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VW workers' boss criticizes Pischetsrieder; Osterloh says that ex-group CEO launched few new models.(Volkswagen group)(Bernd Osterloh)(Bernd Pischetsrieder )(Brief article)

Automotive News Europe,  January, 2007  

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Byline: Guido Reinking Automobilwoche

Bernd Osterloh, head of Volkswagen group's works council, has criticized former VW group CEO Bernd Pischetsrieder for not launching new niche cars to fill capacity at the automaker's factories.

Osterloh said VW developed too few models and therefore missed a chance to increase the utilization of its plants under Pischetsrieder.

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Osterloh told Automotive News Europe sister publication Automobilwoche at the Detroit auto show that cars such as the Tiguan medium SUV, which arrives next year, will come to market too late. The Golf-based ...

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