Press Release
• A top value among European automakers
• Record-breaking vehicle XL Sport makes its world debut at Paris Motor
Show
• French film icon Catherine Deneuve receives €200,000 donation for
“Cinema for Peace”
Wolfsburg/Paris, October 1, 2014 – A new record for the Volkswagen Group: Europe’s
leading automaker has now produced 200 million vehicles. Volkswagen is one of the
few manufacturers in the world to have reached this impressive total. At the Group
evening, the sports car study Volkswagen XL Sport made its world debut as the 200
millionth Group vehicle. On the occasion of the production record, actress Catherine
Deneuve, founding chairperson of “Cinema for Peace”, received a check for a
donation of €200,000 from the Chairman of the Board of Management of the
Volkswagen Group, Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn.
The Volkswagen Group has been able to double the number of vehicles produced within a
few years. In 1999, the Group celebrated the 100 million vehicle mark with an anniversary
New Beetle. In the meantime, customers can choose from a unique individual mobility
portfolio ranging from motorcycles through to supercars. Vehicles are produced at 106 plants
in 27 countries.
As its latest model, Volkswagen is presenting the XL Sport at the Paris Motor Show. The
highly efficient sports car design study is driven by the world’s most powerful twin-cylinder
engine. 200 PS from the V2 engine of the Ducati 1199 Superleggera take the high tech
driving machine manufactured from carbon and magnesium to a top speed of 270 km/h. The
Volkswagen XL Sport symbolizes the innovative power and passion of the brand as well as
the technical competence and success of the entire Volkswagen Group.
Catherine Deneuve, who starred in movies like “Belle de Jour”, “Indochine” and “Dancer in
the Dark“, congratulated Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the Board of Management
of the Volkswagen Group, on the world premiere and on the Group’s overall success: “I am
impressed that you have celebrated 200 million vehicles with this extraordinary car. Très
magnifique!”.
“We are proud to have produced 200 million vehicles. This impressive figure also bears
witness to our customers’ confidence in the Group. For Volkswagen, success and
responsibility are inseparable. This is why we are pleased to support Catherine Deneuve in
her commitment to “Cinema for Peace”, said Winterkorn.
Volkswagen is donating €200,000 to aid the Cinema for Peace Foundation. This charitable
organization is committed to peace and human rights throughout the world, mainly through
the medium of film, and supports a large number of humanitarian aid projects.
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