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Porsche: How they will be integrated into Volkswagen

20 Nov 2009 14:18:00 PST

Written by noreply@blogger.com (Christian)

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EUROPE: VW and Golf lead the car market [includes data]

20 Nov 2009 01:01:00 PST

Data released by JATO shows that Volkswagen remains Europe's best-selling brand this year, with the Golf remaining the top-selling model.

Original story at just-auto.com .

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2010 Volkswagen Jetta, Golf, Passat, Tiguan are IIHS Safety Award Picks

19 Nov 2009 22:11:42 PST

HERNDON, Va., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Four 2010 Volkswagen models - the brand-leading Jetta sedan, the all-new Golf four-door, the stylish Passat sedan, and the nimble Tiguan - have each received the Insurance Institute...

Original story at Automotive Blogs .

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What's The Worst Special Edition Car? [Question Of The Day]

19 Nov 2009 08:30:00 PST

Written by Matt Hardigree
In our minds, the worst is the King King Crew Member Edition VW Touareg. That's right, you're forking out money not to have a vehicle driven by a star of King Kong, nor a vehicle robust enough to tackle King Kong's island, but rather a vehicle designed to mimic what a crew member of the film King...

Original story at Jalopnik .

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IIHS reveals 2010 top safety picks: Subaru leads while BMW or Toyota are nowhere to be seen

19 Nov 2009 01:52:34 PST

Written by Andrey
Midsize cars Audi A3 Chevrolet Malibu built after Oct. 2009 Chrysler Sebring 4-door with optional ESC Dodge Avenger with optional ESC Mercedes-Benz C-Class Subaru Legacy Subaru Outback Volkswagen Jetta sedan Volkswagen Passat sedan Volvo C30

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2009 Volkswagen GLI Review

16 Nov 2009 21:00:00 PST

Written by Justin Pritchard
Put simply, the Volkswagen GLI injects the popular Jetta with a healthy dose of performance. It zeroes in on the enthusiast buyer with a turbocharged engine, tweaked suspension, xenon lighting and numerous visual goodies that combine in an aptly-nicknamed 'GTI Sedan'.

Original story at Auto123 .

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Volkswagen news and blogs - November 21, 2009

21 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Volkswagen news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• GERMANY: VW board approves Porsche tie-up -- from Daily automotive news and comment - from just-auto.com
• 2010 VW GTI Hatchback named Automobile of the Year -- from Internetautoguide Blogs
• Ten Awesome Feats Of Automotive Infrastructure -- by Sam Smith from Jalopnik: top
• Safest Car Manufacturer in 2009? It's Ford -- from Internetautoguide Blogs
• Light Graffiti: Cool Camera Trick Makes Cool Cars Look More Cool -- by Ben Wojdyla from Jalopnik: top
• ABT Golf VI GTD: Lord Vader, Your Euro-Trash Hipster Son's Car Has Arrived [Tuner Cars] -- by Ben Wojdyla from Jalopnik
• GM reports $1.2 billion loss last quarter but is ready to start repaying loans -- by Andrey from Rpmgo.com
• Honda planning new NSX, but only as a race car -- by Andrey from Rpmgo.com
• Lacetti_875 writes about the 2002 Volkswagen Jetta -- by Lacetti_875 from What's new on CarGurus
• Porsche, Volkswagen: Merger to begin -- by noreply@blogger.com (Christian) from The German Car Blog

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Top Gear in trouble for mock ad depicting suicide - UK Auto News

10 Nov 2009 06:01:00 PST

Written by David
Top Gear ad for the VW Scirocco — Click above to view the video after the jump It should be well known by now that if you play with suicide on screen, you’re going to hear about it. Sometimes it’s from prevention groups who want shows to “stop using suicide as a punchline.” When it comes to Jeremy C...

Original story at Nationwide Vehicle Contracts .

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Volkswagen-Porsche overtakes Toyota as world's largest carmaker

09 Nov 2009 10:31:00 PST

Written by Dan Milmo
• German group benefited from stimulus packages • Volkswagen-Porsche has produced 4.4m cars this year That extremely hard brake has been keeping Toyota behind Volkswagen by quite a margin. Due to government incentives, Volkswagen was not forced to decelerate so hard," said Stürmer.

Original story at EducationGuardian.co.uk .

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2009 Volkswagen GTI Review

04 Nov 2009 21:00:00 PST

Written by Bertrand Godin
The GTI has been associated with driving enthusiasts for over 33 years. A true industry icon, it remains a major player in the high-performance compact car segment today. You could say that the GTI is the first of its class, a class where it forged the standards.

Original story at Auto123 .

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2010 Volkswagen GTI Road Test Review

24 Oct 2009 14:52:58 PDT

The year is 1983, and Volkswagen is about the shake up the economy car world. For in that year, VW took a solid but pedestrian car, the Rabbit, and juiced it up with a higher horsepower engine, larger wheels and tires, and suspension and trim enhancements and called it the Rabbit GTI. Do you rem...

Original story at Carpages.ca Road Tests .

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VW launches Real Racing GTI on iPhone, giving away six GTIs!

22 Oct 2009 14:29:00 PDT

Written by John Neff
Filed under: Performance, Marketing/Advertising, Hatchback, Volkswagen, Toys/Games Gallery: Volkswagen 2010 GTI Mark VI prize car Source: Volkswagen | iTunes link] originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Opinion: eBay Find of the Day: 1984 Volkswagen GTI MkI

08 Oct 2009 13:30:00 PDT

Written by Jonny Lieberman
No doubt we've had GTI on the brain the past week or so after driving Volkswagen's new, fun, we-like-it-more-than-we-thought-we-would MkVI GTI. And if you read our review, you're aware that Volkswagen is actively trying to market the new GTI as if it's cut from the same cloth as the origin...

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2009 Volkswagen Jetta Wagon TDI Road Test Review

11 Jun 2009 16:17:02 PDT

If you think that practical, economical cars are by necessity as dull as dirt, you'll love Volkswagen's Jetta Wagon TDI. Here's a car with a miserly diesel engine, scads of space for people and luggage, and a reasonable price tag. So who'd guess that it would also be the most entertaining car...

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How To Replace VW Beetle Bug Decklid and Hood Seal

08 Jun 2009 21:23:43 PDT

In this video I quickly discuss how to change your decklid and front hood seal and how to install.. www.5min.com

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How To: Virtual Tuning - VW Scirocco

22 May 2009 08:39:44 PDT

Written by rss@youtube.com (PhotoshopHelpGerman)
Author: PhotoshopHelpGerman Keywords: Adobe Photoshop CS1 CS2 CS3 Tutorial German Deutsch PhotoshopHelpGerman Virtual Tuning VW Scirocco Added: May 22, 2009

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Autoblog Podcast #118

04 Mar 2009 16:43:00 PST

Written by Dan Roth
Join us for Episode #118 of the Autoblog Podcast, where Johnathon Ramsey makes his first ever 'cast appearance. Chris, Dan and JR cover the Opel Ampera and Volkswagen Polo, both vehicles we've sent our Geneva Dreadnoughts after. Attention then turns to the Ford iosis MAX concept before mo...

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How To: Audi, Land Rover, Mercedes, Volkswagen, and Volvo Radio Removal

09 Feb 2009 15:40:09 PST

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Do it yourself, how to remove Audi, Land Rover, Mercedes Benz, Volkswagen and Volvo car stereo Author: boblizcou Keywords: install installing remove removal removing car stereo car radio stero sterio Added: February 9, 2009

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Intermittent Daily Podcast: The Weirdo’s Paradox

19 Jan 2009 11:11:47 PST

Written by Justin Berkowitz
I’m almost due for my next car. Well, in six months. Which might as well be tomorrow. My GTI will go back to Volkswagen so that some poor clod can own it out of warranty. And this leaves me shopping for a replacement. This is where I’m in trouble. Not only do I have car-lover’s [...]

Original story at The Truth About Cars .

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How To: VideoTuning 5 - A Volkswagen GTI with a Z touch ;)

19 Jan 2009 10:48:40 PST

Written by rss@youtube.com (ruifootman)
This VideoTuning brings to you a transformation of a Volkswagen GTi with some parts of BMW Z4, and other modifications, visit my channel to watch detailed tutorial ( VirtualTuning Series ), because VideoTunings are summaries of what you can watch in Virtual Tuning Series. Another creat...

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2009 Volkswagen Passat CC Road Test Review

02 Jan 2009 05:13:20 PST

Mercedes-Benz had the distinction of introducing what was claimed as “the world’s first 4-door coupe” when it took the wraps off its CLS back in 2004. Expectedly, there was much controversy and discussion over whether any coupe could have four doors, regardless of styling, but the car wa...

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How To: VW Jetta Tdi turbo diesel bosio nozzle install promo

01 Jan 2009 15:57:54 PST

Written by rss@youtube.com (dieselworld)
This is a short promo on how to install the Bosio nozzles on your VW Tdi. The nozzles come with the full DVD on how to do the job from start to finish. I show you every step and some great tricks to get teh job done right. The Bosio nozzles are a fantastic addition to your Mercedes or VW diesel.

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2009 VW Jetta TDI Reviewed By Budding 13-Year-Old Fan-Boy [Jalopnik Reviews]

31 Dec 2008 07:20:00 PST

Written by Wes Siler
Thanks for the review and great timing. Although Matt Hardigree reviewed the 2009 VW Jetta Sportwagen for us, and I did report on the 58.82 MPG record set by a Jetta TDI as it drove across the lower 48 states, Volkswagen’s not been nice enough to send us a Jetta TDI for review yet. Sounds like your...

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Daily Podcast: The Power of No

07 Feb 2008 12:08:03 PST

Written by Robert Farago
One of the nice things about having a tightly-focused brand-- complete with an explanatory tagline-- is that you know when to say "no." Pontiac: We Build Excitement. Minivan? No. Crappy coupe. Uh-uh. Mercedes: Engineered Like No Other Car in the World. Cheap shit downmarket decontented seda...

Original story at The Truth About Cars .

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Podcast: GM's Suicidal Robot

11 Feb 2007 21:00:00 PST

Volkswagen shows off its new clean diesels at a recent summit, but is California already making the emission requirements even more difficult to meet? Did GM go too far with its suicidal-robot Super Bowl ad? Why are some groups very upset? In what we at Cruise Control Radio would call the b...

Original story at BusinessWeek .

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Podcast: BMW Has Hydrogen for Rent

18 Sep 2006 21:00:00 PDT

BMW reveals plans for its new multifuel vehicle you can rent. Mitsubishi brings on the new products, and this time it's the soon-to-be-released Outlander; Moe Durand is the guest of co-hosts Fred Staab and Les Jackson and he will have the details. Does Nissan have a plan for stopping DWI? Ca...

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