National Post: 2014 Volkswagen Golf GTD is the peanut butter cup of hot hatches

Posted on June 17, 2013 by VWNJB

First Drive: 2014 Volkswagen Golf GTD
By John LeBlanc

TERGENSEE, GERMANY – In the basement of his Hershey, Penn., home in 1928, candymaker H. B. Reese got the crazy idea of putting together two different confections — chocolate and peanut butter — into one candy. Lo and behold, Reese’s peanut butter cup was born. Fast forward more than a half century later to the German town of Wolfsburg, where the engineers at Volkswagen came up with a similarly dichotic concoction — the Golf GTD — a blending of diesel engine frugality with fun-to-drive Golf GTI parts. Continue reading →

Free Touareg Parking

Posted on April 26, 2013 by VWNJB

Today, the Touareg is taking free parking to a whole new level. If you’re in the Queen and Soho area of Toronto this afternoon, come check it out!

Volkswagen debuts the iBeetle at the Shanghai Auto Show

Posted on April 24, 2013 by VWNJB

The iBeetle is first Volkswagen with newly developed docking station and a special iPhone® application

Wolfsburg / Shanghai – Two iconic products will form an alliance later this year: the iPhone from Apple, and the Beetle from Volkswagen. The iPhone will interface with the Beetle and Beetle Convertible via a specially developed app and a docking station. The iBeetle is the first model line from the Volkswagen Group in which the iPhone will become an integrated component. Volkswagen offers two different ways to acquire the innovative interface between iPhone and Beetle: as an app or as a standard feature of the new iBeetle and iBeetle Convertible. Both special models will be launched at the beginning of 2014. The app, docking station and iBeetle will make their world debut at the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show (20th to 29th of April). Continue reading →

Golf 7: World Car of the Year

Posted on April 5, 2013 by VWNJB

By Jamie Vondruska, VWVortex

Europe’s best-selling car also a big success globally
Four overall titles in five years: Volkswagen model again voted world’s best car

Wolfsburg, 28 March 2013 – The new Golf just keeps on winning: an international expert jury today named the bestseller from Wolfsburg ‘World Car of the Year 2013’. The globally sought-after prize was awarded at the New York International Auto Show. The ‘World Car of the Year’ title is a further milestone in the growing list of awards for the Golf. Continue reading →

Volkswagen Wins 2013 WRC Rally Mexico

Posted on March 11, 2013 by VWNJB

Victory in Mexico – Volkswagen and Ogier in a league of their own

By: Jamie Vondruska

16 stage wins and a lead of three and a half minutes: Sébastien Ogier (F), at the wheel of the Volkswagen Polo R WRC, won the third round of the 2013 FIA World Rally Championship (WRC). Altitude, heat, hundreds of thousands of fans – alongside co-driver Julien Ingrassia (F), Ogier dominated the Rally Mexico from start to finish to claim his second win of the season, following the duo’s success at the Rally Sweden. The Volkswagen pairing won all but seven of the 23 special stages and demonstrated remarkably consistent speed: thanks in no small part to the Ogier factor, the number 8 Polo R WRC was among the fastest four cars on every stage. The icing on the cake was Ogier’s victory on the Power Stage, which earned him a further three points towards the World Rally Championship. Continue reading →

2014 Volkswagen Golf Wagon Photos

Posted on March 4, 2013 by VWNJB

Written by: Edward A. Sanchez, MotorTrend

As is often the case with highly-anticipated vehicles before a major reveal, some outlets simply can’t contain themselves and abide by embargo agreements. We’ve had these photos for a while, but were prepared to abide by Volkswagen’s agreed-to embargo time. But once the pics are out on the interwebs, it’s free game, so with that being the case, here are the official photos of the 2014 Volkswagen Golf Wagon or “Variant” in Euro-speak. Continue reading →

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