This is follow ed exclusive ly by cars fr om our brand in second to s ixth place: t he Jetta, Tigua n, Polo, Pas sat and Lavi da. MODELS China Loves SUVs From the T- Roc to the T iguan and th e Teramont to the Touareg : At our Bran d Day in Beijing, th e Volkswage n brand pre sented its n ew “Genera tion SUV” fo r the Chinese ma rket in front of 1,000 pe ople. MORE ON P AGE 6 Diess is the New CEO for the Enti re Group Herbert Die ss is the new CEO of the Volkswagen Group and will continu e to manage the Volkswagen brand. This was decided by the man agement bo ard and supervi sory board i n the course of a comprehe nsive revisio n of the ma nage- ment struct ure. Diess’ p redecessor, Matthias Mü ller, has step ped down fr om the compan y by mutual agreement . Another change is ta king place a t the helm of the HR an d Organizat ion division , where Gunnar Kilia n will take o ver from Ka rlheinz Blessing. Sin ce the Procu rement Man ager of the Volks wagen Grou p, Francisco Javier Garcia Sanz , has left Vo lkswagen of his own accord, the current Proc urement Ma nager for the Volk swagen bra nd, Ralf Bra ndstätter, will prov isionally tak e over the p ost in parallel to h is existing ro le. In future , the core brand w ill be part of the new “V olume” brand group . MORE O N PAGES 2- 3 MODELS Eye-Catchin g: The Touare g Elegant, com fortable, intu itive – introducing t he new Toua reg1. It mark s the start of th e brand’s SUV offensive. MORE ON P AGES 4-5 COMPANY EMPLOYEE MAGAZINE OF THE VO LKSWAGEN BRAND INSIDE.VOL KSWAGEN. COM April 16, 20 18 No . 5 every fortni ght NEW! 46 Years Ago: Three Beetles on an Extra Tour Joey Kelly: To China in a Van Extreme athlete drives more than 12,000 kilometers from Berlin to Beijing in a restored bus with his son, Luke In a restored T1, the extreme sportsman and TV star, Joey Kelly, wants to travel from Berlin to Beijing together with his son, Luke (18).