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Volkswagen People's Car Concept Hovers its Way into Virtual Reality

Written By Ishimaru Kaito on Rabu, 09 Mei 2012 | 13.59

Following the release of a few photos of the concepts designed under the Volkswagen brand's ongoing 'People’s Car Project' initiative in China, the German company brought to life one of these studies with the help of CGI (Computer-Generated Imagery).

The prototype that Volkswagen chose to exhibit in the video is the Hover Car, which is a concept for a two-seater, circular shaped vehicle that uses electromagnetic levitation to float just above the regular road network.

Jump past the break to see the VW Hover Car concept in action.

Written By Ishimaru Kaito on Selasa, 08 Mei 2012 | 17.27

The Volkswagen brand has done it again breaking its own record for the longest distanced travelled on a single tank of fuel, this time with the U.S. built 2012 Passat TDI SE sedan equipped with a six-speed manual gearbox.

John and Helen Taylor managed to drive the diesel-powered Passat for an impressive 1626.1 miles (2,617 kilometers) through nine states on one tank of fuel improving the previous record held by a VW Passat 1.6 BlueMotion diesel (1526.6 miles) in Europe by 99.5 miles (160.1 kilometers).

Written By Ishimaru Kaito on Senin, 07 Mei 2012 | 15.56

Two more crossover models could soon join the ranks of the compact Tiguan and the mid-size Touareg in Volkswagen's lineup, according to a report from German business publication, Handelsblatt.

Citing unnamed company sources, the newspaper wrote that a subcompact crossover built on the underpinnings of the Polo, which would potentially go up against the Nissan Juke and Opel Mokka, as well as an even smaller model based on the Up! city car, are "certain".

At some point or another, most German automakers have advertised the fact that their vehicles' doors close with a solid "thump" as a sign of quality engineering – which through the years may or may not be accompanied by numerous other sounds such as falling windows, but that is another story.

Volkswagen is the latest company to promote this aspect through a humorous commercial for its Jetta compact sedan in the States.

The German carmaker also released a separate ad to highlight the U.S.-made 2012 Passat's safety ratings from the IIHS, called 'Crash' featuring a young man who just smashed his father's car. You can watch both ads in the videos after the break.

Written By Ishimaru Kaito on Jumat, 04 Mei 2012 | 07.14

A little over two years after the introduction of the Amarok and the start of production at Volkswagen Group's manufacturing Pacheco plant in Argentina, the automaker announced that the midsize pickup is also to be produced at the brand's factory in Hanover, Germany.

Volkswagen said it plans to manufacture around 40,000 Amarok trucks a year for customers in Eastern and Western Europe as well as Africa. The company noted that production in Argentina will continue but in the future, it will focus on deliveries to Latin America and South America.

Written By Ishimaru Kaito on Kamis, 03 Mei 2012 | 10.37

The ascent of electric vehicles has posed the question of how they will be charged as each automaker had developed its own technique, but that is the equivalent of having different fuel ports on gasoline-powered models.

One of the answers to this question comes from eight major automakers from the United States and Germany that have agreed upon a common fast-charging technology for use on electric vehicles in Europe and the United States.

Written By Ishimaru Kaito on Rabu, 02 Mei 2012 | 22.42

I noticed there are 2 clocks. On the far right and in the center of the dash

That's the interior light.. this car was made before electric lights in the ceiling were standard equipment

Great ashtray

interesting trailer

interesting paint scheme

optional or aftermarket gas tank. Not very common, but very cool

very cool clock and radio

no idea why this is on a bug... but I don't see these very often

Not very good gas mileage for a brand new car. Interesting take on the original looks of the beetle

for a couple galleries of last years show http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/05/cool-all-vw-spring-festival-at-bob.html

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/05/bugs-things-and-notchbacks-at-bob.html these aren't all the coverage, but if you want to see all of last years, you'll be the first to ask for that, no one else has. So until I get a request I'm not going to track them all down and tag them

For another gallery from another blogger, check out http://blog.greenlaker.com/2012/05/bob-baker-vw-show.html !