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New Car for the Family Millennials - An Experience of a Lifetime

New Car for the Family Millennials - An Experience of a Lifetime

By Larry Nutson Senior Editor, New York Bureau The Auto Channel Good news! Daughter No. 1, now post-university, living in Chicago, and married for just over a year, has been offered a new job. We’re all excited for her. After a few conversations about the new job, exiting her former employer, and transitioning to ... Continue reading

Hey Mac What' Up? - "Car Wars" Erupt In All Segments

Hey Mac What' Up? - "Car Wars" Erupt In All Segments

By Mac Gordon Editor-At-Large The Auto Channel In their anxiety to become competitive in every segment of the market, automakers like Toyota and Chevrolet are adding nameplates like there's no tomorrow in this business. This fling in metastasizing has drawn praise from dealers burned by Volkswagen's Beetle and Golf suc ... Continue reading

30 Volkswagen Crafter Van Fleet Order For Scottish Council

30 Volkswagen Crafter Van Fleet Order For Scottish Council

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is delighted to be supplying Fife Council with a further order of 30 Crafter vans as part of its vehicle replacement programme. ... Continue reading

2013 Volkswagen Passat TDI SEL Premium Review By Steve Purdy

2013 Volkswagen Passat TDI SEL Premium Review By Steve Purdy

2013 VW PASSAT TDI SEL PREMIUM REVIEW By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Michigan Bureau In our quest to meet stringent government mandated fuel economy standards in the next decade I’m often amazed that we pay so little attention to an obvious contributor to the strategy of reaching those goals – the diesel p ... Continue reading

Geneva Debut For Most Spacious And Fuel-Efficient Golf Estate Ever

Geneva Debut For Most Spacious And Fuel-Efficient Golf Estate Ever

Some 20 years after the first Golf Estate made its debut, the all-new Golf Estate is set to make its first public appearance at the Geneva Motor Show. ... Continue reading

World Premiere in Geneva: Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Presents the e-Co-Motion Concept Vehicle

World Premiere in Geneva: Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Presents the e-Co-Motion Concept Vehicle

Electrically powered city delivery van could transport goods with zero emissions in the future ... Continue reading

"Car of the Year 2013": The New Golf is Europe's Car of the Year

"Car of the Year 2013": The New Golf is Europe's Car of the Year

The new Golf is Europe's "Car of the Year 2013." The renowned international "Car of the Year" Award is deemed one of the most important barometers in the automotive industry. ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Golf Wins 2013 Car Of The Year at Geneva Motor Show +VIDEO

Volkswagen Golf Wins 2013 Car Of The Year at Geneva Motor Show +VIDEO

The Volkswagen Golf has been the clear winner of Car of the Year 2013 award, with 414 points, ahead of Toyota GT-86 (Subaru BRZ), 202 points, and Volvo V40, with 189 points. Golf’s third generation also won CotY trophy in 1992. GENEVA - March 4, 2013: The compact Volkswagen is one of the all-time top sellers in th ... Continue reading

All-New Golf Gti Ready To Rock The Road At Geneva Motor Show

All-New Golf Gti Ready To Rock The Road At Geneva Motor Show

At Volkswagen, the letters 'GTI' have stood for superior dynamic performance for over three decades now. ... Continue reading

2013 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible Rocky Mountain Review By Dan Poler

2013 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible Rocky Mountain Review By Dan Poler

By Dan Poler Rocky Mountain Bureau The Auto Channel Reviewing a convertible in a cold climate in Winter? Mind you, convertibles in general have come a long way from the days of the stereotypical creaky, leaky, freezing machine of old – it’s not that they’re unpleasant in the Winter anymore, but having a ... Continue reading

Hey Mac What's Up? - New-Model Surge Speeds 2014 Rollout

Hey Mac What's Up? - New-Model Surge Speeds 2014 Rollout

from Mac Gordon 02-25-2013 An almost unprecedented mid-model-year product surge is shaping up in 2013, promising to speed up reveals of 2014 models and accelerate leasing ratios to near-record rates. Emerging from the Chicago, Milwaukee and Cleveland auto shows, the industry is pressing dealers to spur early returns of ... Continue reading

New Golf GTD celebrates its world premiere in Geneva

New Golf GTD celebrates its world premiere in Geneva

Sporty long-distance Golf with 135 kW / 184 PS only consumes 4.2 litres of fuel per 100 km Four-cylinder TDI engine of the Golf GTD complies with EU-6 emissions standard Wolfsburg, 21 February 2013 - Extremely fuel efficient, but extremely sporty – it is these attributes that have excited fans of the Golf GTD over ... Continue reading

Launch of the new Beetle Convertible

Launch of the new Beetle Convertible

Open-top driving this spring in the latest generation Beetle Wolfsburg, 22 February 2013 - The new Beetle Convertible has arrived and is available now in Volkswagen dealerships all over Germany. With an updated, fresh design, a wealth of trim options and not least a great value-for-money price the new Beetle Convertibl ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Group meets its targets for fiscal year 2012

Volkswagen Group meets its targets for fiscal year 2012

Increase in operating profit to EUR 11.5 billion (EUR 11.3 billion) Board of Management and Supervisory Board propose higher dividend Prospects for 2013: Given the ongoing crisis in key European markets, the goal for operating profit is to match the prior-year level, sales revenue and vehicle deliveries are to increase ... Continue reading

First Details Of Fast, Frugal And Feisty Volkswagen Golf Gtd

First Details Of Fast, Frugal And Feisty Volkswagen Golf Gtd

Some 30 years after the original model introduced European car drivers to an intoxicating blend of practicality, high performance and abstemiousness, Volkswagen is readying the latest Golf GTD, which is set to make its debut at the Geneva Motor Show next month. ... Continue reading

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