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REPORT: 65,000 seek jobs to build VW's New Midsize Sedan in Tennessee

You probably already know just how bad the employment situation is here in the States, and if you don't, nationwide unemployment is right around 10% – and that doesn't include those who took lower-paying part-time jobs in place of a lost full-time job. That's bad news for us, but at least in one case, that's good news for Volkswagen. No, the German automaker doesn't take pleasure in the fact that the U.S. job market sucks or that consumers aren't buying new vehicles like they were just a few years ago, but on the bright side, the ... Read more →

Volkswagen Amarok to tackle desert as official support vehicle of Dakar Sam Abuelsamid

Two months from now, Volkswagen will be expanding its involvement in the annual Dakar Rally in South America. Just as they did last January, factory-backed teams will be competing in the 5.600 ...

VIDEO: Mechanically-inclined ninja blows our collective mind Jonny Lieberman

Years and years ago, we saw punk rock legend Mike Watt break an E-string on his bass during a fIREHOSE show. Without missing a beat, he yanked a new string from beside his amp, slid it through the ...

VW building $125M flagship dealer complex on Manhattan's west side Alex Nunez

Volkswagen is building swanky new digs on New York City's west side for its VW and Audi brands. The automaker has purchased a 256,000 square foot space currently occupied by Potamkin GM (the ...

REPORT: Volkswagen Touareg successor headed for Detroit Michael Harley

January's North American International Auto Show (Detroit Auto Show) is expected to host the debut of Volkswagen's all-new third-generation Touareg SUV (the facelifted "second-gen" arrived in the ...

Funny Car Commercial of the Day: Politically Correct Edition 9 days ago on Autoblog

Nowadays, being politically correct is of the utmost importance to companies the world over, and that includes automakers. Especially Volkswagen, apparently. Judging from the commercial pasted after the break, the German automaker – which just happens to have recently earned the title of ...

Volkswagen GTI named Automobile Magazine car of the year 9 days ago on Autoblog

It's funny how publications have a personality. It shouldn't be funny, as obviously all publications have an editor and said editor has a collection of likes and dislikes, but we still find it amusing. Here's a for instance. This year, our pals over at Motor Trend went ahead and named the Subaru ...

REPORT: VW takes over #1 carmaker slot, sings "Wir sind die Meister, mein Freund" 10 days ago on Autoblog

It was a little more than a year ago when Volkswagen, because of Porsche's stock market finagling, briefly became the most valuable company in the world. This was just after it passed Ford for the number three slot in global sales. Now the big company that could – powered by the little car ...

VW Bus stolen 35 years ago returned in mint condition... to Allstate 11 days ago on Autoblog

In 1974, this 1965 Volkswagen Type 2 (a.k.a. 'Bus') was stolen from Washington State. Fast-forward to October 19 of this year and custom agents at the Port of Los Angeles open up a container bound for Europe only to rediscover said van. Somehow, the Bus's VIN was still in the LAPD's stolen ...

2010 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup Street edition arrives in January 16 days ago on Autoblog

When we were in Germany last month for the launch of the 2010 Golf, VW product planner Andres Valbuena told us that a special street replica of the Jetta TDI Cup race car would be launching in January 2010. We just got the first photo of the new limited edition model along with further details. ...

REPORT: Suzuki CEO nips VW tie-up rumors in the bud 17 days ago on Autoblog

Those constant rumors that Volkswagen may acquire a 10-percent stake in Suzuki all have one thing in common: they all emanate from the Volkswagen side of the coin. Naturally, no such deal can be completely one-sided, and whenever given the opportunity Suzuki has consistently denied that there's ...

Volkswagen prices UK Scirocco R and Golf R, debuts new ad [w/VIDEO] 18 days ago on Autoblog

For those of you in the U.K., the R-line versions of the Golf and Scirocco have been priced and can now be ordered. The Scirocco is the bargain of the two, going for £26,945 ($44,257 U.S.), while the Golf takes you slightly higher up the currency chart, priced at £28,930 ($47,518 ...

Volkswagen launches eco-friendly Scirocco Cup 21 days ago on Autoblog

It seems like an odd juxtaposition, but "going green" and motorsports have been increasingly paired together lately. In the United States, the American Le Mans Series initiated the Green X Challenge this past season with a focus on creating the least amount of negative impact on the ...

Volkswagen releases another sketchy look at forthcoming 2011 mid-size sedan 23 days ago on Autoblog

Volkswagen has released another rendering of its new mid-size sedan (appropriately dubbed NMS) before its official unveiling late next year, and while it's a clearer indication of what to expect when the wraps come off, it doesn't divulge anything we haven't seen before. Although details are ...

VIDEO: More autonomous VW action from Stanford 24 days ago on Autoblog

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, they're also working on something closer to home -- or the restaurant or club -- with a project to get cars to find spots and park ...

Stanford to run driverless Audi TT-S up Pikes Peak next year [w/VIDEO] 25 days ago on Autoblog

If you read AutoblogGreen regularly, then you already know that Volkswagen and Stanford University have taken their relationship that began with developing autonomous vehicles to compete in the government-sponsored DARPA Grand Challenge competitions to the next level. VW has committed over $5 ...

REPORT: VW bids to save Karmann but coachbuilder holding out for more money 25 days ago on Autoblog

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 going while it sorted out its issues, but even that ...

VW chooses Deutsch LA as its new ad agency 25 days ago on Autoblog

Chrysler, Cadillac, and Chevrolet aren't the only folks looking for new advertising agencies on the assumption that, to quote GM CEO Fritz Henderson, "We can do better." For the last four years Crispin, Porter and Bogusky has attended to Volkswagen's advertising needs, bringing us moments like ...

REPORT: Porsche to share platforms with VW, possibly 911 28 days ago on Autoblog

Can you image a VW-badged Panamera? What about a 911-based product from Wolfsburg? It could happen according to Porsche CEO Michael Macht. Autocar reports that Macht says, "Porsche needs to become a strong pillar of VW," and part of that means sharing platforms and components. The two companies ...

VW launches Real Racing GTI on iPhone, giving away six GTIs! 29 days ago on Autoblog

Volkswagen is no stranger to promoting its vehicles using games for the iPhone and iPhone Touch. Witness such forgetables as Volkswagen Polo Challenge 3D [iTunes link] and Volkswagen Scirocco R 24H Challenge 3D [iTunes link], both by developer FISHLABS. Neither game is very fun to play, being on ...

Volkswagen to buy 49.9% of Porsche in first stage of merger 29 days ago on Autoblog

The days of Porsche being an independent automaker will soon be drawing to a close. Volkswagen has announced that it is ready to move ahead with the first stage of its buyout of the smaller company that had tried to do the same thing to it just a short while ago. Back in August when the VW board ...

Funny Car Commercial of the Day - Meet the dogfish 1 month ago on Autoblog

We've always been dog people. It's not so much that there's something wrong with cats, it's just that we can do more with our dogs... like teach them tricks, take them to the beach and play fetch. Apparently, Volkswagen of Argentina is full of dog people too. Well, dogfish people, at least. ...

VIDEO: Fun Theory Part 3 - VW's bottle bank arcade finds plenty of players 1 month ago on Autoblog

VW's Fun Theory project, with its European ad agency DDB, takes on a third task to show that you can get more people to do the right thing if you make it fun. This time it's bottle recycling, and the tool used is a bin fitted with an arcade scoreboard. After a "player" presses start, lights ...

Consumer Reports sees what happens when your floor mat sticks 1 month ago on Autoblog

In the wake of Toyota's huge floor mat recall, theorists have come up with several survival strategies designed to overcome a throttle that's stuck wide-open. Putting some of these theories to the test – and debunking several myths in the process – is the team over at Consumer ...

First Drive: 2010 Volkswagen Golf evolves the German hatchback 1 month ago on Autoblog

Outside of North America, the Golf has been Volkswagen's bread-and-butter model for more than three decades, making the diminutive hatch one of the best selling global vehicles since its mid-Seventies launch as the Beetle's successor. But in the States, it's a totally different story. Except for ...

Rumormill: Volkswagen interested in Ducati... still 1 month ago on Autoblog

Rumors of a possible motorcycle brand for Volkswagen aren't anything new. It's a well-known fact that Ferdinand Piëch, Chairman of Volkswagen's Board, wishes that the German automaker had purchased Ducati back in 1985 when the Italian bike manufacturer was in dire financial shape. As ...

VIDEO: Fun Theory Part 2 - VW makes throwing stuff away fun 1 month ago on Autoblog

Last week we showed you how Volkswagen and ad agency DBB teamed up to get more people walking up the stairs by making them into a Goliath-sized piano. VW calls this project the Fun Theory, and its aim is to show that people will be happier to do life's chores if they aren't so dull. The German ...

REPORT: Next New Beetle will have bigger back seat 1 month ago on Autoblog

The "New Beetle" was a smash hit when it debuted in 1998, and the cutesy little Bug immediately jumped to sales of 83,434 the next year. Over the next 10 years, however, Volkswagen left the spiritual successor to the original Beetle out to dry, and sales have steadily dropped down to near ...

Volkswagen group reportedly considering entering F1 1 month ago on Autoblog

Automakers appear to be pulling out of Formula One en masse. Jaguar and Ford withdrew a few years ago already, Honda canceled its participation at the end of last season, BMW is leaving at the end of this one, and both Toyota and Renault are reportedly considering canceling their programs as ...

VIDEO: Volkswagen wants you to have fun... taking the stairs 1 month ago on Autoblog

Volkswagen produces passenger cars, trucks, crossovers and SUVs, but the German automaker also feels it has a civic responsibility to get our plumping society into shape. Proof of concept is this initiative by VW and ad agency DBB called The Fun Theory, designed to get people in Stockholm, Sweden ...

VW Golf GTD may arrive with 170 hp, Jetta TDI Cup replica coming in January 1 month ago on Autoblog

Prior to the U.S. launch of the Volkwagen Golf MK VI, a few months back rumors emerged that the Americans were going to get a crack at the GTD version of the hatchback. For those unfamiliar with the GTD, it's essentially the much loved GTI but with a 170 hp version of the 2.0-liter TDI diesel. ...

eBay Find of the Day: 1984 Volkswagen GTI MkI 1 month ago on Autoblog

No doubt we've had GTI on the brain the past week or so after driving Volkswagen's new, fun, we-like-it-more-than-we-thought-we-would MkVI GTI. And if you read our review, you're aware that Volkswagen is actively trying to market the new GTI as if it's cut from the same cloth as the original ...

First Drive: 2010 Volkswagen GTI reminds us why we like hot hatches so much 1 month ago on Autoblog

Performance Icon. That two-word phrase is bandied about so often there's hardly any meaning left in its 15 letters. After all, if a Porsche 911 is rightly referred to as a performance icon, can we call a Honda Civic Si the same? And are we talking any old 911/Civic Si, or just certain years and ...

New Tennessee-built VW Passat won't get the "Westmoreland" treatment 1 month ago on Autoblog

While we were chatting with VW of America CEO Stefan Jacoby in Wolfsburg, Germany, the subject of its new 'Merican-built car came up. The so-called NMS or New Midsize Sedan will replace the Passat in the US VW lineup. This model will be unique to the North American market, which brought up a ...

New VW Golf R20 (GTI-R) may come to America 1 month ago on Autoblog

Volkswagen unveiled the new high-zoot R version of the MK VI Golf at the Frankfurt Motor Show last month, but it declined to say whether Americans would ever get a chance to buy one. Fans of the R32 will likely be clamoring for the new R20 if does make it to our shores, in part because of the ...

New VW Beetle coming in two years, Scirocco still not in cards for U.S. 1 month ago on Autoblog

We're in Wolfsburg, Germany right now for the launch drive of the 2010 Volkswagen Golf and we've just returned from a presentation at the company's design center with Walter de Silva. We'll have more on de Silva's comments a little later, but first, we did have a chance to chat with VW of ...

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