With former Audi Chairman Dr. Martin Winterkorn and a team of former Audi executives now at the helm of parent company Volkswagen , major changes are in store for some of VW’s future models, according to a report by Germany’s Allgemeine Zeitung.
Winterkorn has reportedly asked Walter de’Silva — who heads design at Audi and Lamborghini — to review the plans for the forthcoming Scirocco, Golf, and Passat. According to the report, major changes are already planned to those products.
The Scirocco was previewed with the Iroc concept in August, but design plans for the Golf and Passat are not known to the public. It’s not know what de’Silva will change with Scirocco, which is due as a 2009 model.
The report also indicates Winterkorn has reversed former chairman Bernd Pischetsrieder’s decision to stop offering a V10 version of the Touareg SUV. Winterkorn has decided such a halo product is beneficial to the brand, and therefore will be revived.
