Volkswagen has been kind enough to show off the metal underneath its Touareg trophy truck’s Red Bull livery. All that exposed steel and those shrap angles make for a truly muscular machine that looks plenty ready to tackle next year’s Baja 1000. Of course, looks alone aren’t enough to do the deed, so VW plopped [...]
As an auto journalist, one notices that certain cars stick with you. Cars that follow you around from show to show and job to job, always getting in your face and demanding coverage. Like the 2009 2010 Chevy Camaro. So, maybe “haunt you” is a better way to put it. With that in mind, behold [...]
Hey all you people with your fancy sports cars and uber-sedans as your keeper cars — how are you going to find parts for those exotic, expensive whips in 20-30 years? Exactly — eBay China. That’s why I’m going with my very own car — the current Volkswagen GTI! This car likely represents the end of the line [...]
It would appear that Porsche’s wunderkind manager Wendelin Wiedeking has done it again. In a complex web of stock trades and options, the company has earned as much as fifteen billion dollars on Volkswagen stock. The full story’s in the link below, but here’s how it was done in a nutshell: Porsche has been buying [...]
Sorry Vee Dub fan boys, the company just announced that the beloved R32 won’t make a return appearance for 2009 here in the states. Bring the Scirocco but drop the hot Golf Rabbit — HUH? Well, according to Thomas Wegehaupt, a VW spokesman, the potent AWD hot hatch has been ditched due to the pending [...]
Looks like the Racing Lancer is going to have some stout competition at next year’s Paris-Dakar Rally. VW is currently working on two Touaregs (called Touareg 2) designed specifically to handle the South American rally’s brutal stages. Like the Mitsubishi, the VW’s will be powered by turbo diesels, though ze German fighters will get their [...]
Running around ala headless chicken today, but we still managed to podcast. Rejoice! Today, Mr. Justin and I talk about cars that leave you breathless, replica Porsches and 928s, uber-Mercedes, Zora Arkus-Duntov and poor sore thumb Audi. Listen up and enjoy!
We couldn’t help but show this off. It’s Abt’s take on the VW Scirocco. You know the car. The one we would kill a man in front of his own momma to have Stateside? Yeah, that Scirocco. Up front, Abt laid on a new front fascia to compliment the car’s already dynamic lines, working into [...]
Levy and I met John and Helen Taylor at the Volkswagen Jetta TDI launch. And while Mr. Taylor came across as a late night infomercial pitchman, Helen seemed fairly/not completely full of shit. And here’s why I’m writing about ‘em. The couple drove 9,419 miles in a stock Jetta TDI and averaged 58.82 mpg while doing [...]
Yeah, so… um… I don’t even really think this story is true. But, it’s funny… right? OK, some British tabloid found a 20-year-old who lives at home with mom and dad and has sex with his Bug. No, really. And he’s go some pretty funny quotes. Like this, “After a few minutes, I felt a [...]
