BERLIN -- Volkswagen Group plans to increase cooperation between its VW passenger cars, Skoda, Seat/Cupra and VW Commercial Vehicles divisions to extract greater synergies.
Thomas Schaefer, who will take overall charge of VW Group's volume brands on July 1, outlined the plans in an interview with Automotive News Europe sister publication Automobilwoche.
"We are well positioned in terms of the brands' target groups, but there is still a great deal of potential in the engine room," he said, naming production as well as purchasing and procurement as specific areas where there can be more synergies.