Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn smiles during the company&#039;s annual press conference in Wolfsburg, Germany, Monday, March 12, 2012. Volkswagen said Monday that it earned 2.16 billion euro (US dollar 2.8 billion) in the October-December period, compared with euro 3.2 billion reported in the final quarter of 2010, which was a more than tenfold increase over the previous year&#039;s figure. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)