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  2012 Volkswagen New Beetle to get new design

  9 December 2007 / 13 comments

  Volkswagen development chief Ulrich Hackenberg says the next generation 2012 Volkswagen New Beetle would get a new design. He did not say how radically different the new design would be, but he pointed us to […]

   

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  Volkswagen Touareg V10 pulls a jumbo jet

  3 December 2007 / 23 comments

  While we’re on the topic of turbodiesel Touaregs, remember that story about how a Volkswagen Touareg V10 TDI pulled a specially modified Boeing 747-200? Well, I found a video of the event as well as […]

   

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  Volkswagen Touareg R50

  3 December 2007 / 7 comments

  This behemoth is the Volkswagen Touareg R50, and it made it’s world premiere at the Australian International Motor Show sometime in October this year. It is the third model to carry the Volkswagen R label, […]

   

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  Volkswagen Golf Variant RaVe 270

  3 December 2007 / 9 comments

  This latest concept Volkswagen is high powered both in the trunk and under the hood. The Volkswagen Golf Variant RaVe 270 makes use of the Golf Variant station wagon’s extra boot space by fitting in […]

   

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  Why Proton-Volkswagen was a no-go

  21 November 2007 / 98 comments

  I’m sure many of you who have been following the whole Proton-Volkwagen strategic tie-up soap opera are wondering, “What’s with the rather unexpected end result?”. After all, it was only slightly more than a week […]

   

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  Volkswagen Golf R32 launched in Malaysia

  21 November 2007 / 50 comments

  Volkswagen Malaysia has started selling the top of the range Volkswagen Golf R32 in Malaysia, featuring a 3.2 litre V6 engine and 4MOTION all-wheel drive, with a price tag of RM302,618.50 on the road without […]

   

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  Proton-Volkswagen talks are OFF!

  20 November 2007 / 156 comments

  [ UPDATE: The talks between Proton and Volkswagen have been called off, but why? Click here for the inside scoop. ] The verdict is out – Proton and Volkswagen are not tying up together in […]

   

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  Volkswagen Golf R32 in Malaysian showrooms soon?

  15 November 2007 / 39 comments

  There are alot of Volkswagen Golf GTIs on the roads these days, probably Volkswagen Malaysia’s best selling car. It’s at that magical under RM200K mark too, although just barely at RM198,888. While the 2.0 litre […]

   

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  Proton-VW deal could be signed in 2 weeks?

  9 November 2007 / 34 comments

  This is some rather exciting news – business daily The Malaysian Reserve has a report quoting unnamed sources that Proton and Volkswagen will be signing a Memorandum of Understanding regarding a tie up involving stake […]

   

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  Volkswagen space up! Concept

  30 October 2007 / 15 comments

  Click to enlarge Right on the back of Volkswagen’s two-door city specialist concept launched at Frankfurt, the up!, comes the space up! Concept, which as the name suggests, offers more space. The latest member of […]

   

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  Volkswagen to reduce prices in US market

  23 October 2007 / 27 comments

  Volkswagen will be reducing its prices in the US market in efforts to catch up with its Japanese rival Toyota. It will also be removing costly frills that many Americans don’t want in efforts to […]

   

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  Proton-Volkswagen deal waiting for management control agreement

  10 October 2007 / 136 comments

  The Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi says the government has not decided yet whether to allow management control of Proton by Volkswagen AG. He cited Volkswagen’s insistence on wanting to be very certain […]

   

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  Volkswagen NSF expected to miss price target

  10 October 2007 / 25 comments

  Volkswagen up! Concept – a preview of the New Small Family (NSF) car? While Tata seems to be right on track with their expected 1 lakh (US$2500) pricing of their 1 lakh car, Volkswagen’s NSF […]

   

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  Volkswagen CEO to visit Malaysia?

  25 September 2007 / 36 comments

  The Edge reports citing unnamed sources that Volkswagen AG’s CEO Martin Winterkorn will be visiting Malaysia sometime in the next few weeks, and hopes to settle alot of questions that surround the Proton-Volkswagen tie-up negotiations […]

   

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  More conditions for Proton-Volkswagen deal?

  13 September 2007 / 100 comments

  Here is another short update from Thomson Financial, quoting Wolfsburger Allgemeine Zeitung, once again citing Volkswagen sources. According to the report, Volkswagen will only consider taking a large stake in Proton if the Malaysian government […]

   

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