28 Jun 2011
| by Matt Cartmell
, by taking over advertising hoardings without permission to hit out at Volkswagen....to coincide with a global campaign against the car-maker across the world, the event focuses on Volkswagen ...
the hoardings at 6am. Greenpeace campaigner Emma Gibson said: Volkswagen has spent millions on its new advert ...
: Volkswagen. The Dark Side.' Once one of the billboards was up, 12 activists dressed as Stormtroopers ...
01 Apr 2009
| by Hadassah Nymark
LONDON - TV ads promoting the new Volkswagen Golf have been given a 9pm time restriction after...The ads, created by DDB London, feature the chief engineer of Volkswagen embroiled in mortal combat with several replicas of himself. The stylised fight scenes were mostly hand-to-hand combat, though car parts were used as weapons in the latter part of the ad. The strapline read: "Sometimes ...
18 Aug 2009
| by Matt Williams
Mail A record number of Volkswagen cars were sold in China last month as the car-maker continues ...
31 Jul 2009
| by Matt Williams
: The Times Volkswagen, the third-largest automotive company in the world, has said that it is preparing ...
18 May 2009
| by Matt Williams
Sir Victor Blank has been forced to step down as the chairman of Lloyds Banking Group after losing the confidence of major shareholders following Lloyds TSB's merger with HBOS last autumn. Source: The Daily Telegraph Volkswagen has halted merger negotiations with Porsche following accusations by senior VW ...
17 Jul 1998
| by ROBERT GRAY
Volkswagen has regularly been in the spotlight in recent weeks....Volkswagen has regularly been in the spotlight in recent weeks.
It has launched a new baby Beetle in the US, bought Rolls-Royce in the
UK and been caught eyeing various Italian automotive starlets, including
Lamborghini.
The latest story is its announcement that it is setting up a ...
15 Jun 2011
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
This week's branded app chart is topped by NHS Direct, with Volkswagen making a new entry in second...Released on 31 May, the universal appeal of the free NHS Direct app has driven it straight to the head of the table.
It gives health advice via a questionnaire approach, but is only intended to be used by people living in England.
The Volkswagen app celebrates 35 years of the Golf GTI in a free ...
06 Sep 2011
| by Matthew Chapman
Greenpeace is inviting film-makers to create a follow-up to its recent ad attacking Volkswagen...The environmental charity has launched a competition for film enthusiasts to create a one-minute, anti-Volkswagen (VW) video. It is offering a prize of 5,000 for the winner to use either to make a better version of its own video, or a new anti-VW film.
Greenpeace is launching the competition on 17 ...
30 Jul 2004
From the first ads for the Volkswagen Beetle, to Benson Hedges, Pippa Considine looks at the ad...1960s
The 60s were a decade of glamour, where cliched images of luxury were the norm for aspirational ads. The Volkswagen Beetle campaign was one of a small number of ads that established a more sophisticated approach to advertising. The first year of the decade saw the first advertising for VW through ...
13 Nov 2002
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - Volkswagen is targeting fitness-conscious females with an integrated campaign aimed...manager for small cars at Volkswagen UK, said: "We are delighted to have been able to use a creative ...