Bernd Pischetsrieder, CEO of German Volkswagen AG will leave the company at the end of the year, to be replaced by the head of its premium unit Audi, Winterkorn. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
Bernd Pischetsrieder, CEO of German Volkswagen AG and Martin Winterkorn (R) chairman of the board of Audi AG pose for the media before the annual news conference at the company's headquarters in Wolfsburg in this March 7, 2006 file photo. Volkswagen's Chief Executive Pischetsrieder will leave the company at the end of the year, to be replaced by the head of its premium unit Audi, Winterkorn. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)