Volkswagen will participate with three 450-hp Golf24 cars in one of the most grueling endurance races in the world, the famed 24 hours of Nurburgring that will take place this weekend at the renowned German circuit. The event, in which more than 200 contenders will participate, coincides with the 35fth anniversary of the Golf GTI [...]
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VW Releases Mega Gallery of the New Golf Cabriolet
May 3rd, 2011 
Michael Following its Geneva show world premiere in March, Volkswagen has now released a comprehensive photo gallery of its new Golf Cabriolet. Featuring a fully automatic soft top that retracts in 9 seconds and up to speeds of 30 km/h (18.6 mph), the Golf Cabriolet continues the tradition of its three predecessors, produced between 1979 and [...]
2011 Chicago Auto Show: 2012 Volkswagen Jetta GLI
February 9th, 2011 Michael The built-for-North America 2011 Volkswagen Jetta has disappointed some, but the GLI should cure most of what ails it. Replacing the budget torsion-beam rear suspension with a proper fully independent rear-end setup and adding a range of standard equipment, plus VW’s 200-horsepower, 2.0-liter turbo four-cylinder, the GLI is the Jetta we should have had from [...]
Volkswagen Reveals Teaser For New Midsized Sedan
January 6th, 2011 Michael The Volkswagen NMS, due to replace the current Passat for North America, has been a long time coming. It’s still not here, but VW has just let lose a new teaser ahead of its debut next week at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show. Along with the teaser is a new website VW has launched that [...]
Porsche Cayman, Boxster To Be Built Alongside VW Golf
December 29th, 2010 Michael We already knew the 2012 Porsche Boxster and Cayman would be built in-house at the Volkswagen Osnabrueck plant, bucking the trend of outsourcing construction to contract firms like Valmet or Magna. What we didn’t know is that the next-gen Cayman and Boxster would be built alongside Volkswagen. Golf convertibles, to be precise.
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