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Volkswagen first quarter net profit 'motored ahead' by 86% to 3.186 bn euros
Odd Andersen
CEO Martin Winterkorn (left) and chairman Ferdinand Piech with an Audi A3 electric car at the Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg on Monday. Europe's biggest car maker has announced that it got off to a "successful" start to 2012, with net profit nearly doubling in the first three months.