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REPORT: Larger VW E-Up! could come to the States

After showing off the E-Up! at the Frankfurt Motor Show last week and declaring it the Beetle of the 21st Century, VW is promising to have the tiny EV into small scale production in Europe by 2013. However, the people's automaker isn't convinced such a small car would be accepted in the United States. Flawed logic or not, Automotive News reports that a somewhat larger version of the E-Up! – about 146 inches long, or some 20 inches longer than the concept VW claimed was its smallest car ever – is being developed for the ... Read more →

Frankfurt 2009: Volkswagen calls E-Up! Concept "Beetle of the 21st Century" Jeremy Korzeniewski

Volkswagen promises to release the "Beetle of the 21st Century" by 2013. Those are some of the biggest shoes in the history of the automobile to fill, and VW plans to do just that with a new car ...

New York: Definite Maybe - VW Up! could be headed Stateside Frank Filipponio

Here in New York, Volkswagen CEO Stefan Jacoby said the company might be shaking things "Up" again in the States. The on-again, off-again status of the Up! mini-car on these shores is apparently ...

Rendered Speculation: Honda to create mini-hatch for emerging markets Jonathon Ramsey

Lost in the jeers following Honda's move to cancel the NSX – a car it could probably sell based solely on its ridiculously wonderful exhaust note – is news that the Big H is planning an ...

Volkswagen up confirmed to be FWD, delayed five months Damon Lavrinc

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Volkswagen up! Space concept. It was rumored last week and now it's been confirmed: Volkswagen's up! minicar will be switched from a rear-engine, ...

VW's up! might be renamed Lupo in 2011 1 year ago on Autoblog

The trio of Up! concepts foretell Volkswagen's re-entry into the ultra-affordable transportation business, and the interweb car lovers at World Car Fans may have cracked the name code of the cute mini. While Up! is catchy and adorable, the Germans may be playing mind games here, just like when the ...

VW may sell small, turbocharged vehicles for $13k in the U.S. 1 year ago on Autoblog

click above for high-res gallery of the Volkswagen up! Space concept Volkswagen may be serious about returning to its "people's car" roots by importing a small vehicle to the U.S. with a turbocharged 1.4-liter engine. Stefan Jacoby, CEO of Volkswagen Group of America, told Automotive News that ...

GM not going after VW, Toyota's minicars 1 year ago on Autoblog

General Motors' European arm has decided that it won't jump feet-first into the micro-car segment with Smart, and more recently Toyota and Volkswagen. Speaking with Automotive News Europe, GM's Euro-veep Carl-Peter Forster said that, "These specialized urban vehicles have a limited market." True ...

LA 2007: VW space up! blue 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click image for photo gallery VW has adapted its globe-trotting up! concept for California's green sensibilities, packaged it like a micro-sized microbus and has brought the result to Los Angeles. The space up! blue is a fuel cell hybrid with plug-in capabilities. It leverages a high-temperature ...

Frankfurt 2007: VW gets it up! 2 years ago on Autoblog

UPDATE: Press release added after the jump. Click the image above for more live high-res pics. Some may compare it to the Beetle, but in the end, it looks like a restyled Golf that's been left in the dryer for one cycle too long. The rear-engine, three-door, four-seat city car from Volkswagen, ...

Toro Rosso finally announces Scott Speed returns, 2007 F1 roster confirmed 2 years ago on Autoblog

The last racing seat has finally been confirmed for the 2007 Formual One season, as Scott Speed stays on with Scuderia Toro Rosso, Red Bull's back-marker B-team once known as Minardi. Lead by former F1 driver Gerhard Berger, Toro Rosso seemed to have been playing a twisted little game of waiting as ...

Detroit Auto Show: Toyota unveils Tundra CrewMax 2 years ago on Autoblog

click on image above to view 68 high-resolution images of the Tundra CrewMax Constantly pushing to increase its stake in the US market, Toyota debuted in Detroit today the Tundra CrewMax, a spy shot of which we brought you a month ago. The CrewMax is a full four-door version of the company's new, ...

By the Numbers: August 2006 3 years ago on Autoblog

What a weird month. We were told a week or so ago that sales for the month of August might look artificially good compared to last year because of Hurricane Katrina's negative impact on sales. Really, however, Katrina didn't hit land until August 29th, so if next month is the greatest month ever for ...






Autoblog Podcast #154: Gobbling up the News

Chris, Sam, and Dan kick out a podcast just in time for the long holiday drive.

 
 

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