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March 2008
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It helps when you don't need the job
From Motor Trend Blog | March 11, 2008Porsche's bold takeover of Volkswagen isn't really about synergies, economies of scale, and all the other management buzz-words that typically... more
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VW eyeing smaller, cheaper cars for U.S., would they sell?
From Motor Trend Blog | March 11, 2008Volkswagen's plan to sell one million vehicles annually by 2018 does sound ambitious, but according to an Automotive News report, Volkswagen... more
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Volkswagen T3 Retrofitted For Wilderness Espionage [Novelties]
From Jalopnik | March 10, 2008You should think twice about your off-roading outdoors adventure vehicle, because it would seem that an old VW T3 is all you really need... more
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Porsche Holdings Seeks 75% of VW. Or Not.
From The Truth About Cars | March 10, 2008Focus magazine [via The International Herald Tribune] says leaked Porsche internal planning documents reveal that Porsche Holdings is secretly... more
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Volkswagen Looking to Small Cars for Future U.S. Sale
From Winding Road | March 10, 2008While Volkswagen continues to narrow possible locations for a new U.S. production facility, CEO Martin Winterkorn says that such a plant... more
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Porsche denies seeking 75 pct Volkswagen stake
From Reuters: Business News | March 10, 2008FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German sports car maker Porsche denied on Monday it is seeking to increase its stake in Volkswagen to 75 percent... more
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VW Sees U.S. Sales Spurt As Diesel Demand Grows
From Green Car Advisor | March 10, 2008Volkswagen's U.S. sales will reverse a downward trend and soar more than triple to one million vehicles annually over the next 10 years, if... more
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VIDEO VENDITION: Volkswagen Polo Singing Dog Ad
From Winding Road | March 8, 2008Here’s an ad for the new Volkswagen Polo. The song is the Spencer Davis Group’s “I’m a Man”. + YouTube: VW Polo Singing Dog ad If you’ve... more
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It's a Safe Bet VW Will Build the Golf Diesel Hybrid. But We May...
From Wired: Autopia | March 7, 2008Volkswagen will almost certainly produce the Golf TDI Hybrid it brought to the Geneva Motor Show. It will probably cost about as much as a... more
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ESP will become standard equipment on all 2009 Volkswagens
From Motor Trend Blog | March 7, 2008From $16,000 Rabbits to $70,000 Touareg V-10 TDI twin turbo models, all 2009 Volkswagens will have its Electronic Stabilization Program as... more
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Luxury Mastered, Bentley Focuses on MPG and CO2
From Wired: Autopia | March 6, 2008Because titanic power and peerless opulence will get an automaker only so far in this age of $100-a-barrel crude oil, Volkswagen-owned Bentley... more
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Looking For a 1947 U.S. Army Beetle? [Retro]
From Jalopnik | March 6, 2008Murph sent this in as a possible PCH car, but we think it deserves its own post. You think your '52 split-window Volkswagen Beetle is rare... more
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1960 Volkswagen Transporter [Down On The Street]
From Jalopnik | March 6, 2008One thing that's hard about this series is the glut of air-cooled Volkswagens on the island; I could easily do nothing but 60s Beetles and... more
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Question of the Day: What Geneva Reveal Excited You the Most?
From Winding Road | March 6, 2008The Geneva Motor Show saw more bows than the fourth encore finale at a Rolling Stones concert. Nearly every automaker had something to show... more
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‘08 Geneva: Day-2 Gallery Roundup
From Winding Road | March 5, 2008Did you manage to catch every shiny image of all the cool metal we captured during the second day of our Geneva Motor Show coverage? If you... more
