So many changes have been going on inside Volkswagen. Winterkorn has directed the SEAT President to report directly to him. Volkswagen is seeking three seats on the supervisory board at the German Truck Maker MAN and has expressed no interest in purchasing Chrysler.

Volkswagen's new Golf Estate, combining sharp dynamics with space and versatility, is set to make its debut at the Geneva Motor Show on 6 March

Volkswagen of America Inc. said Monday it would recall 790,000 vehicles because of problems with the brake light switch.The recall involves several vehicles: 1999-2006 model years of the Golf and GTI, 2001-2005 ...

The Volkswagen bus T2 stars in the Academy-award winning film Little Miss Sunshine as the seventh member of the odd but heartwarming Hoover family. The film capped off an awards season that has brought it both mainstream and independent film recognition by taking home the original-screenplay honors at the much coveted Academy Awards, as well as the supporting-actor prize for Alan Arkin last night.

Can an old VW bus lead Hurley to Hope? Plus: some March mythological madness, more of your ''Lost'' theories, and a guest lecturer who just might have figured ALL of it out -- no joke.

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Is the world really desperately crying out for another ass-engined machine? An even better question might be: if Volkswagen really wanted to compete with MINI on the diminutive nostalgia front by making a rear-engine compact, why wouldn't they just scale down the new Beetle and put its engine where it was originally intended? Granted, that's a loaded question, since the amount of engineering resources necessary to fit any mill able to get out of its own way into the cramped confines of a new Beetle would be beyond even the most geeky of Deutschland's engineers. But we digress.

Our boys at the German Car Blog are helping to spread AutoBild's rumor that VW is planning a rear-engine vehicle to fight it out with the MINI. As GCB pointed out, "...it would certainly fit [sic] Dr. Winterkorn's statement to go into lucrative niches." Sure it would. And if this comes to fruition, we'll eat AutoBild's first road test of the RR V-Dub.

[Source: AutoBild via the German Car Blog]

 

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Volkswagen of America has recalled 790,000 cars across the nation due to a fault with the brake light switch.

New VORST, Belgium, Feb. 26 Unionized Volkswagen AG workers outside Brussels, Belgium, unexpectedly went on strike Monday to protest possible cost-cutting measures, the union said.