November 2010 Blog Posts (4)

Meet my 1975 Mexican Vocho

Hello, I just joined. Glad to be here.

About my Bug. I call it Vocho because it's a Mexican Beetle. As a young man I loved these cars, and always wanted one before I started driving. Funny how I didn't buy one when I bought my first car. Instead I bought a 73 Vega GT. Why, why, why? Anyway as the years went by, and the Bug was no longer sold in the US, I forgot all about it, but from time to time I considered buying one in Mexico and bringing it over somehow.

Well My…

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Added by Fernando P Martinez on November 23, 2010 at 12:05 — 5 Comments

Road Trip - Day of the Volkswagen 2010

A few months ago I decided I wasn't going to miss another DOVW as I had only heard good things. The time approached rapidly, and before I knew it, it was 6:45am on Friday the 19th of November and I was being picked up by Steve Muller in the Kombi Rescue T5. After fuelling at the servo up the road and catching up with Ian and Adrian in the just completed Marcia June splitty panel, we headed off.

The Marcia June bus was a great looking rat style splitty panel and had just…

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Added by Ash on November 22, 2010 at 19:30 — 5 Comments

Zero-Emissions Golf Blue-E-Motion To Arrive On The Global Market In 2014

Golf blue-e-motion to be driven by E-motor with maximum power of 85 kW

With the Golf blue-e-motion the purely electrically powered version of the most successful European car ever built – Volkswagen is forging new ties to the era of electric mobility. The five-door and five-seat version of the concept car is silently driven by an electric motor integrated in the front engine compartment with a maximum power of 85 kW and a continuous power output of 50 kW. Like all electric… Continue

Added by VW News on November 11, 2010 at 7:15 — 2 Comments

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Range Now Also Includes The Transporter Single Cab

The Volkswagen Transporter is now also available as a Single Cab, offering transportation solutions for large volume and heavy loads as well as versatility for a broad range of business needs.

This new addition to the Transporter range comes as a long wheel base 2.0 TDI 103kW 6-speed manual and can be optioned with Volkswagen’s new generation 7-speed DSG gearbox.

When you rely on transportation, you make sure…

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Added by VW News on November 2, 2010 at 9:03 — No Comments