Showing posts with label VW. Show all posts
Showing posts with label VW. Show all posts
Thursday, 14 June 2012
Wednesday, 13 June 2012
Spy Video: 2014 VW Golf GTI Put Through its Paces at the Nürburgring
We've snapped some new video footage of the seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf GTI on test in and around the Nürburgring race track in Germany.
The new GTI will appear in production trim about a year after the regular Golf Mk7's world premiere at the 2012 Paris Motor Show this September.
The spy pictures and videos suggest that the seventh generation model will continue the Mk5 and Mk6 aesthetics, albeit with some sharper styling details. The GTI will stand out from its lesser family members by the red accent trims, bespoke front and rear ends and alloy wheel designs.
Read more » Read more...Tuesday, 12 June 2012
CFC's Vividly Colorful Volkswagen Polo Tune
While the auto industry utilizes various types of camouflage patterns on their prototypes to hide or confuse casual and professional spy photographers, German vinyl wrap specialist Car Film Components (CFC) is using similar forms to make the Volkswagen Polo stand out like a...nudist in a black suit convention. Read more »
Monday, 11 June 2012
Volkswagen Adds More Practical Five Door Model to Up!'s UK Lineup
Prices for the five-door body style of the Volkswagen up! have been announced for the UK market. The new Up! 5d costs £365 more than the less practical but otherwise identical three-door model, with on-the-road prices starting from £8,360.
Volkswagen expects that the five-door models will make up just over half of all up! sales.
Read more » Read more...2014 Volkswagen Jetta Alltrack Rendered for Your Speculative Pleasure
Not too long after Volkswagen officials admitted that they are warming up to the idea of a Jetta Alltrack crossover built around the successor of the current Jetta SportWagen (estate), and we have our first speculative take on the high-riding station wagon model, courtesy of Khalil Bouguerra.
Naturally, the inspiration for the Jetta Alltrack comes from the existing, European market Passat Alltrack.
The artist used the latest Jetta sedan as a base, initially transforming the car into to a station wagon model and then beefing up the body with all the usual soft-roader fare.
These include the front and rear underbody metal skid plates, chromed roof rails, plastic cladding around the bumpers, wheel arches and side sills along with a new set of alloy wheel designs.
Read more » Read more...New VW Beetle Diesel with up to 41mpg Priced from $23,295* in the States
The third and by far the most fuel efficient model in the new VW Beetle's U.S. lineup, the new TDI clean diesel, has finally been priced following a previous announcement about its availability in the States in February.
Prices for the new Beetle TDI start at $23,295 for the six-speed manual gearbox model and at $24,395 for the six-speed DSG dual-clutch automatic transmission option, with all prices excluding a destination charge of $770 (*).
Read more » Read more...Friday, 8 June 2012
Volkswagen Caravelle gets Down to Business with New Luxury Edition
If there's one thing that remains unchanged from one generation of VW's van to the other, is the variety of models that cover all sorts of needs ranging from commercial editions and pickup trucks to people carriers and campers.
For its latest Caravelle model, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is targeting a slightly different crowd than usual, that of the business industry.
Read more » Read more...Tuesday, 5 June 2012
Video Scoop of New Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk7, Could get up to 260hp
The latest news on the upcoming, seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf GTI, is that the hot hatch could get a more powerful engine than what we originally thought.
Up until it now, it was believed that the next GTI's 2.0-litre turbocharged four-banger would get a 10 to 15 percent boost from 207hp (210PS) to around 220hp-230hp, but Autocar magazine reported today that the hot hatch may make as much as 260-horsepower.
Read more » Read more...VW Officials Like the Idea of a Jetta Alltrack for North America and Other Markets
Over the past few weeks, we have read many reports and rumors about possible new additions to Volkswagen's range including a mid-size SUV positioned between the Tiguan and the Touareg and a compact CC sports sedan based on the next Jetta, which may or may not come to the U.S.
Now we hear that the German brand's officials are considering yet another new model to enhance Volkswagen's presence in the crossover segment based on the future Jetta SportWagen (estate).
Read more » Read more...Monday, 4 June 2012
A Photo Tour of the 2012 Leipzig Auto Show
Albeit one of the lesser-known motor shows in Europe, the Auto Mobil International (AMI) that takes place in the Germany city of Leipzig from June 2 to 10, 2012, hosts a number of world and European premieres.
As one may have suspected, all world debuts are from German carmakers. These include the refreshed Audi Q5 and Q5 Hybrid, the new BMW 1-Series 3-door and 3-Series Touring, Mazda MX-5 Yusho Study and the Volkswagen Beetle Fender, CC R-Line, Cross Polo "Urban White" and Scirocco GTS editions.
Read more » Read more...Thursday, 31 May 2012
Volkswagen Builds 100,000th North American Passat at Chattanooga Plant
Only nine months after the North American Passat went on sale in the U.S., Volkswagen is celebrating its first important milestone with the production of the 100,000th car at its new $1 billion Chattanooga factory. Read more »
New 2013 VW Beetle Fender Edition Revealed, Hits Stores this Fall
After the positive reaction it received at last year's Frankfurt International Auto Show, Volkswagen decided to build a production version of the Beetle Fender Edition Concept , which will make its world premiere at the Auto Mobil International show in Leipzig, Germany, on June 2.
The 2013 VW Beetle Fender Edition will go on sale in certain markets around the world including Europe and the U.S. from this fall, with pricing to be announced at a later date.
Read more » Read more...Volkswagen Mulling a Mid-Size SUV for the U.S. Market
True to its mantra of leaving no segment of the car market unattended, Volkswagen is now pursuing the presentation of mid-size SUV for North America. Such a model would be about the same size as the Audi Q5, BMW X3 and Mercedes GLK.
"There's a great opportunity for us for a mid-size SUV in the U.S. that would be positioned between the smaller Tiguan and larger Touareg SUVs," said Volkswagen of America CEO Jonathan Browning, during an Automotive Press Association event in Detroit.
Read more » Read more...Wednesday, 30 May 2012
Kewl Volkswagen Original Parts Promotion Has Viewers Clicking on Spoof Videos
An advertisement doesn't necessarily have to be "in your face" to be effective. For example, take a look at the promotional concept that Brazilian ad agency AlmapBBDO prepared for Volkswagen's genuine auto parts.
The agency came up with the idea of placing special banners on popular video spoofs on YouTube. The ad reads, "Don’t accept imitations. Prefer original parts. Click here."
Read more » Read more...Volkswagen to Debut New Scirocco GTS at Leipzig Auto Show
Thirty years ago, Volkswagen launched the second generation of its Scirocco coupe - albeit based on the same platform as the original model.
To celebrate the occasion, the Wolfsburg automaker is reviving the Mk2's GTS moniker on a new edition of the current Scirocco, which will receive its public debut at this week's 2012 AMI in Leipzig, Germany.
Read more » Read more...Tuesday, 29 May 2012
New Sportier Looking Volkswagen CC R-Line to go on Sale in the States Later this Year
Volkswagen is adding more show without the go to the facelifted CC sports sedan with the presentation of a more aggressively styled R-Line model, which will make its world premiere at the 2012 Auto Mobil International show in Leipzig on June 1st. Read more »
Photo Tour of Volkswagen's Southern Wörthersee Fest in Georgia
Did you know that the Volkswagen Group has been hosting a Wörthersee Tour in North America for the past six years?
Though not as famous as its namesake in Austria, which is by far the largest gathering of Volkswagen enthusiasts in the world, this year's edition of the Southern Wörthersee Tour was attended by some 8,200 visitors in 3,800 cars.
Read more » Read more...Friday, 25 May 2012
Next VW Beetle Convertible Said to Launch with Several Retro-Flavored Editions
Even though Volkswagen executives have said that the recent E-Bugster Concept shown in Detroit in January and Beijing in April hints at the design of the next Beetle Convertible, our closest look at the open-top model comes from our spy pictures of the camouflaged prototypes.
For the final production variant, we will reportedly have to wait until the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show at the end of November (unless it debuts at the Paris Salon this September).
Read more » Read more...Wednesday, 23 May 2012
Rare 1953 VW bug, the 1st of only 7 1953s sold in Canada
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