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April 2008
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VW Busbretta Isn't Quite Humiliating Enough [Novelties]
From Jalopnik | April 28, 2008Pardon us for still trying to wrap our brains around this whole Vespa modding trend, but here is another Vespa-style (it's actually a Lambretta... more
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Volkswagen Plans To Sell Majority Of CC's In US, Would Sell Better...
From Jalopnik | April 28, 2008The attractive Volkswagen Passat CC, which VW plans to sell as merely the Volkswagen CC despite America's resistance to the metric system... more
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Porsche Boss Finds Baby Monitor In Room, Freaks Out About Corporate...
From Jalopnik | April 28, 2008Wendelin Wiedeking has got a lot on his plate right now. The CEO of Porsche has got a line of cars selling like hotcakes, a new super sedan... more
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Volkwagen Asks What Do Das Volk Vant?
From The Truth About Cars | April 28, 2008VOLKSWAGEN LAUNCHES MULTI-PLATFORM POLLING INITIATIVE TO FIND OUT “WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT." We could start with upper and lower case... more
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Carlos Sainz wins first edition of Central Europe Rally
From SportingNews.com | April 26, 2008VESZPREM, Hungary (AP) -- Carlos Sainz won the Central Europe Rally in a Volkswagen Touareg on Satur... more
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Coming Soon To All 50 States: The 60 mpg VW Jetta Diesel
From Wired: Autopia | April 25, 2008By Matthew Phenix Volkswagen has at last finished working on its 60 mpg Jetta BlueTDI diesel, and not only does it look great, but it's coming... more
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Analysts: Michigan Unlikely To Get New VW Plant
From The Truth About Cars | April 25, 2008A spreadsheet of analysts hanging with The Detroit News all agree with TTAC's Best and Brightest: Michigan is the least likely place... more
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VW's Blue, But That's Not Bad
From Green Car Advisor | April 24, 2008Volkswagen's Jetta BlueTDI was developed specifically for North America.Just weeks after shelving plans for a production version of its 69... more
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VW’s “Max” Ads Miss the Mark
From The Truth About Cars | April 24, 2008You can argue who makes the best car in any given segment or genre ‘til you’re blue in the face. As for who has the best auto... more
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Volkswagen U.S. Plant Search Down to Three States
From Winding Road | April 24, 2008Volkswagen reported yesterday that it had narrowed its list of possiblel locatins for a potential manufacturing facility in the U.S. The... more
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VW Adding Free Maintenance in 2009 [Volkswagen]
From Jalopnik | April 24, 2008Volkswagen is really going all-out to buoy its flagging U.S. sales. Starting with its entire 2009 lineup, the company will add a Carefree... more
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GTI Owner Unimpressed By VW’s “Carefree Maintenance”
From The Truth About Cars | April 24, 2008Wow Volkswagen. Just when I thought you couldn't do anything more to get a VeeDub (specifically my GTI) into the service bay, you really... more
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Volkwagen Demonstrates Parking Assist, Lexus Giggles [News]
From Jalopnik | April 23, 2008newVideoPlayer("vw-park-assist.flv", 463, 387,""); Lexus has been letting drivers prove they cannot handle basic driving functions for a... more
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Engine of the Day: Subaru EJ [Engine Of The Day]
From Jalopnik | April 23, 2008Long after Volkswagen gave up on the boxer-four engine configuration, Subaru keeps getting more and more power out of the design with their... more
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Porsche and Audi Spar Over ‘RS’ Name
From Winding Road | April 23, 2008While Audi is still planning to bring forth a hotted-up version of its TT coupe by around 2010, the car’s name has been the subject of a... more
