed as Chairman of the Executive Board. In future, he will be responsible for the consultancy business, the strategic development and the marketing of the Porsche subsidiary.

SPD Chairman Tours Headquarters in Zuffenhausen

Stuttgart, 6/27/2008 -- Today Kurt Beck, Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and Prime Minister of the Federal State of Rheinland-Pfalz, was the guest of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG at the Porsche headquarters in Stuttgart. He had accepted the invitation of Uwe Hück, Chairman of the Porsche Group’s Works Council.

Research project AKTIV: Intelligent cars set to revolutionise safety as AKTIV partners research for a safer future

Wolfsburg, 25 June 2008 - Leading companies from the automotive industry as well as from the telecommunications and software development sector are today presenting their results at the halfway stage in one of Germany’s most important road safety projects - AKTIV. The declared aim of this research initiative launched back in September 2006 and running until August 2010 is to prevent accidents in future by further enhancing active safety, relieving drivers and harmonising traffic flows. Volkswagen AG is one of the partners of the initiative sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology.