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• Renault, Volkswagen, Peugeot Lead Morocco’s Used Car Market, Study Shows
  31 December 2019, by Sylvanus

  Renault, Volkswagen and Peugeot occupy the top positions in the Avito ranking. These are the used cars most sold on the second-hand car market since 2014.
  The top 3 is composed of Renault with 110,772 ads posted for sale in 2019, followed by Volkswagen with 91,722 ads and Peugeot with 90,043 ads, according to Avito in a press release.
  The same source specifies that this ranking constitutes a strong trend that has been confirmed since 2014, indicating the clear preference of Moroccans (…)

• Volkswagen Pulls Controversial Ad After Racism Backlash on Social Media
  23 May 2020, by Bladi.net

  A racist advertisement was broadcast by Volkswagen on Instagram and Twitter. Faced with a wave of outrage on social media, the manufacturer has made its mea culpa before apologizing.
  The 10-second advertisement, posted on Instagram and Twitter, shows a giant white hand pushing a black man away from a new yellow Volkswagen Golf parked on the street. The hand then drags him towards an open door and pushes him into a French cafe. This advertisement has sparked a wave of outrage among (…)

• Volkswagen Considers Shifting Cable Production from Morocco to Spain, Creating 2,000 Jobs
  30 July 2022, by Prince

  Volkswagen (VW) is considering moving its cable production from Morocco to Spain, specifically to Extremadura. The plant in Spain could have a workforce of 2,000 employees.
  The German group plans to set up a cable production plant for the consortium’s vehicles in Spain, several industry sources told La Tribuna de Automoción. The city of Extremadura should host this new plant, which will receive the cables manufactured by the Japanese supplier Fujikura for the group’s subsidiary in (…)

• Volkswagen Recycles Advertising Banners into Schoolbags for Moroccan Students
  24 May 2019, by Bladi.net

  In Morocco, Volkswagen is innovating through recycling. In an environmentally friendly approach, the German manufacturer is reusing advertising tarpaulins to make schoolbags for underprivileged students.
  Volkswagen’s approach is sure to delight environmental protection associations. According to La Vie Eco, which mentions Volkswagen’s approach, there are "more than 250,000 tarpaulins produced in Morocco every year, or 1,500 tons of PVC that, after use, are put in dumpsters and end up (…)