“It’s hard being a single dad — especially when your son is a 1971 Volkswagen Beetle,” says the back cover to “How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive,” a new novel by Christopher Boucher (Melville House). However curious the book’s premise, it works a pretty well-plowed surrealist furrow, hailing back to Kafka and Gogol by way of [...]
You may remember the name Franz-Josef Paefgen. Until recently, the German engineer and executive was head of both Bentley and Bugatti. Before that he was chief executive of Audi, after working for several years at Ford. He technically “retired” earlier this year, but like the cars he helped create, an executive like Paefgen could never [...]
While our long-term Jetta TDI covered thousands of miles in August, mostly thanks to a cross-country jaunt with Michael Zak at the controls, things settled down in September as the blue sedan became accustomed to its new California residence. Bounced around between the team, the frugal four-door went to Autoblog’s Director of Photography, Drew Phillips, [...]
Volkwagen has made it clear that the automaker has no plans to dive into NASCAR, but that doesn’t mean that the company is turning its back on American motorsports altogether. According to TheDetroitBureau.com, Wolfgang Durheimer, head of Volkwagen Group motorsports, says his company is currently investigating a number of U.S. competition venues, including the American [...]
This is the all-new Skoda Citigo, and if you’re thinking that it looks rather familiar, that’s because its Volkswagen-badged kin recently debuted at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. That’s right, the long-rumored Skoda version of Volkswagen’s new Up! city car has finally arrived. Buyers will have a choice of two 1.0-liter three-cylinder engines – one [...]
The Volkswagen Group had a whole lot and then more to show off at the Frankfurt Motor Show this year. There were about a dozen vehicles rolled out at the pre-show VW Group evening, and then more once the show opened the following morning. For the Volkswagen brand itself, the new production Up! was the main focus, sharing [...]
Volkswagen has a rich heritage when it comes to camper vans. But while the German automaker may only offer the Chrysler-built Routan in North America, overseas, it tends to that heritage quite closely, and for its latest model, Wolfsburg has partnered with outdoor outfitter Berghaus for the special edition you see here. Spun off the Transporter’s California line (which [...]
Life ain’t easy at the top. And, if you’re Volkswagen, struggling to shove past both Toyota and General Motors on your way to becoming the world’s largest automaker, it’s not cheap, either. Says Martin Winterkorn, CEO of the gigantic conglomerate: The Volkswagen Group is investing a record amount in forward-looking projects to achieve its goal of becoming the [...]
Even though public days for the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show have only just begun, details on the upcoming2012 Detroit Auto Show are already starting to emerge. Volkswagen sources have divulged to Car and Driver that the automaker will unveils its Jetta Hybrid in the Motor City and sell it to U.S. buyers by the end of 2012. Reports claim [...]
Volkswagen announced earlier this year that it would be entering the World Rally Championship starting in 2013 with the Polo R, and we got our first glimpse of the race car here in Frankfurt. While it’s easy to see the similarities to the road version, the Polo R WRC has been transformed into an all-out rally car [...]
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