As Kurt mentioned yesterday, the first ever European-style RallyCross race to be held in the U.S. took place this past weekend. Well, I decided to check it out for myself, and on Sunday, I trekked out to the New Jersey Motorsports Park in...
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Days after Vladimir Putin, well, encouraged foreign carmakers to come to Russia, open car factories and better bring the latest technology, or else, Martin Winterkorn announced that Volkswagen is planning a new assembly line at Russia’s GAZ and...
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Following reports filed with NHTSA and permeating in online forums, feds will now investigate the '09 Jetta TDI over a potential engine stalling issue. Volkswagen - Volkswagen Jetta - Turbocharged Direct Injection - VW Jetta TDI -...
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This 1951 Tempo Matador is dolefully resined to haul cargo through the streets of Berlin with nothing more than 25 horsepower. The melancholy little utility truck is built around an air-cooled VW flat four that powers the front wheels. It’s...
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Following reports filed with NHTSA and permeating in online forums, feds will now investigate the '09 Jetta TDI over a potential engine stalling issue. Volkswagen - Volkswagen Jetta - Turbocharged Direct Injection - VW Jetta TDI -...
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2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Wonderful – here is some more recall news for you guys. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into 37,889 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI sedans after receiving complaints of engine...
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found about 28 hours ago by Zach Bowman on
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If you had your heart set on a Volkswagen Amarok before the company made it clear that the truck wasn't heading to North America, prepare to have your wounds lightly salted. A company by the name of Bimobil has gone through the effort of creating a...
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found about 44 hours ago by Import RPM on
Import RPM
As the all-new 2011 Volkswagen Touareg heads to showrooms there are already reports of a new high-performance model in the works. This R model will likely receive a diesel engine, possibly VW’s 5.0-liter diesel V10 TDI or a 4.2-liter V8. This...
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found about 44 hours ago by John Neff on
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Last time we talked about the next-generation Volkswagen Touareg R it was to relay rumors that the high-performance SUV might drop the automaker's venerable 5.0-liter diesel V10 TDI engine in favor of a V8 hybrid powertrain. Car and Driver is...
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found 3 days ago by Jonathon Ramsey on
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It's only taken seven filed complaints out of 37,889 vehicles sold, but the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is taking a close look at the 2009 VW Jetta TDi regarding sudden stalling. Although only a handful of complaints have come...
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found 2 days ago by Ray Wert on
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NHTSA's opened a preliminary investigation into the diesel 2009 Volkswagen Jetta over possible engine stalling issues. [DetNews]...
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Karl-Thomas Neumann, Volkswagen’s new Emperor of China, took over his job today. He replaces Winfried Vahland, who now runs Volkswagen’s Skoda division. Neumann has a problem many would like to have. “We can’t build enough cars to meet the...
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Today we can show you some photos of the mini twins from Volkswagen and Skoda. Sharing the same base, these two will only differ in smaller styling details. At least for a start, since the Lupo (Volkswagen version) will also be available as a fully...
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found 3 days ago by Ray Wert on
Jalopnik
NHTSA's opened a preliminary investigation into the diesel 2009 Volkswagen Jetta over possible engine stalling issues. [DetNews]...
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found 3 days ago by Keith Barry on
Autopia
When Doug Small started drawing up plans for a homebrew electric car, he wanted to start with something lightweight, easy to work on and stylish. Naturally, he decided on an MG TD. Purists needn’t worry, however, as no British roadsters were...
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found 3 days ago by Damon Lavrinc on
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A Norwegian website claims to have snagged the first official photo of the 2011 Volkswagen Passat from one of the automaker's European retailers, and sources suggest we could see the restyled mid-size sedan as early as the Paris Motor Show this...
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found 3 days ago by Damon Lavrinc on
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My daily driver is lowered. Really low. Like damn-near-touring car low. Almost every car I've owned over the last decade has benefited from some kind of suspension setup that dropped its ride height. Traversing speed-bumps and steep driveways has...
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Despite the deep ties between his firm and Volkswagen, Ferry Porsche firmly believed that Porsches could only be Porsches if the company remained truly independent. “Independence,” he says in the video above, “has always been the attitude at...
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Volkswagen Jetta Consumer Reviews Volkswagen Jetta More Expert Reviews 2011 VW Jetta Photo Gallery 2011VW Jetta SEL Sedan Specs By Contributing Editor David Colman Pros: More Jetta for less dollars Visual transformation is easy on the eyes...
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found 4 days ago by Murilee Martin on
Jalopnik
The Mutually Assured Destruction Of Omaha 24 Hours of LeMons race is over. The cars are on the trailers, heading home, and I'm at the Omaha airport doing the same. Finally, a Volkswagen has taken an overall...
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found 5 days ago by Murilee Martin on
Jalopnik
Saturday was a long, sweaty, buggy racing session at the Mutually Assured Destruction Of Omaha LeMons, with engines nuking head gaskets all day long....
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found 5 days ago by Zach Bowman on
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Stay with us, now - this where things get tricky. Michael Macht, Porsche's former CEO, will step into Jochem Heizmann's old role as VW production boss. Heizmann, meanwhile, will stay on the company's board as the head honcho over its truck...
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Starting Oct. 1, Klaus-Gerhard Wolpert will be Volkswagen AG’s new chief product strategist. Wolpert is the latest Porsche AG executive to move to controlling shareholder VW Group. Wolpert had led the development of the Cayenne premium SUV,...
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Suzuki is hustling to avoid needing more help from partner Volkswagen. For instance in India, a market VW covets. Suzuki used to own more than half on the Indian market. In the recent months, that share slipped a bit. Not because customers in India...
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It seems that VW may be looking to buy an Italian brand, if reports from Autonews is to be believed, despite there being word in the past that VW already had all the brands it can handle. Two VW executives have said that VW are “seriously...
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The Mahindra TR20 The good news for Mahindra last week was the EPA approval of their four cylinder diesel motor, which paves the way for the rollout of the Indian manufactured TR20 and TR40 trucks in the United States. The bad news, as reported by...
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found 7 days ago by Jeremy Korzeniewski on
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We'll say it once again, with feeling (aka, italics): The Volkswagen Amarok is not coming to the United States. If you want one, we're sorry. Vee-Dub simply doesn't think there are enough of you waiting in the wings with cash-in-hand ready to take...
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found 7 days ago by Ray Wert on
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Volkswagen's Amarok pickup is still not coming to the United States. Also, we're pretty sure it's built in Argentina, not Brazil. [Edmunds InsideLine]...
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„I’ve said Alfa is not for sale“ grouched Fiat’s Sergio Marchionne at journos who badgered him about Alfa possibly going to Volkswagen. While he was at it, Sergio told Automobilwoche [sub] that business is so good that he probably will...
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2011 Volkswagen Amarok We keep hearing that the Volkswagen Amarok, four-wheel-drive crew-cab V-dub pickup built in Brazil, will come to the United States if the German company can end up at least 100,000 units in the region. Well, the latest report...
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