Geneva Auto Show: The Men Of Volkswagen Strut Their Cars

by Bertel Schmitt

Published: March 6th, 2012

geneva auto show the men of volkswagen strut their cars

The Volkswagen Group Night may sound like a swing party holdover from the good old days at VW, but it’s not. It’s the Geneva Motor Show pre-party. Everybody who is somebody must be seen at this event. Cars are also shown. Here they are.

Martin Winterkorn, CEO of Volkswagen of Volkswagen, was the showmaster.

Ulrich Hackenberg, R&D Chief at Volkswagen, showed the Volkswagen study “Cross Coupé with TDI plug-in hybrid”.

Matthias Müller, CEO of Porsche AG, showed the new Boxter.

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James Muir, CEO of Seat, showed the Toledo Concept.

Stephan Winkelmann, CEO of Lamborghini, showed the new Aventador J.

Wolfgang Dürheimer, CEO of Bentley and Bugatti, showed the new Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse.

Dürheimer also showed the new Bentley EXP 9 F.

Winfried Vahland, CEO of Skoda, showed the new Citigo.

Rupert Stadler, CEO of AUDI, showed the new Audi A3.

Wolfgang Schreiber, CEO of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, showed the Amarok Canyon concept.

Walter de Silva, design chief and Giorgetto Giugiaro, Head of Italdesign, showed the Brivido.

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Bertel Schmitt

Bertel Schmitt comes back to journalism after taking a 35 year break in advertising and marketing. He ran and owned advertising agencies in Duesseldorf, Germany, and New York City. Volkswagen A.G. was Bertel's most important corporate account. Schmitt's advertising and marketing career touched many corners of the industry with a special focus on automotive products and services. Since 2004, he lives in Japan and China with his wife <a href="http://www.tomokoandbertel.com"> Tomoko </a>. Bertel Schmitt is a founding board member of the <a href="http://www.offshoresuperseries.com"> Offshore Super Series </a>, an American offshore powerboat racing organization. He is co-owner of the racing team Typhoon.

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Johnrees on Mar 06, 2012

VW should review their priorities. View my VW experience at: http://reesphotos.com/VW/

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SCE to AUX on Mar 07, 2012

I like that Toledo, as long as it doesn't have an electrical system by VW.

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