Volkswagen has taken great pains to let everybody know that the new Beetle is unlike any one that has preceded it. This was illustrated by the Black Turbo Launch Edition model that led the car’s introduction into the United States market. The Black Turbo is the meanest – and therefore coolest – Beetle we’ve seen [...]
Resale value is an important consideration when purchasing a new car. It impacts lease rates, insurance and other factors in the equation. Manufacturers also focus on things like reliability and reduced fleet sales when wanting to bring up their scores. Less often focused on is how design impacts resale. For years flashy design was mostly [...]
For Volkswagen the Paris Motor Show is all about the redesigned seventh-generation Golf. As always it will have many different variants – one of them being the 2014 Volkswagen Golf BlueMotion. Billed as a “concept” (like the GTI), it is harbinger of the production model to come next year. We’ll start with the headline figure. [...]
The 2014 Volkswagen Golf has launched at the Paris Motor Show, being the seventh iteration of the VW brand’s bread and butter vehicle. While not visually a huge move forward, underneath the car switches to VW’s MQB platform, dropping 220 pounds in the process. Along with the standard car VW is showing off the GTI [...]
Say hello to Volkswagen Golf VII, the seventh generation iteration of VW’s iconic hatchback. When a new Golf comes around, it is kind of a big deal. That’s because the Golf is VW’s bread-and-butter car in most markets around the world – the United States being a notable exception. It was introduced in 1974, and [...]
Sometimes, enough is enough. The Volkswagen Group has more brands than anyone else in the automotive industry today. Recent acquisitions were completed for Ducati, Scania and Porsche. That is an addition to Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Seat, Skoda and Volkswagen. Sound familiar? It reminds us of General Motors at the height of its dominance. There’s [...]
A few years back, Volkswagen decided to change directions. Instead of being priced higher than the competition, with an emphasis on engineering and design, VW would chase the mainstream. That meant a focus on North American buying tastes, rather than a “one size fits all” approach. Interestingly enough, this is the opposite of what the [...]
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Top 5 Euro Cars All Americans Would Kill For
There are, believe it or not, advantages to living in Europe. Sure, everyone speaks a funny language (including the English, some would have you believe) and the economy appears to be spiraling into a giant plug hole somewhere in the Mediterranean, but at least we get to gloat over the U.S. when it comes to [...]