October 19th, 2009 
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Filed under: Europe , Marketing/Advertising , Videos , Volkswagen VW Fun Theory Part 3, Bottle Bank Arcade — Click above to watch video VW’s Fun Theory project, with its European ad agency DDB, takes on a third task to show that you can get more people to do the right thing if you make it fun. This time it’s bottle recycling, and the tool used is a bin fitted… Read the rest
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Filed under: Etc. , Government/Legal , Safety , UAW/Unions It’s hard to believe, but cab drivers in New York City are prohibited by law from talking on cell phones, with or without headsets. That doesn’t seem to stop them, says the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission. Citing phone-related accident statistics, the commission is now proposing more stringent rules that would raise fines and even keep cabbies from using hands-free… Read the rest
Posted in Car News Tags: cabbie, cellular phone, cellular phones, cellularphone, ford, gone in 60 seconds, gonein60seconds, marketing, mobile phone, mobilephone, new york city, newyorkcity, nyc taxi, taxi, volkswagen No Comments » October 15th, 2009 admin 
Filed under: Concept Cars , SEMA Show , Convertible , Coupe , Performance , SUV , Truck , Chrysler , Dodge , Jeep , Off-Road Jeep Wrangler “Lower Forty” - Click above for high-res image gallery of all Mopar SEMA concepts The performance-partsgasm that is Las Vegas’ SEMA Show may be down on fuel this year because of the state of the economy, but that isn’t stopping the Chrysler… Read the rest
Posted in Car News Tags: dodgeram, harley davidson, jeep wrangler, kicker car stereo, kickercarstereo, lasvegas, sema 2009, volkswagen, volkswagengolf No Comments » October 15th, 2009 admin 
Filed under: Budget , Hatchback , Volkswagen , First Drive , Diesel 2010 Volkswagen Golf - Click above for high-res image gallery Outside of North America, the Golf has been Volkswagen’s bread and butter model for more than three decades, making the diminutive hatch one of the best selling global vehicles since its mid-70s launch as the Beetle’s successor. But in the States, it’s a totally different story. Except… Read the rest
Posted in Car News Tags: 2010 vw golf, 2010volkswagengolf, 2010vwgolf, firstdrive, harley davidson, nissan370z, volkswagen, volkswagengolf No Comments » October 12th, 2009 admin 
Filed under: Budget , Hatchback , Volkswagen 2009 Volkswagen New Beetle - Click above for high-res image gallery The ” New Beetle ” was a smash hit when it debuted in 1998, and the cutesy little Bug immediately jumped to sales of 83,434 the next year. Over the next 10 years, however, Volkswagen left the spiritual successor to the original Beetle out to dry, and sales have steadily dropped… Read the rest
October 8th, 2009 admin 
Filed under: Volkswagen While we were chatting with VW of America CEO Stefan Jacoby in Wolfsburg, Germany, the subject of its new ‘Merican-built car came up. The so-called NMS or New Midsize Sedan will replace the Passat in the US VW lineup. This model will be unique to the North American market, which brought up a question about the last “Americanized” VW. For those not old enough to remember,… Read the rest
October 6th, 2009 admin 
Filed under: Budget , Europe , Marketing/Advertising , Videos , Hatchback , Volkswagen Volkswagen Polo Commercial - click above image to watch the video A few months ago, we found ourselves aimlessly and fortuitously wandering around the nether regions of a Los Angeles based press fleet’s deep storage unit. Total “no cameras” zone. We stumbled in deeper and deeper, past the A8s used for Transporter 3 , past the… Read the rest
Posted in Car News Tags: back to the future, backtothefuture, buick roadmaster, buickroadmaster, grease, grease movie, greasemovie, polo, veedub, volkswagen, volkswagen polo, volkswagenpolo, vw polo, vwpolo No Comments » September 22nd, 2009 admin 
Filed under: Hatchback , Volkswagen , Alternative Fuel Volkswagen E-Up! Concept - Click above for high-res image gallery After showing off the E-Up! at the Frankfurt Motor Show last week and declaring it the Beetle of the 21st Century, VW is promising to have the tiny EV into small scale production in Europe by 2013. However, the people’s automaker isn’t convinced such a small car would be accepted in… Read the rest
September 20th, 2009 admin 
Filed under: Suzuki , Volkswagen , Earnings/Financials , Rumormill The rumors keep coming. Just last month , we reported that Volkswagen AG was interested in a small slice of Suzuki Motors . Now, the German industry publication Automobilwoche is reiterating the same news. Apparently, a Suzuki executive at the Frankfurt Motor Show mentioned that an agreement between the two automakers would be in place by the end of the… Read the rest
Posted in Car News Tags: buying, merger, partnership, shares, suzuki, suzuki motors, suzukimotors, talks, volkswagen, volkswagen ag, volkswagenag No Comments » September 20th, 2009 admin 
Filed under: Videos , Hatchback , Ford , Celebrities , Alternative Fuel Drew Barrymore takes the wheel in Jay Leno’s Green Car Challenge - Click above to watch the video Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that NBC, apparently incapable of producing compelling scripted television not named The Office or 30 Rock , has nuked its entire 10 PM primetime lineup (and effectively thrown Conan O’Brien’s… Read the rest
