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VW Gol: Brazilian proto-Impreza by VW?

Nov 29th 2009 4:45PM - 23 Comments

The string of interesting and offbeat Volkswagens from the firm's Brazilian division is enough to fill a coffee-table book. The SP2, for example, is one of the prettiest variations ever laid atop Type III mechanicals, one that many die-hard ...

REPORT: VW finished eating companies, will now focus on digestion

Dec 21st 2009 10:31AM - 23 Comments

We have a feeling historians will spending a fair portion of next few years finding new words to describe just how bad this year was for the auto industry. And then, at some point, they'll get around to Volkswagen, a company that has been zagging ...

REPORT: VW bids to save Karmann but coachbuilder holding out for more money

Oct 26th 2009 8:27AM - 6 Comments

German coachbuilder Karmann has been in trouble since before the global economy caught its version of the swine flu, and from a workforce of 5,000 the company is down to 1,800. A huge order for VW electric vehicles was meant to keep the company ...

REPORT: VW would have to shift 100,000 Amarok pickups to justify bringing them to North America

Dec 16th 2009 6:20PM - 51 Comments

Volkswagen Amarok - Click above for high-res image gallery Want a new Volkswagen Amarok pickup truck? Well then, now would be the time to let VW know about your interest. Speaking to our man Mike Levine at PickupTrucks.com, Stefan Jacoby, ...

VW triples profits

Apr 20th 2005 5:11PM - 7 Comments

Volkswagen AG announced profits of $91.6 million for the first quarter, up from $34 million in the same period in 2004. Analysts point to the company's streamlining costs as the main reason for the increase. A full line of new vehicles from ...

VW allegedly paid for sex

Jul 8th 2005 3:00PM - 19 Comments

If you don't live in Germany you might be unaware that Volkswagen has been involved in a major bribery scandal of its union leaders. A couple of execs have already resigned amid allegations of accepting bribes and setting up front companies to ...

VW/Proton talks have stopped

Jul 18th 2005 10:00AM - 1 Comment

Apparently talks between VW and Proton concerning the German automaker acquiring a controlling stake in the Malaysian company have stopped due to opposition coming from Proton's senior management. VW's separate plans to use Proton's ...

VIDEO: More autonomous VW action from Stanford

Oct 27th 2009 6:40PM - 21 Comments

VAIL Autonomous valet parking demo -- Click above to view the video after the jump You didn't think having an Audi TTS climb Pike's Peak was the only thing that Stanford's Volkswagen Automotive Innovation Laboratory was working on, did you? No, ...

Acura TSX versus VW GLI

Nov 1st 2005 5:00PM - 37 Comments

This is the match up we've been waiting for since the Jetta was introduced. VW's pricing structure made the new VW Jetta seem rather expensive especially compared to products from Japanese and American manufacturers. The Jetta's price tag meant ...

GM outpaces VW in China sales

Jul 7th 2005 7:30PM - 7 Comments

VW, the longtime leader of foreign automotive sales in China, has given up the lead to GM. It's more like GM took the lead from VW. New models and lower prices have contributed to the 19 percent increase in GM sales during the first half of 2005. ...

MTM pumps up the VW Scirocco

Dec 1st 2008 5:32PM - 30 Comments

Click above for a high-res gallery of the MTM Scirocco R It was only a matter of time before the Audi and VW specialists over at MTM got their hands on a Scirocco. The results are what we would expect from the German tuner: up to 272 horsepower, a ...

VW's supercharged turbo engine

Aug 23rd 2005 8:30PM - 31 Comments

Call it a double-whammy, but VW calls it a SuperTurbo. Actually it is 'SuperTurbo Compounding' by Eaton, the likely supplier of the system. Essentially, you have a turbocharged engine that is also fitted with a supercharger. The complexities of ...

VW's Moonraker Project

Nov 21st 2005 8:45PM - 32 Comments

Over 22 German Volkswagen employees have infiltrated the U.S. under the guise of the company's Moonraker Project. Their mission: to study us and learn what we like in our vehicles. The Car Connection has an article up on this project that's ...

VW Fox in art project

Apr 28th 2005 9:55AM - 0 Comments

Volkswagen and a team of artists turned 61 rooms in the Park Hotel on Jarmers Plads in Copenhagen into a massive art project. Project FOX allowed artists to dream up different types of hotel rooms including ones with monsters (good ...

VW unveils Passat VR6

Aug 3rd 2005 2:00PM - 20 Comments

VW unveiled the Passat VR6 at the Meadowbrook Concours d'Elegance car show in Michigan yesterday. The VR6 is all grown up now displacing a healthy 3.6L and producing 280 horsepower, which surpasses the innovative but much maligned W8 motor it ...

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Autoblog Podcast #158: 'Twas a couple nights before Christmas...

Chris, Editor Paukert, and Dan send the Podcast off for the Christmas holiday in proper fashion

 
 

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