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  Volkswagen still eyeing more brands, says chairman

  7 February 2013 / 28 comments

  Sometimes a dozen is just not enough. Maybe a baker’s dozen is more like it. Well at least that’s how Volkswagen’s Chairman Ferdinand Piech feels about his empire’s brands tally. Not content of having 12 […]

   

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  VW planning new budget brand to fight Dacia, Datsun

  30 January 2013 / 15 comments

  Dacia has been a successful budget arm for Renault, and the French company’s alliance partner Nissan has relaunched the Datsun name as a low-cost brand for emerging markets, with the cars to be revealed later […]

   

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  Volkswagen Golf 4MOTION – Mk7 gets an AWD variant

  30 January 2013 / 16 comments

  Volkswagen has added a new variant to the Mk7 Golf range, the expected 4Motion all-wheel drive model. We don’t need such a car here, but it snows in Europe, and VW has made Golfs with […]

   

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  VIDEO: Volkswagen ‘Das Hund’ – a different quattro

  29 January 2013 / 24 comments

  Something a bit different to help the short week along – I was steered to this one by a friend, and thought it worthy of a share. It’s an European commercial done by DDB for […]

   

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  Volkswagen Sharan 2.0 TSI Test Drive Review

  18 January 2013 / 128 comments

  To say that the Volkswagen Sharan is spacious does not really give you the full picture of the interior. The amount of glass – forward, rearward, sides and even on top – lets in plenty […]

   

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  Volkswagen achieves record results in 2012, becomes top selling European brand in Malaysia

  18 January 2013 / 75 comments

  Volkswagen Malaysia has reported strong growth in deliveries, with the total number of units sold in 2012 crossing the 13,000 mark, recording a 77% increase compared to corresponding period in 2011. This follows healthy growth […]

   

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  Volkswagen CrossBlue Concept: MQB-based 7-seater

  15 January 2013 / 20 comments

  This is Volkswagen’s Detroit 2013 debutant, the Volkswagen CrossBlue mid-size 7-seater SUV concept, built on the Golf’s MQB platform. Depending on whether its accepted well, it will go into production as a 7-seater slotted in […]

   

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  Volkswagen to debut 7-seater SUV concept at Detroit

  14 January 2013 / 11 comments

  The sketch above is that of a Volkswagen 7-seater SUV based on the Passat platform, which will rival other vehicles in the segment such as the Toyota Highlander, Mazda CX-9 and the Honda Pilot. There’s […]

   

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  Detroit 2013: Volkswagen Touareg R-Line package

  12 January 2013 / 6 comments

  Volkswagen will be exhibiting the new R-Line package for the Volkswagen Touareg at the 2013 Detroit Motor Show. We’ve already seen the R-Line package for the current generation Touareg two years ago, and it’s only […]

   

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  Detroit 2013: Volkswagen Passat Performance Concept

  12 January 2013 / 17 comments

  Volkwagen will be showcasing the above tuned up Passat at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show. It’s called the Volkswagen Passat Performance Concept, and it’s been tuned up to 250 horsepower, mated to a 6-speed automatic […]

   

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  DRB-Hicom plans Asian Car project, to make Malaysia a hub for the production of Volkswagen vehicles

  10 January 2013 / 115 comments

  DRB-Hicom is in the midst of hatching a plan for a project to be known as ‘Asian Car’ which will see Malaysia becoming a hub for the production of Volkswagen vehicles, reports Bernama. In order […]

   

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  Volkswagen Scirocco GTS goes on sale in Europe

  4 January 2013 / 16 comments

  This is the Volkswagen Scirocco GTS, which was revealed at the 2012 Leipzig Motor Show. The order books have finally opened in Europe for the car – which is available in either 177 PS 2.0 […]

   

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  Q&A with Rainer Zietlow, Guinness World Record Drive Holder from Melbourne to St Petersburg

  24 December 2012 / 8 comments

  Remember Rainer Zietlow and his Challenge4 team? Much like the three wise men who travelled afar, Zietlow, Marius Biela and Vladimir Gagarin drove a Volkswagen Touareg V6 TDI from Melbourne, Australia to St Petersburg, Russia […]

   

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  Volkswagen Golf R Cabriolet previewed in video

  21 December 2012 / 10 comments

  Volkswagen is making a drop top version of its Golf R, and the VW Golf R Cabriolet is previewed in a video posted online. The 1:44 clip shows the topless flagship Mk6 Golf in full […]

   

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  Volkswagen Polo R WRC Street – 220 PS, 240 km/h

  12 December 2012 / 38 comments

  You saw this as a concept at Wörthersee this year; now Volkswagen has officially unveiled the fastest production Polo yet – the Polo R WRC Street. Limited to 2,500 units, the car gets the 2.0 litre […]

   

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