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Jetta TDI Demos Generating Diesel Buzz
From Green Car Advisor | June 30, 2008Except for single demonstrator models in most dealerships, Volkswagen's 50-state legal diesel, the 2009 Jetta TDI, won't be in showrooms... more
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VW in the U.S.: Plant Plans Unveiled July 8
From NextAutos.com and Winding Road - Car Reviews, Vehicle Road Tests, Photos, Videos, Pricing, Buyer's Guides | June 30, 2008German magazine auto motor und sport has reported Volkswagen's decision about its new 500 million euro (roughly $780,000,000) U.S. production... more
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Oh Goody: Another Diesel Porsche
From The Truth About Cars | June 29, 2008We've heard talk for some time that Porches will be gracing the world with a diesel Cayenne. Sourced from Audi via Volkswagen (now essentially... more
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Only our sponsors get Random Play on Facebook [Sponsors]
From Valleywag | June 27, 2008Who keeps us over-thirties in skin cream, health club membership fees and fresh produce bursting with age-defying anti-oxidants from the farmer... more
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The Future is Now: Chrysler Imp-Based Pulsar Kit Car
From NextAutos.com and Winding Road - Car Reviews, Vehicle Road Tests, Photos, Videos, Pricing, Buyer's Guides | June 27, 2008A fiberglass bodied kit car based on the bones of a Chrysler/Hillman Imp… what could possibly be more normal? Actually, we’re told that the... more
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1969 Volkswagen Beetle [Down On The Street]
From Jalopnik | June 27, 2008The old air-cooled Beetles have rusted to nothingness in much of the world, but they're still quite common in Alameda. So common, in fact... more
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VW Rolls Out a Backward Hybrid
From Wired: Autopia | June 26, 2008Volkswagen's been toying with hybrids for awhile and got electric-vehicle advocates in a lather over the diesel-electric Golf it unveiled... more
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VW Testing Electric Cars, Sees Launching Them by 2010
From Green Car Advisor | June 26, 2008Volkswagen Group has started testing a new electricity-powered car engine and expects to launch the first cars fitted with it by 2010, VW... more
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Excellent VW Golf Commercial
From NextAutos.com and Winding Road - Car Reviews, Vehicle Road Tests, Photos, Videos, Pricing, Buyer's Guides | June 25, 2008Great use of actual, non-musical sounds to compose a 'blip-hop-esque' track. Footage edited accordingly. Kudos, Volkswagen. + YouTube... more
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Volkswagen to Make it Simple Stupid!
From The Truth About Cars | June 25, 2008Parlare con CAR, VW design guru Walt de'Silva admits he isn't exactly thrilled about VeeDub's current design direction. Pensare... more
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Volkswagen Bus Syncro: Ready For South African Hoonage [Classic...
From Jalopnik | June 25, 2008newVideoPlayer("/VW_Sychro_SouthAfrica_476.flv", 506, 423,""); We caused some disgruntlement among VW Transporter fanatics aficionados when... more
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2009 Volkswagen Rabbit: You Got to Pay to Play
From Karl on Cars | June 25, 2008If you're running (likely screaming) from your gas guzzler, and if you have embraced the idea of giving up all manner of fun and luxury in... more
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Car, SUV, and tire recalls
From Consumer Reports Cars Blog | June 24, 2008There have been a few significant recalls announced in the past few weeks affecting Dodge, Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, and Volkswagen, plus... more
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German Cruise Heralds Decade of (New) Beetle Mania
From Automobile Blog | June 24, 2008We're not sure how best to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Volkswagen's New Beetle, but if it's a giant convoy of Bugs throughout Germany... more
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Question of the Day: How Do You Interpret Our Star System?
From The Truth About Cars | June 23, 2008A bit of navel gazing is good for the soul. When I sent in the Volkswagen V10 TDI review, I knew that ranking it as a 5-star vehicle would... more
