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VWs Racing in the Rain: Sunless fun at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs
Posted on 19. Oct, 2011 by Jeff.
Ernest Hemingway once said, “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.” The Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) National Championship Runoffs qualify as a sport, but with multiple classes of lightning-fast cars racing for days on end, the Runoffs are definitely not a game. The 2011 [...]
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Stylin’, profilin’: All-new Facebook, all-new Beetle
Posted on 07. Oct, 2011 by Jeff.
If you’re like most people, you’ve probably already logged into Facebook 47 times today and noticed the updated user profile layout. And if you’ve seen the all-new Beetle—which is a distinct possibility, considering that you’re reading the Beetle Blog—then you know that it has an updated profile of its own. We figured that the best [...]
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Man on the run: Dean Karnazes talks Touareg, marathons and eating on the go
Posted on 06. Oct, 2011 by Jeff.
Volkswagens have been known to run forever, so it makes perfect sense that Dean Karnazes drives one. Dean runs marathons as often as most people do laundry (and more often than some—you know who you are). In fact, he once completed 50 marathons in all 50 states in 50 consecutive days. As if that weren’t [...]
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Now money can buy happiness: All-new 2012 Golf R starting under $34,000
Posted on 05. Oct, 2011 by Jeff.
It’s the moment Volkswagen enthusiasts have been waiting for: Volkswagen announced that the all-new 2012 Golf R, available in the US for the first time ever, will have a starting MSRP of $33,990. The 2012 Golf R features the most powerful (and joy-inducing) Golf production engine ever seen in the US. The 2.0-liter turbocharged inline [...]
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Blink and you’ll miss it: Behind the wheel of the 2012 Volkswagen Golf R
Posted on 04. Oct, 2011 by Jeff.
The blur that just passed you as if you were standing still? Oh, that was the 2012 Volkswagen Golf R. We invited Jamie Vondruska, founder of VW Vortex and expert on All Things Volkswagen, to take a spin in one at our recent Full-Line Dynamic Drive event. The 2012 Golf R offers an impressive 256 [...]
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Putting the “room” in “vroom”: Practical fun in the 2012 Volkswagen Jetta GLI
Posted on 04. Oct, 2011 by Jeff.
If you’re like most people, the terms “roomy and practical” don’t exactly call to mind performance-driven fun. The 2012 Volkswagen Jetta GLI might just change your mind. When About.com’s Guide to Cars Aaron Gold took a spin in the all-new Jetta GLI at our recent Full-Line Dynamic Drive event, he was blown away. “I think [...]
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From the man who knows everything: An insider’s view of the 2012 Volkswagen Passat
Posted on 04. Oct, 2011 by Jeff.
At Volkswagen, our product managers are a bit like parents: they know things about our cars that most people don’t, and they say embarrassing things like, “I remember when you were just a CAD design!” But when the production model rolls off the line and into the real world, no one is prouder—and Passat Product [...]
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Pen to pad and pedal to metal: Journalists get a joyride at the Volkswagen Full-Line Dynamic Drive
Posted on 03. Oct, 2011 by Jeff.
Ah, the life of an automotive journalist. The job certainly does have its perks, and being selected to participate in the Volkswagen Full-Line Dynamic Drive is one of them. More than100 lucky journalists were invited to VW’s US headquarters in Herndon, VA for the opportunity of a lifetime: to test drive all the new 2012 [...]
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Beetle fans belong on the (really, really) big screen: Submit your photo to appear on a Times Square Billboard
Posted on 03. Oct, 2011 by Jeff.
We know you like the all-new Volkswagen Beetle, and frankly, we’re flattered. But does everyone know you like it? We can’t think of a better way to get the word out than broadcasting your lovely mug on a large screen in a high-traffic area—say, a billboard in Times Square in New York City. You might [...]
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Seattle to SF on a single tank: A pair of 2012 Passat TDI Clean Diesels make the trip in style
Posted on 29. Sep, 2011 by Jeff.
Fact: everyone hates refueling. That’s why racecar drivers refer to it as “the pits.” [Editor’s note: citation needed.] Matt Welch, owner and general manager of Auburn Volkswagen near Seattle, couldn’t agree more. So when his dealership got one of the first 2012 Volkswagen Passat TDI models to roll off the production line in Chattanooga, he [...]
