#1 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 03/12/2010 #1

Volkswagen Golf VIs are stored at the ‘Car Towers’ in Wolfsburg, Germany, on March 10th.

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#2 Click this link to see Assorted Stuff page --> 10/02/2013 #2

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#3 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 09/28/2015 #4

Members of Volkswagen’s Supervisory board (L-R) Wolfgang Porsche, Berthold Huber and Stephan Weil inform waiting journalists about the decision by Martin Winterkorn to resign as Volkswagen CEO during a press conference at Volkswagen production plant in Wolfsburg, Germany, September 23rd, 2015 after diesel emission scandal, which affects 11 million vehicles worldwide.

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#4 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 03/31/2018 #3

Reacquired Volkswagen and Audi diesel cars sit in a desert graveyard near Victorville, CA. Volkswagen AG has paid more than $7,400,000,000 to buy back about 350,000 vehicles, the automaker said in a recent court filing, and is now storing thousands of vehicles around the United States.

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#5 Click this link to see Blog page --> 07/21/2018

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#6 Click this link to see Twitter Roundup page --> 09/29/2018 #2

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#7 Click this link to see Twitter Roundup page --> 11/26/2018 #3

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#8 Click this link to see Blog page --> 05/28/2019

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#9 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 07/13/2019 #2

Employees take pictures of a Volkswagen Beetle car during a ceremony marking the end of production of VW Beetle cars, at the company’s assembly plant in Puebla, Mexico, July 10th.

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#10 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 09/18/2021 #11

In 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency said Volkswagen had intentionally skirted clean air laws by using software that enabled about 500,000 of its diesel cars to emit fewer smog causing pollutants during testing than in real world driving conditions; the EPA ordered VW to fix the cars at its own expense. #Volkswagen

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#11 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 09/23/2021 #10

In 2015, Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn resigned, days after admitting that the world’s top selling carmaker had rigged diesel emissions to pass U.S. tests during his tenure; Winterkorn denied any personal wrongdoing. #Volkswagen

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#12 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 10/08/2021 #10

In 2015, Volkswagen’s top U.S. executive, Michael Horn, offered deep apologies yet sought to distance himself from the emissions scandal enveloping the world’s largest automaker, asserting before a congressional subcommittee that top corporate officials had no knowledge of the cheating software installed in 11,000,000 diesel cars. #MichaelHorn #Volkswagen

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#13 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 10/25/2021 #15

In 2016, a federal judge in San Francisco approved a nearly $15 billion settlement, giving nearly 500,000 Volkswagen owners and leaseholders the choice between selling their diesel engine cars back or having them repaired so they didn’t cheat on emissions tests and spew excess pollution. #Volkswagen

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#14 Click this link to see Twitter Roundup page --> 11/09/2021 #9

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#15 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/04/2022 #16

In 2016, the Justice Department sued Volkswagen over emissions cheating software found in nearly 600,000 vehicles sold in the U.S. Volkswagen Emissions Scandal #Volkswagen

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#16 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/11/2022 #18

In 2017, six high level Volkswagen employees from Germany were indicted in the U.S. in the VW emissions cheating scandal, while the company agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges and pay $4.3 billion —— by far the biggest fine ever levied by the government against an automaker. Volkswagen Emissions #Volkswagen

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#17 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/17/2022 #7

In 1972, Trickie Dickie (Richard Milhous Nixon) departed the White House with his wife, Pat, on a historic trip to China. #TrickieDickie #China

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#18 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/03/2022 #26

In 2018, a federal grand jury in Detroit indicted former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn on charges stemming from the company’s diesel emissions cheating scandal. (Under Germany’s constitution, he could not be extradited to the U.S. to face charges.) #Volkswagen

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#19 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 07/10/2022 #19

In 2019, German automaker Volkswagen ended production of the Beetle, the first model of which had been introduced in 1938. #Volkswagen Volkswagen killed the Beetle with the new design trying to make it a chick mobile. Women weren’t impressed and men despised the change. Sales dropped.

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#20 Click this link to see Twitter Roundup page --> 04/20/2024 #10

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