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March 2008
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VW-Sponsored Olympic Torch Run Begins
From The Truth About Cars | March 28, 2008In one of life's little ironies, Volkswagen is this year's "Official Vehicle" of Adolf Hitler's forgotten brainchild... more
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VW AD Campaign is a No-Brainer. Literally.
From The Truth About Cars | March 28, 2008Some car companies produce TV commercials that are targeted at your left brain. They hit you with stats and prices and lots of dry information... more
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For sale: my past, $348.20
| March 28, 2008
From Los Angeles TimesWhen I was a freshman at UCLA way back in the '60s, I convinced the editors of the campus humor magazine, Satyr, that I could write funny... more
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Beware The Bug-Erceptor: Johnny Law's Cutest Cruiser [Novelties]
From Jalopnik | March 25, 2008While some departments are abandoning the Ford Interceptor in exchange for at least a couple of Dodge Chargers, officials in Blount County... more
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VW Investment May Help Porsche with New Fuel Economy Standards
From Winding Road | March 25, 2008The recent move by German automaker Porsche to acquire a majority stake in Volkswagen AG may prove to be a savvy one in regards to the new... more
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eBay Auction of the Day: Volkswagen Kit Steam Car
From Winding Road | March 24, 2008After our fairly long history of perusing the automotive listings of eBay Motors, you might think that we’d have lost our capacity for real... more
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Volkswagen Sponsors Beijing Olympics
From The Car Connection - TCC Blog | March 23, 2008German automaker spreading 6000 vehicles across the Republic for the August Games.(TCC Blog) more
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Porsche, VW PreNup Wrangling Continues
From The Truth About Cars | March 19, 2008Forbes reports that the latest showdown pits Porsche against the German state of Lower Saxony, which holds just over 20 percent of VW stock... more
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VW Shows Tiguan, Passat CC, Diesel Plans
From The Truth About Cars | March 19, 2008Volkswagen has three major products to show at the New York Auto show. First is the Passat CC (which doesn't mean coupe-convertible as... more
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Review: 2008 Volkswagen Touareg 2 V8 FSI
From Car Tech: An automotive blog from CNET | March 14, 2008(Credit: CNET Networks/Corrine Schulze) As we pulled the 2008 Volkswagen Touareg 2 up a rocky slope for its photo shoot, we started thinking... more
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O Canada! Snappy Dispatch On VW-Porsche Marriage From Our Neighbor...
From Jalopnik | March 14, 2008Here's nice piece of car-business analysis, from north of the border. Volkswagen wants to take another crack at the North American market... more
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New Volkswagen Passat CC and Scirocco
From The Truth About Cars | March 14, 2008There's a passel of Passat pictures and videos from VW out today, and a Scirocco shot or six. So we've bundled them together for... more
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Mercedes To Sell 50-State Diesel. Finally.
From The Truth About Cars | March 13, 2008In recent years, Jeep, Mercedes and Volkswagen have all offered U.S. customers diesel-powered products. However, they have not done so in... more
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Volkswagen 3.5-Wheeler: Safe Happens? [Novelties]
From Jalopnik | March 13, 2008For the person that drives this VW Golf, "safe" does not happen. Now, obviously the first thing that catches your attention is the innovative... more
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VW mulls building 100,000-150,000 cars in U.S.
From Reuters: Business News | March 13, 2008WOLFSBURG, Germany (Reuters) - Volkswagen , the world's fourth-largest carmaker, confirmed widespread speculation that it was concentrating... more
