Newsletters

Has VW discovered the Holy Grail of carmakers?

VW's MQB architecture will underpin nearly all of the group's small and medium front-wheel-drive models. MQB is being implemented at a cost of $70 billion and may bring annual gross savings of $19 billion.
February 11, 2013 05:00 AM

BERLIN (Reuters) -- Ulrich Hackenberg isn't yet a household name but if Volkswagen's $70 billion bet on his big idea pays off, he may join the likes of Henry Ford, Alfred Sloan and Taiichi Ohno in the canon of auto industry pioneers.

Staying current is easy with newsletters delivered straight to your inbox.