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  • VW US: Volkswagen Launches Digital Business Strategy with the Complete Redesign of VW.COM



    HERNDON, Va., October 25, 2010 — Volkswagen of America, Inc. today announced the launch of its completely redesigned website www.vw.com. Part of the brand’s global Digital Business Strategy, the United States is the first market in which the enhanced site debuts. As Volkswagen responds to the increasingly important role that the online universe is playing in car purchasing decisions, the site includes resources around enhancing the user experience both in driving and ownership. ...
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  • Australian specification Jetta 2012MY revealed in Munich

    Australian specification Jetta 2012MY revealed in Munich

    The all new sixth generation Jetta is nearly already upon us. As you can see from the pictures the newly released Euro spec Jetta differs from the North American spec Jetta by having: -Clear head light indicators. -Euro spec instrument cluster. -Rear bumper with revised warning reflectors and black lower half. -Interior has softer plastics. -Multi link rear suspension -Euro spec engines. Jetta VI will likely launch late next year with basically the same engine range as the curren...
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  • Volkswagen Cabriolets the Second Coming

    Volkswagen Cabriolets the Second Coming


    Beetle Cabriolet Volkswagen is known for its Cabriolets, the Karmann GmbH produced Beetle, Karmann Ghia, Golf and New Beetle Cabriolets have been bestsellers in their respective classes. Combined these sales are over the 1 million unit mark. The wind in hair experience, the design and expertise have made these Cabriolets icons in their own right. Volkswagen will be returning to these roots with 3 new Cabriolets within the next 4 years. First off next Autumn, Volkswagen will reveal...
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  • Skoda concept car

    Skoda concept car

    The Skoda car company doesn’t introduce a concept car very often, and when it does, it's mostly a pre-production model; and nearly all of them go into the production. However, the most significant concept car didn’t make it to production, and probably never will.

    I’m talking about the Joyster.

    The Joyster was introduced at the Paris Motor Show in 2006, and after its premiere gained great popularity. The concept Joyster was based on versions of the Roomster, which at th...
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  • Defensive Driver Training

    Defensive Driver Training

    Road safety is always a hot topic in the news, particularly in relation to the training of young drivers. Driver Dynamics is Victoria's most experienced driver training school and this summer they are taking their expertise on the road to embark on the largest driver training campaign ever undertaken in the country! Over the summer months, the Driver Dynamics team are offering a comprehensive defensive driver training course for only $99 (normally $280), plus the courses will be available in 11 key r...
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  • Greetings Everyone

    Greetings Everyone

    Many of you already know me from the forum as Transporter but you probably don't know that I'm also VWWatercooled news correspondent. A bit about me, I completed trade school in 1981 as a diesel mechanic and have been around cars and trucks since. Today, I run my own business MRL Automotive (established in 1994), specialising in servicing and repairs. I like cars, everything mechanical and enjoy reading technical articles about automotive technology. In 2004 I bought my first Volkswagen....
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  • News, Current Events and More!

    News, Current Events and More!

    As VWWatercooled continues to grow some new and exciting things are coming.

    One of our new initiatives is a new page to provide coverage on a range of Volkswagen and related news. Our new news correspondent will shortly be posting the first of what I hope will be many interesting articles!

    If you think you have an epic build or have done something super fantastic? Maybe your story can be here on the front page of VWWatercooled for the world to see. If your in...
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  • Fleet Study in Electric Mobility
    by phaeton


    Consistent use of renewable energy for electric mobility

    German alliance is to research sustainable use of E-cars until 2012
    Volkswagen supplies the innovative hardware in the Golf Variant twïnDRIVE
    Wolfsburg / Berlin, 28 June 2011 - Today, Volkswagen – in cooperation with 6 project partners and the German Ministry of the Environment – is presenting the current status of the “Fleet study in electric mobility” that was initiated in July 2008. The p...
    29-06-2011, 05:08 PM
  • Volkswagen given the green light for two plants in China
    by phaeton
    Chinese government approves plans for Foshan and Yizheng
    Planned annual capacity of 300,000 vehicles for each plant
    Wolfsburg/Berlin, 28 June 2011 - As planned, the Volkswagen Group can build two further automobile plants in China, continuing its long-term growth strategy in the world's largest market for passenger cars. During the German-Chinese government consultations in Berlin, final approval was granted today for the plants to be built at Foshan and Yizheng. Prof. Dr. Martin Wint...
    29-06-2011, 05:06 PM
  • Success for Volkswagen´s Dakar hotshots, bad luck for Golf24 trio
    by phaeton


    Volkswagen Motorsport Director Kris Nissen’s crew experienced an almost equal measure of success and disappointment at the 39th 24-Hour Race at the Nürburgring. The two blue biogas Scirocco GT24-CNG cars repeated last year’s success by coming first and second in their category. In addition to winning in their category, the three Dakar Rally winners Carlos Sainz, Nasser Al-Attiyah and Giniel de Villiers and the touring car legend Klaus Niedzwiedz also finished in a good 27th...
    27-06-2011, 05:32 PM
  • Driving without a Driver – Volkswagen presents the “Temporary Auto Pilot”
    by phaeton


    Prof. Dr. Jürgen Leohold: “An important milestone on the path towards fully automatic and accident-free driving.” Wolfsburg/Borås, 23 June 2011 - At the final presentation of the EU research project HAVEit (Highly Automated Vehicles for Intelligent Transport), Prof. Dr. Jürgen Leohold, Executive Director Volkswagen Group Research, has presented the “Temporary Auto Pilot” by Volkswagen: Monitored by the driver, the car can drive semi-automatically up to a speed of 130 kilo...
    24-06-2011, 05:59 PM
  • Rainer Zietlow Embarks on “TDI-Panamericana Endurance Challenge” in Volkswagen Touareg TDI Clean Diesel SUV
    by phaeton


    Endurance Challenge Team Tackles World’s Longest Road in Celebration of the Pan-American Highway’s 75th Anniversary, Demonstrates Power and Durability of Clean Diesel Technology Ushuaia, Argentina / Herndon, Va. – June 23, 2011 – Renowned adventurer and off-road driver Rainer Zietlow and his team today announced they will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the legendary Pan-American Highway with the ultimate endurance challenge. They will embark on a fast, two-week drive from ...
    24-06-2011, 05:55 PM
  • Volkswagen opts for renewable energy in Brazil
    by phaeton
    Two hydropower plants to cover 40 percent of power demand Wolfsburg, 24 June 2011 - Volkswagen do Brasil is investing 120 million euros in the construction of two hydropower plants. The two plants will have a total rating of 48.3 megawatts and will supply almost 40 percent of the electric power required by the company. Volkswagen is the first automaker in Brazil to invest in the generation of clean power from renewable sources. One of the two power plants has already been in operation since...
    24-06-2011, 05:53 PM
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