Tag archive: Volkswagen

Ford has already confirmed that it is building a sporty version of the Focus hatchback, called the ST (pictured), but engineers in England are brewing something much stronger. A member of Team RS, Ford’s British performance division, told Top Gear that the team is working on a more powerful version, called, appropriately, the RS. The car has not been officially green-lighted, but that hasn’t stopped Team RS from laying out the specifications.… Read More

Cars and football go together like beer and hot dogs, so with the Superbowl XLVI rapidly approaching automakers are spending big money in hopes of getting big reactions from consumers. Since Superbowl commercials have become just as much a part of the experience as the game itself (many people even claim they only watch it for the creative ads) it’s not surprising in the least that companies pull out all the stops come game day. And we mean all… Read More

We already have teasers for events, teasers for games and teasers for new devices, so it makes a degree of perverse sense that we should now have teasers for TV adverts. However, when they're as good as this one, all can be forgiven. The teaser in question comes from Volkswagen, and to understand its cultural importance, you must cast your mind back to the last Superbowl. During one of the game's many ad breaks, VW played a… Read More

We brought you the first photos of the newly-redesigned 2012 Volkswagen Beetle and its special Black Turbo edition over the summer, but now the car is starting to roll into dealerships in its all-new form. The company has moved away from the feminine-leaning smooth round curves and semi-circle design in favor of a longer, leaner, and sportier look. The manlier new look, which was inspired by the iconic car's original design, comes with… Read More

The one bad thing about driving is the driving part. It's just a hassle, really. While hurtling a 4,000-pound contraption down the road at deadly speeds, sometimes you just want to do something else with your hands, you know? Maybe eat a Big Mac, or catch up on your summer reading*. Fortunately, Volkswagen has a solution: “Temporary Auto Pilot” (TAP) technology. Volkswagen's newly announced TAP system allows drivers to… Read More

What do pizza, hot dogs and burritos have in common with Volkswagen’s 2012 Passat? They’re foreign products that Americans have — depending on your perspective — either perfected or perverted. For 2012, Volkswagen gave up on pushing the German-built Passat on American roads, totally re-engineering it for the lucrative midsize sedan market here. While Volkswagen purists may scoff at the idea of a Passat tailored to American tastes… Read More

Yesterday, at the International Auto Show in New York, Volkswagen unveiled its newest version of the Beetle. Only the second redesign in the brand's 70-some year history, the 2012 Beetle retains many of the hallmarks of the brand, but with wide-rimmed wheels and a flatter top, it has a decidedly more masculine look than the 1998 redesign that brought the Beetle back into the mainstream. If you like the design, it's worth noting that… Read More

The Volkswagen Type 2 is one of the most recognizable vehicles of the 1960s, known in America as the Microbus and in Germany as the Bulli. A press release reveals that the latter moniker is the one VW is adopting for its new line of vehicles inspired by a 2001 concept Microbus design that never went into production. While the basic shape pay homage to the classic Type 2, the Bulli does away with the older model's nine-passenger seating,… Read More