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KBB's 10 Most Affordable SUV's - Compare Your Favorite

KBB's 10 Most Affordable SUV's - Compare Your Favorite

May 28, 2014 Photos(1) CLOSE IRVINE, Calif., May 28, 2014 -- Whether car shoppers are looking for an all-new family hauler, a means of navigating through inclement weather, or cargo space not found in smaller vehicles, an SUV is often the answer. And no matter what shoppers seek, chances are they also are in search of ... Continue reading

Vokkswagen Unveils First Details of the Al New Passat

Vokkswagen Unveils First Details of the Al New Passat

Volkswagen has revealed the first technical details of the all-new Passat Saloon and Estate, ahead of the cars’ unveiling in July and their public premiere at the Paris Motor Show in October. The eighth-generation Passat will bring with it a range of new technologies and features, to ensure that even after 41 year ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Hands Over 3.25 million vehicles in four months / +6.4 per cent*

Volkswagen Hands Over 3.25 million vehicles in four months / +6.4 per cent*

848,500 units delivered in April / +8.2 per cent* ► Group Board Member for Sales Christian Klingler: “Pleasing start to second quarter. Global market conditions presenting mixed picture.” Wolfsburg--May 19, 2014: The Volkswagen Group delivered 3.25 (January-April 2013: 3.05; +6.4 per cent)* million vehi ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Golf Wins Best Small Family Car Award

Volkswagen Golf Wins Best Small Family Car Award

The Volkswagen Golf has added once more to its trophy cabinet, claiming not only the HonestJohn.co.uk Small Family Car award for the second year running, but also the overall Car of the Year accolade for 2014. The awards were presented earlier this evening at an event in London. Commenting on the award, editor of Hones ... Continue reading

The first worldwide Volkswagen Design Contest has been launched

The first worldwide Volkswagen Design Contest has been launched

Start of the first worldwide Volkswagen Design Contest for students ► Task: to design an exciting concept car for a video game Wolfsburg, May 13, 2014: The first worldwide Volkswagen Design Contest has been launched, with the manufacturer seeking young design talent to submit concepts for an exciting car and scen ... Continue reading

VW Golf History

VW Golf History

In May 1974 the Volkswagen Golf first met its public. It was a bold successor to the Beetle – the original ‘people’s car’ – and forty years on, with more than 30 million produced, the second people’s car is still top of the sales charts. A new book, The Volkswagen Golf Story: 40 years of t ... Continue reading

Heels On Wheels: 2014 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Review +VIDEO

Heels On Wheels: 2014 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Review +VIDEO

HEELS ON WHEELS By Katrina Ramser San Francisco Bureau The Auto Channel INTRO TO THE JETTA VEHICLE The 2014 Volkswagen Jetta regains lost following by focusing on what it the brand has always done does best: provide drivers with sporty German engineering. That means powertrain choices; such as a new turbocharged four-c ... Continue reading

The 10 Top Selling Cars in the World

The 10 Top Selling Cars in the World

At the end of the first quarter of 2014, the Toyota Corolla was the best-selling car in the world. That is not exactly earth-shattering news because the Corolla has been the best-selling car for years. Toyota sold 276,766 Corollas in the first quarter, down 1.5 percent from the 280,969 the company sold in the same peri ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Breaks Records: January to April: 4.6 percent increase to 1.99 million units

Volkswagen Breaks Records: January to April: 4.6 percent increase to 1.99 million units

513,400 vehicles delivered in April / +6.8 percent Wolfsburg, May 12, 2014: The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand delivered almost two million vehicles for the first time in the first four months of a year. 1.99 (January-April 2013: 1.91) million vehicles were handed over to customers in the period to April, representing ... Continue reading

April 2014 Volkswagen Delivers Almost Two Million Vehicles

April 2014 Volkswagen Delivers Almost Two Million Vehicles

New record: Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand delivers almost two million vehicles in period to April The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand delivered almost two million vehicles for the first time in the first four months of a year. 1.99 (January-April 2013: 1.91) million vehicles were handed over to customers in the perio ... Continue reading

1988 VW Golf 1.8 GTI Convertible to be a Help for Heroes

1988 VW Golf 1.8 GTI Convertible to be a Help for Heroes

A 1988 VW Golf 1.8 GTI Convertible is to be sold at BCA Blackbushe on Monday 12 May with all the proceeds going to Help for Heroes. The car has been donated by the lady owner who has owned it since 1990 and BCA is waiving all fees to ensure the car makes the most possible money when it is sold. The ‘F’ plate ... Continue reading

WAJ, Jeep, BMW, Kia, VW, and Buick In This Month's Letter From Europe

WAJ, Jeep, BMW, Kia, VW, and Buick In This Month's Letter From Europe

From Andrew Frankl European Bureau Chief The Auto Channel Life has been somewhat hectic of late. The WAJ (Western Auto Journalists) test days in Monterey are always huge fun and lots of driving as you would expect. Star of the show for me was KIA’s K900. You could call it Grand Theft Auto because it really is a co ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Sustainability Report 2013

Volkswagen Sustainability Report 2013

Winterkorn and Osterloh present interim assessment of the economic, environmental and social responsibility of the Group Wolfsburg, May 7, 2014: The Volkswagen Group continues to make significant progress on the way to becoming the world’s most environmentally compatible automaker. This is documented by the new su ... Continue reading

UK customers can place their orders for the new Volkswagen Golf SV

UK customers can place their orders for the new Volkswagen Golf SV

From today, 7 May, UK customers can place their orders for the new Volkswagen Golf SV, which packs in all the advanced technology of the award-winning Golf hatchback range, but in a larger, even more practical body. Prices start at £18,875 (OTR RRP) and first UK deliveries are expected on 22 July. The Golf SV is the ... Continue reading

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