The Wörthersee Tour is a well-known event that is held every year in the city of the same name from Austria. This year's edition is the 35th and the event is specially designed for a limited number of manufacturers, Audi, Seat, Skoda and VW to be more precise. June 1 - 4 is the interval when the fans are awaited...
We know and we've knowing for a long time that the 2012 Volkswagen Beetle is along time in the making but you can't help people who want you to turn your head for the previous model. In order to achieve something like this, a Bavarian foil specialist Car Film Components mixed up two interesting tuning concepts into what can be...
Volkswagen of America released today the pricing of the new Passat, underlining that it brings the German quality and class-leading standard features for less than $20,000. The entry-level version has a price of $19,995 and features a 2.5-liter unit coupled to a six-speed manual transmission. The engine in question is able to offer a total output of 170 horsepower and...
The British division of Volkswagen announced the introduction of a new trim level able to add some extra style and improve the overall appearance of the German van. Volkswagen Transporter is a very popular van in the UK and this is not a new story, therefore, Volkswagen has to focus more on the successful models in the range, the current...
Following the example of the Germans at Mercedes which displayed an emergency version of the current SLS AMG, the Wolfsburg-based manufacturer picked few models in the range and specially prepared for the 2011 RETTmobil show which took place these days in Germany. More exactly, Volkswagen revealed three different models fitted with the special equipment that an emergency medical vehicle needs...
One of MR Car Design's employees must have had a very boring day on the school run or a picnic in the company of a VW T5 Transporter. As a result of the sort of frustration you get with a miniature bus, the tuners turned it into the opposite concept, an over-sized sports car. Really, the size is the base...
It passed 35 years since Volkswagen introduced the first Golf GTI, a good occasion to reveal a new special edition, dubbed "Edition 35", a special version that comes with an updated engine alongside, of course, a bunch of aesthetic improvements both at the exterior and interior. The Germans from Volkswagen fitted the "Edition 35" with LED lights for daytime running...
The Wolfsburg-based company officially announced that a new partnership its about to be signed. This time, Volkswagen will team up with Microsoft in order to create a new, more efficient and attractive media interface able to enhance driving pleasure and provide a bunch of new cutting edge features. The Americans from Microsoft are not at the first partnership of this...
The Germans from Volkswagen took advantage of the 32nd International Vienna Motor Symposium which is currently taking place in the capital of Austria to announce that by 2013, few models within the range will benefit from a new powertrain described as "the best of both worlds", namely a plug-in hybrid system. Volkswagen omitted to tell us exactly what models will...
The Germans from Volkswagen issued a press release announcing that the WRC version of Volkswagen Polo R will enter the competition in question in 2013. The Germans unveiled the VW Polo R WRC recently at an event in front of around 200 journalists and described the rally version as the hottest Polo of all the time. Volkswagen claims that is...
Nowadays every single corporation or big manufacturing company has to do something constructive, charity like or generally good for the future of the world. The days of movies such as Mad Max where everything is destroyed, on flames or has a great soundtrack is pretty much gone but it seems like somebody in Germany still cares about the classics. Or...
A new plan from Volkswagen came up at the 2011 Shanghai Motor Show, one that sounds pretty bad and could end up being great. It seems like VW is working towards introducing a new low-cost brand specifically for the Chinese market, the Spanish one at Seat. Let's get down to the point, Volkswagen has recently been producing some cars that...
I know the play on words is cheesy, somehow it doesn't stop me enjoying speaking about Volkswagen's latest people carrier concept. The new creation was presented at the 2011 New York Auto Show and the name chosen for it was Volkswagen Bulli; sorry for ruining the surprise. Much like the 2012 Beetle, the latest of Volkswagen's design does hanker to...
Oprah gave some away, the Super Bowl advertised it and a whole new fan base has been created even before Volkswagen actually revealed the 2012 Beetle. As one of the most enticing of previews to come from the 2011 New York Auto Show the Germans gave us a proper look at the newest bug out there. The new revealing was...
Designed for this year's edition of the Volkswagen Racing Cup, the new Caddy Racer is a sporty van with plenty power under the bonnet, an interesting design and an enviable story in VW's Racing Cup since 2004 when the model joined the competition. As the competition in question is about the start, the Germans released the key features of the...
The Germans from Volkswagen released the first details on a new special edition of Bora. The new VW Bora Protect is specially designed for Mexico, a country that really needs armored vehicles due to the dangers that lurk everywhere. Considering this, the Wolfsburg-based manufacturer created Bora Protect, a model that benefits from additional features that make it a safer vehicle....
The Germans from Volkswagen decided to launch the new Beetle in a partnership with the famous music channel, MTV. Named "the 21st century Beetle", the new German tiny vehicle will see the daylight on April 18 in Germany, at Berlin but also in the same time in New York and Shanghai. Thus, the new VW Beetle will be released simultaneously...
The car of the people is back, sort of. Volkswagen are reintroducing the Beetle as a 2012 model with all of the updates it needs to exist nowadays. Sadly, much like it happens nowadays, the remembrance of the Beetle is more of a fashion statement than it could ever be a car for the people. Since too few people seem...
The specialists from JE Design decided to give a chance to the new Volkswagen Touareg and develop a complete tuning kit able to improve the appearance and to boost the performance. Under the bonnet, the 3.0-liter unit which develops 379 in standard gets some optimization and offers 440 horsepower and 630 Nm of torque. Of course, the sprint from 0...
So what if the VW Scirocco is a good looking car, it could always be a ruined a bit by some weird tuner you've never heard of couldn't it? That was my first thought about what CSR Automotive could have done with the VW Scirocco but despite the wide array of changes it haven't lost the original car's appeal. CSR...
