This is a video of an ultimate tricked out old school 1963 Volkswagen Bettle Rag Top at the 2005 Bugjam. There are a few drags of the souped up Bettle versus the new Beetle, and even against a Subaru Impreza turbo.
No idea what’s in this Beetle, I heard you could put a Porsche or a Subaru engine in it since they’re all boxers. Video is after the jump. Click here to read the rest of 1963 Volkswagen Beetle Ragtop Drag Race
Volkswagen’s EcoRacer was taken to the race tracks for a spin by 34 motor journalists from 9 countries. The journalists covered 1200km over 3 days at a racetrack in Pau, South of France. Click here to read the rest of Volkswagen EcoRacer first on road test
Yet more updates on the Volkswagen-Proton parnership. The Malay Mail reports Volkswagen AG may buy 40% of Proton’s manufacturing arm, and assume management control over that unit. Proton’s board of directors had met up with Volkswagen officials last week to discuss this offer.
This deal will allow Proton to benefit from Volkswagen’s technical expertise. However Proton joint Chief Operating Officer Datuk Kisai Rahmat denied to comment on the results of the discussion.
I previously blogged about the Volkswagen Jetta R GT concept, one of the three concept vehicles which Volkswagen AG unveiled at the 2005 SEMA show. Now let’s have a look at the second of the three concepts, which is a modified Volkswagen Passat – the Volkswagen Passat R GT. Click here to read the rest of Volkswagen Passat R GT
Volkswagen unveiled a series of vehicles under the R GT concept line for the 2005 SEMA auto show. This is the first of the three vehicles based on a Volkswagen Jetta. Let’s have a look at the Volkswagen Jetta R GT concept. Click here to read the rest of Volkswagen Jetta R GT
The Edge reports that Proton is looking into purchasing two Volkswagen platforms to produce it’s own versions for the local market under the Proton badge. After the purchase, design and development would take an additional year.
Click here to read the rest of Proton to buy Passat and Sharan platforms
Volkswagen Sharan
Ever thought a sports car that can do 0-100km/h in 6.3 seconds and achieve a top speed of 230kph can have a fuel consumption of 3.4 liters fuel per 100km? That’s exactly what the Volkswagen EcoRacer does. Click here to read the rest of Volkswagen EcoRacer Concept
Volkswagen will be developing a five-door coupe form factor version of it’s Volkswagen Passat to take on the Mercedes Benz CLS coupe.
This is a special edition of the Volkswagen Golf called the Volkswagen Golf Speed. Only 100 units will be built, and the car will only be available in two special Lamborghini colours called Giallo Midas and in Arancio Borealis. To the rest of us, that’s orange and yellow. Click here to read the rest of Volkswagen Golf Speed Special Edition
Volkswagen has unveiled details on it’s most powerful Polo model to date, the Volkswagen Polo GTI. The Volkswagen Polo GTI will debut at the Tokyo Motor Show in Japan later this month. Click here to read the rest of 2006 Volkswagen Polo GTI
