Skip to main content

volkswagen

  • 0
    Official: Volkswagen presents new Sharanbulance at RETTmobil emergency vehicles expo
    1336939380

    What you see here is an ambulance. It's based on the Sharan, a van Volkswagen offers in certain overseas markets. We shall therefore call it the Sharanbulance. The Sharanbulance was recently unveiled at the 2012 RETTmobil emergency vehicles show in Fulda, Germany, by Volkswagen ...

  • 0
    Report: Bentley/Bugatti chief Durheimer moving to Audi in management shake-up
    1336932240

    Running a high-end automobile manufacturer like Bentley or Bugatti has got to be a dream job for most any business executive. And Wolfgang Dürheimer gets to run them both – but not for much longer, according to the latest reports coming in from trade publication Automotive News ...

  • 0
    VW motorsport chief nixes F1 entry
    1336924980

    Formula One teams come and go, but few have been the subject of such intense rumors as the potential participation of Volkswagen. The German automaker is the largest in Europe that hasn't been part of the sport in recent history, and its executives have made several public declarations that ...

  • 0
    Report: Volkswagen to offer Fender edition Beetle
    1336860240

    Volkswagen worked with Fender, its stereo partner, to put together the concept Beetle shown at last year's Frankfurt Motor Show. The concept had an iPod dock set into amp-like mesh, a tube amp, sunburst-patterened wood trim and a trunk-mounted sub you could plug your guitar into. Car and Driver ...

  • 0
    Report: Toyota takes title of World's Largest Automaker... again, for now
    1336744680

    Now that the title of world's largest maker has become a clear and eager battle, we can expect more regular updates on the progress of the combatants. Bloomberg reports that Toyota snagged the #1 crown in Q1, taking it away from General Motors with 2.49 million units sold across its five brands ...

  • 0
    Review: 2012 Volkswagen Golf R [w/video]
    1336665420

    Boiled Down, But Still Delectable It is nearly impossible to avoid reminiscing about the 1983 Volkswagen GTI while driving the 2012 Volkswagen Golf R. As you may recall, "the original hot hatch" arrived on our shores seemingly eons ago with a naturally aspirated 1.8-liter four spitting out just ...

  • 0
    Official: High-MPG Taylors drive a Volkswagen Passat 1,626 miles on one tank of diesel
    1336572000

    Watch out, Wayne Gerdes, there's a new hypermiling crew in town. John and Helen Taylor – Volkswagen calls them "mileage experts" and "the world's most fuel-efficient couple" – recently drove a stock 2012 Passat TDI SE all the way from Houston, Texas to Sterling, Virginia without ...

  • 0
    Official: Volkswagen's People's Car Project in China has produced three concepts [w/video]
    1336568340

    In 2011, Volkswagen commenced its People's Car Project in China to create crowdsourced concepts of the VW of the future. More than 33 million people visited the site, and three concepts were created from the inputs: the Music Car, the Hover Car and the Smart Key. The Music Car is a Beetle ...

  • 0
    Report: Volkswagen mulling Up!-based crossover
    1336564620

    We knew the three-door Volkswagen Up! was going to shape-shift into other variants, one of them being a five-door version that's due later this year. According to word in German newspaper Handelsblatt, the well-received Cross-Up!, which provided clues to the styling of the five-door Up! could ...

  • 0
    Official: U.S., German automakers will demo fast-charging system at EVS26
    1336391820

    BMW, Ford, General Motors and Volkswagen are among the eight U.S. and German automakers that will demonstrate a single-port fast-charging system for electric vehicles at the Electric Vehicle Symposium 26 (EV26) in Los Angeles starting next week. Audi, Chrysler, Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler and ...

Loading

Loading
Autoblog iPhone App