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Volkswagen Magazine
As you read through this edition of Volkswagen Magazine, you’ll be interested to know that a record 150,000 fellow Volkswagen owners are also reading this same issue across this great country of ours.
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Comparison: 2012 Hyundai Sonata GLS vs. 2012 Toyota Camry LE vs. 2012 Volkswagen Passat SE Read more: http://www.motortrend.com
Family Court, Round 1: Mainstream of Consciousness "Here are the sales numbers for the midsize segment through August", said the associate editor Benson Kong as he handed associate editor Nate Martinez and me a sheet of 2011 data. [...] Read full article
2012 Volkswagen Beetle First Impressions
BERLIN, Germany — History isn't something we auto journalists often talk about. Sure, the history of the automobile is fascinating and the reason we are where we are today in the market, but it's the future we look to most often. Well, this week I took a step back in time with Volkswagen, and I'm sure glad I did.
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Preview: 2012 Volkswagen Passat
Chattanooga, Tenn. • This September, a new Passat will arrive at Volkswagen dealerships, one that has grown in size yet shrunk in price — and with a look many VW faithful will have a hard time recognizing. [...] Read full article
Driven: 2011 Volkswagen Jetta 2.5L
The Volkswagen Jetta is a very familiar nameplate in North America, as it’s going on its thirty-first year of production. 2011 saw the release of the sixth iteration of the compact sedan, but this time around they’re playing the game a little bit differently. Volkswagen has a clear goal in mind; they want to become a more prominent player in terms of overall global sales, and part of that strategy includes selling more Jettas in North America. [...] Read full article
2012 VW Passat costs $7,000 less than the 2008 model
That VW has considered this in planning its first North American manufacturing operation since its pioneering but short-lived Westmorland “trans-plant” operation of the 1970s, indicates it’s taking very seriously its goal of selling 800,000-plus units a year in North America by 2018. [...] Read full article
VW’s wicked-weather warrior
Even by Rocky Mountains standards, this was cold: minus 34 at night and minus 28 during the day. Although it brought out the usual “awww, it gets ’way colder than this in Kapuskasing” and “you should try Fort St. John during the winter!” bravado from assembled auto scribes, it was still chilly enough to freeze tears, and you couldn’t remain outside for more than a few minutes at a time.
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2011 Volkswagen Touareg first drive
No SUV has yet been invented that I would ever actually want to own. That said, if somebody pointed a gun at my head and said, "You will own an SUV, or else," there are certainly some that I could live with. [...] Read full article
First Drive: 2011 Volkswagen Touareg
Last Monday night, the temperature in Banff dipped to minus 34 Celsius. Early Tuesday morning, with a hint of surprise in his voice, VW Canada PR Manager, Thomas Tetzlaff, announced to the assembled auto writers that all the 2011 Touaregs that were parked outside overnight, both gas and TDI diesel models, started with no problems, even without block heaters (which apparently are optional).
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Preview: 2011 Volkswagen Touareg
Volkswagen Canada has had a good year. With a 2010 goal of 44,000 sales in sight, it feels confident enough to announce this will be its best sales year since establishing in Canada in 1952. Nice!
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