Volkswagen Buyers to Get Free LG Music Players
May-08-2007
Volkswagen Korea said on Tuesday that it will give an LG "&" MP3 player to anyone buying a Volkswagen New Beetle Cabriolet from this month. LG Electronic's "& 37 New Beetle Special Edition" is an MP3...
UK. Leading skippers to compete for Volkswagen Touareg King Of Cowes title & brand new car
May-09-2007
Performance Sailcraft Europe Ltd and Volkswagen Touareg have teamed up to create a very special invitation only sailing event to find the ‘Volkswagen Touareg King of Cowes at Skandia Cowes Week 2007’.? On Friday 3rd August the winning helms ...
VW to release Tiguan Clean Diesel in 2008 Posted By : Benjsmin Hudson
May-07-2007
With enhanced exhaust system that will yield clean gases; the Tiguan's clean diesel is a first in the segment. Volkswagen said that like any other VW vehicle, the Tiguan is expected to be efficient and powerful.
2009 VW Passat to undergo face lift Posted By : Benjsmin Hudson
May-07-2007
Volkswagen will add a low-roofed wagon model in 2009 to accompany next year's sleek, Passat-based, four-door "coupe". The wagon has the packaging and the design theme of the Dodge Magnum, which is said to be a reflection of former VW product expert Wolfgang Bernhard's time at the Chrysler Group.
Test drive: 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit
May-07-2007
Volkswagen recently re-introduced the fifth-generation Golf in the US as the Rabbit -- the idea being that while American buyers never really took to the Golf, they loved the Rabbit...
GERMANY: Works council calls for more Wolfsburg capacity
May-08-2007
The head of Volkswagen???s works council, Bernd Osterloh, has called for capacity at the automaker's main plant in Wolfsburg to be expanded if demand for Volkswagen cars continues to be strong.
VW Phaeton ad
May-10-2007
Few people know that Volkswagen has a super-luxury sedan called the Phaeton (in the US, it’s no longer sold, and only a few thousand are on the road here). Its price tag was north of $75,000, and most US buyers think of VW as the Jetta/bug/Cabrio company, not an Audi A-8 competitor. I saw one [...]
VIDEO: VW IROC concept enjoys water sports
May-07-2007
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No matter how nice we ask, beg or cajole, our pleas for a skid pad have fallen on deaf ears. We're not asking much. All we want is a safe place to hoon it up to our hearts content.
Instead, we're forced to live out our four-wheel drift fantasies by watching repeats of Top Gear and now this, a video of Volkswagen's IROC concept pirouetting around a damp slice of tarmac in what we can only assume is B-roll footage for a photo shoot.
The video is after the jump and in the meantime, we'll try to figure out what the right ratio of cookies and milk Santa requires to make our dreams a reality.
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VIDEO: VW IROC concept enjoys water sports
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Porsche's stake in Volkswagen goes to 31%
May-06-2007
Germany's financial regulators have approved automaker Porsche's required takeover offer for Volkswagen, which it was obligated to make after acquiring more than 30% in the company, Porsche said Monday.
More on Volkswagen's rear-engine revival
May-09-2007
Back in February, German publication Auto Bild reported Volkswagen was working on a new low-cost rear-engine car to be sold in Europe and America. Details were scarce at the time, but now we have better idea of what to expect.
VW sees profits more than double
May-07-2007
Volkswagen, Europe's largest carmaker, says profits more than doubled in the first three months of this year.
Power resistors suit high-temperature apps
May-08-2007
The commercial-grade cement-housed vertical CVW wirewound and CVF film resistors suit high-volume and high-temperature applications. Suiting industrial applications such . . .
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May-07-2007
SVW Vidcast: Chris Pirillo at Peet's - also Robert Scoble and Chris Heuer ... Chris Heuer introduced me to Chris Pirillo, who was in town for his ...
GERMANY: Environmentalists file legal complaint against VW
May-08-2007
An environmental organisation, Germanwatch, has filed a complaint against Volkswagen for violating the OECD guidelines for multi-national enterprises.
2007 Volkswagen Jetta TDI
May-08-2007
Where can you go for $20? I went from Austin to Longview, TX. My niece was graduating and the extended family went down to support her.
Teen Driver Injured After Crash With Big Rig
May-08-2007
VIDEO: Watch The Latest News MENIFEE, Calif. A teenage driver was injured Tuesday when her Volkswagen Jetta veered into the path of a big rig, authorities said.
York police log
May-09-2007
The Chevrolet struck the Dodge, which then struck a 1999 Volkswagen, driven by Jennifer D. Gay, 38, of 30 Old East Scituate Road, which was waiting at a red light on Old Post Road.
Creative License
May-06-2007
Ellen Bush of Islandia came up with the German expression Gesundheit for her 2004 Volkswagen Beetle.