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Production VW up! may drop rear engine and RWD

Click above to view high-res gallery of the Volkswagen Space up! We'll admit to being a bit shocked that Volkswagen was even considering a move back to the rear-engine configuration it made fashionable all those years ago with its first vehicle, the ubiquitous Beetle, for the production version of its up! concept. Although we have some fondness in our hearts for the good ol' Bug and its backwards engine location, modern packaging constraints may force VW to ditch this idea for the production version of the up!, just like it did for the modern ... Read more →

Rendered speculation: VW's rear-engine City Expert Dan Roth

Start counting down to 2010, and while you're at it, save your Euros. No official images of VW's much discussed City Expert exist, but Germany's Focus Online has a rendering that shows what a ...

Frankfurt preview: VW to debut rear-engine city car Damon Lavrinc

The Tiguan is one of eight models making their Frankfurt debut. Volkswagen is gearing up for Frankfurt and has no intention of disappointing the seething throngs of media-types when it lifts the ...

Audi R4 and NSU TT: Is Ingolstadt readying new mid-engine models? John Neff

It may be the case that Audi's foray into the midtacular* world of mid-engine cars won't end with the new R8 super sports car. German outlet Autobild claims that Audi is considering a smaller ...

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Production VW up! may drop rear engine and RWD 1 year ago on Autoblog

Rendered speculation: VW's rear-engine City Expert 2 years ago on Autoblog

Start counting down to 2010, and while you're at it, save your Euros. No official images of VW's much discussed City Expert exist, but Germany's Focus Online has a rendering that shows what a cleverly-packaged entry level Volkswagen could look like. The artist's shot in the dark certainly appears ...

Frankfurt preview: VW to debut rear-engine city car 2 years ago on Autoblog

The Tiguan is one of eight models making their Frankfurt debut. Volkswagen is gearing up for Frankfurt and has no intention of disappointing the seething throngs of media-types when it lifts the curtain on its home turf. A total of eight new models will debut, including the Tiguan, six ...

Audi R4 and NSU TT: Is Ingolstadt readying new mid-engine models? 3 years ago on Autoblog

It may be the case that Audi's foray into the midtacular* world of mid-engine cars won't end with the new R8 super sports car. German outlet Autobild claims that Audi is considering a smaller mid-engine sports car called the R4 that would obviously make life a little harder for the Porsche Cayman ...

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