Volkswagen creates R division for sporty cars

Volkswagen is officially creating a company to develop sporty cars; it will be called Volkswagen R GmbH.

This may sound familiar--VW already calls some of its specialty cars Rs--and now it's bundling sales and development all into one unit.

VW has the Scirocco R and the Golf R for cars, as well as the dynamic R Line of design trims.

The company will be headquartered near Wolfsburg, Germany, and have a headcount of more than 350.

By Greg Migliore