• Deliveries to customers rise to 205,000 vehicles
• T series and Crafter see significant growth
• Turnover climbs to EUR 5.3 billion
• Operating profit of EUR 87 million achieved

Hannover, 29 July 2021 – Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (VWCV) returned to the black in the first half of 2021. Despite a still challenging environment, it reported an operating profit after six months of EUR 87 million. The comparable figure in the same period last year was - EUR 334 million. The result for the whole of 2020 was also a loss. Last year’s results were greatly impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, with falling sales figures and temporary plant closures with no active production. In the first half of 2021, turnover rose by EUR 1.1 billion to EUR 5.3 billion.

• Project run successfully despite coronavirus restrictions
• 19 participants receive certificates
• High success rate: over 70 percent of participants from three project rounds have taken up a training course or fulltime employment

Hannover, 23 July 2021 - Since 2017, there has been a cooperative collaboration in place between Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Hannover, Volkswagen Group Refugee Aid and the State Capital Hannover in the area of vocationally based German language assistance for refugees. To date three phases of the ‘360 Degrees German’ project have been run, with a total of over 100 participants. The latest project round was concluded today and the participants received their certificates for their successful participation.

• Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is planning the ultimate Bulli party
• From 15 to 17 July 2022 at the Hannover Exhibition Centre

Hannover, 20 July 2021 – Following 2007, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (VWCV) is again planning a big VW Bus Festival. From 15 to 17 July 2022, the trade fair grounds in Hannover will once again become Bulli area with a large camp site. Many thousands of VW Bullis of all generations are expected, along with fans from all over the world, coming to celebrate their cult vehicle.

• The final colourful California for roadsurfer this year has now come off the production line: emblazoned with Europe’s flags it's ready for the holiday season

Hannover, 16 July 2021 – The last of over 1,000 California 6.1 camper vans for camper hire company roadsurfer has had its decals applied – in good time for the holiday season the vehicle sporting the flags of the EU countries became a very special model. Outdoor travel expert roadsurfer has bases in numerous countries of Europe, which is why the final camper van for the 2021 season now gleams in all of Europe’s colours. A further camper van was decorated with left-over bits of decal in the cheery harlequin pattern: all roadsurfer campers were dressed in this exclusive, colourful style in Hannover. Volkswagen Group Services, based in the Limmer district of the city, looks after both the fit-out of the California models and the cult Bulli’s colourful covering. The California 6.1 models for roadsurfer radiate, for example, in the loveliest holiday colours of saffron yellow, mandarin, aquamarine and Capri blue.

• Thomas Edig takes on role of Managing Director of Volkswagen Sachsen GmbH

Hannover, Crewe, 5 July 2021 – Astrid Fontaine, previously Board Member for Human Resources, Digitalisation and IT at Bentley, will join the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (VWCV) Brand Board of Management on
1 September 2021, where she will take over as Head of Human Resources.

• Off-road touch: Caddy PanAmericana with a choice of 4MOTION all-wheel drive or pure front-wheel drive too
• As Cargo or family MPV: always looking tough
• Successor to the Caddy Alltrack in the fifth Caddy generation

Hannover, 25 June 2021 – ‘PanAmericana’ – the route from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego gets globetrotters and all who would like to be such dreaming all over the world of motoring wanderlust and freedom: on the immediately available new Caddy PanAmericana from Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles the panels in off-road style on the wheel arches, the side sills and the extra black bars on the doors of the city delivery van and family MPV are among its most eye-catching external design elements.
 

• Award-winning design: new Multivan receives top ‘Red Dot: Best of the Best’ rating
• New Multivan already ranked a trendsetting product as it makes its world premiere
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Hannover, 21 June 2021 – The Red Dot Awards jury annually acclaims the best products of the year. In the ‘Cars and Motorcycles’ category, the reinterpretation of the Bulli icon, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles’ new Multivan, received the cherished ‘Red Dot: Best of the Best’ award.

• Safer and easier to drive: five new systems 14 further improved
• Travel Assist: automated vehicle management over the full speed range
• Safer: warns when changing lane of any vehicle in the ‘blind spot’
• Emergency Assist: all the way to automatic braking to a halt
• More controlled: multifunction steering wheel with capacitive sensors
• Trailer Assist: parking a trailer becomes child’s play with the Caddy

Hannover, 18 June 2021 – Numerous new and enhanced innovations in Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles’ Caddy make the city van and family MPV even safer: these include, for instance, the total of up to 19 available driver assist systems. They all serve to get the passengers on board even more comfortably and effortlessly from A to B. Five assist systems on board are completely new for the fifth-generation Caddy and all others have been further improved.
 

• Digital: individually adaptable workplace in the new Caddy
• Large-scale: two 10-inch displays give a good overview
• Fast: multifunction steering wheel with numerous buttons
• Intuitive: natural voice control, touch-button islands and -sliders
• Optional: Caddy with analogue displays and rotary switches too
• More effortless than ever: Mobile online services of ‘We Connect’ make driving in the Caddy easier

Hannover, 11 June 2021 – An innovative feature of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles’ new Caddy is it configurable ‘Digital Cockpit’ with 10.25-inch screen. Together with the ten-inch navigation system and voice control it can optionally be configured to form the so-called ‘Innovision Cockpit’. The two displays, diagonally measuring over 25 centimetres in each case, form in this way a highly modern, digital landscape – and do so along one line of sight for the driver. Be it an analogue or fully digital world – ultimately customers decide for themselves how digital their Caddy becomes – for analogue displays and rotary switches can also still be ordered. With ‘We Connect’ numerous online services are available if needed.