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At VW, small changes will mean big savings.(News)(Volkswagen AG)(Brief article)

Automotive News Europe, November, 2006 by Krogh, Henning; Stein, Jason

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Byline: Henning Krogh, Jason Stein

Volkswagen group has made huge cost savings over the years by building multiple cars off the same platform. But those savings increasingly have been used to pay for rising labor and materials costs.

Now the automaker is turning to switches, buttons and lamps in its latest attempt to cut costs.

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According to a company manufacturing source, Volkswagen brand has begun to lightly decontent some high-volume vehicles as part of a push to reduce costs by [euro]7 billion by 2010 and to increase per-vehicle profits, which are among the industry's ...

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Automotive Industry

At VW, small changes will mean big savings.(News)(Volkswagen AG)(Brief article)

Automotive News Europe, November, 2006 by Krogh, Henning; Stein, Jason

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