US shares give up some gains but still head for best week in nine years

German carmaker says uncertainty about coronavirus makes it impossible to give forecasts for its performance this year

Early winners and losers emerge as carmakers scramble to hit tough new targets

Italian joins company as it tries to repair relationship with alliance partner Nissan

Herbert Diess tells top managers that radical change is needed to survive industry upheaval

Motor boss promises 10,000 jobs close to Berlin as Brexit blamed for ruling Britain out

Former Trabant factory begins turning out the most modern VW ever

Daimler also under pressure in further setback for industry

Leaked documents suggest software fitted to detect if exhaust test being carried out

Motor industry calls for delay to proposed motor tax changes over Brexit uncertainty

Zipse will take charge of premium car giant from August 16th

Deliberations include MAN Energy, which makes engines for ships and power plants

Industry struggles to meet strict emission targets with potential penalties of €30bn

‘It’s not a sentence you can say in Germany,’ says one investor of ‘ebit macht frei’ gaffe

Move comes as current chief executive Herbert Diess apologies over Nazi gaffe

Brexit, threatened US tariffs and slowing Chinese market among potential hazards

Trade wars and new emissions testing add to carmaker’s costs

Carmaker’s deal part of plan to dominate battery-powered market over next decade

Carmaker also concerned at Brexit impact on exports from its Bentley plant in the UK

The two carmakers have been exploring closer cooperation as trade frictions rise

Volkswagen has warned that new EU emission targets will be too difficult to meet

VW pledges that its last internal combustion engine will be launched in 2026, as VW Ireland announces a BIK-special electric Golf

World’s biggest carmaker under pressure from EU emissions regulations

Saturday is WLTP Emissions Day: What does it mean for Irish motorists?

Production at main Wolfsburg plant to be halted in August and September

German prosecutors raid VW group sites for suspected ‘fraud and criminal advertising’

Herbert Diess will lead strategy simplification of Germany’s biggest car company

Markets boosted by Chinese promise to open economy further and lower import tariffs

VW will chop the roof of its popular new crossover

The emissions scandal threatened to destroy the group. Yet two years on it is outselling rivals, is more profitable than before the crisis and has €20bn plans for electric vehicles

Chipmaker tries to spread its technology into new areas as self-driving car war picks up

Frankfurt motor show: Volkswagen shows updated electric crossover concept, and promises all models will be available with batteries by 2030

Latest Polo is supersized in every area and now shares much of its architecture with the Golf

New small SUV coming to Ireland in November as diesel scandal continues to swirl

Volkswagen’s new Polo, launched in Berlin, gets new chassis and more space

Shanghai motor show star is the third pillar of VW’s electric car commitments

VW group CEO Matthias Mueller says acquisitions and partnerships not ruled out

New-generation Polo 1.6-litre TDI will be German carmaker’s last small diesel

Volkwagen is paying out billions in the US while playing hardball in Europe

Investors allege carmaker committed securities fraud over emissions scandal