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2004 Volkswagen Touareg V6 - Blown By You
When Volkswagen execs first began talk of producing an SUV for an already flooded market, they only had to get past a sea of mediocrity.... more
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2005 Volkswagen Jetta 2.5L - All Grown Up?
With all due respect to the Touareg and Phaeton, and even to the upcoming Golf GTI, Volkswagen's fifth-edition Jetta is the best reason to... more
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1996 Volkswagen Golf VR6
When something in perfectly good working order isn't good enough for you, that's an early warning sign. When you lie awake at night with... more
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2005 Volkswagen Jetta 2.5 - First Look
Telling the readership of european car about the Volkswagen Jetta is a bit like teaching efficiency to the Germans. In the 25 years since... more
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Corbeau Cr1 Reclining Sport Seat - Product Review
Brisk driving stimulates three of the five senses. Visual and auditory cues provide data needed by the tactile sense for input and change... more
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2000 Volkswagen Golf GLS - Wendell Wilkom's Y2K Golf
I was on my way to our local Honda dealership in Hayward, Calif., to buy a new 2000 Civic Si when I noticed a Volkswagen dealer a block... more
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Dunlop SP Sport Maxx - Contact Patch
It's hard to believe all modern car and truck tires can trace their origins back to a day in 1888 when John Boyd Dunlop, a Scottish... more
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2003 Volkswagen Jetta 1.8T - Wagon Trained
Beware the de-badged car. "You've got to be stealth," said Sam Desmarais, his 2003 Jetta wagon, a 331-whp exclamation point in case. "I... more
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Pat Chui's Volkswagen Corrado 1.8T - Obsession
The numbers are dwindling, the species endangered. One day, they'll no longer exist. No, we're not talking about Harpy eagles, but rather... more
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1993 Volkswagen Corrado SLC - Bernd Arndt's Drag Racing Corrado
Drag racing is something I love to do," said Bernd Arndt. "It's fun racing V8s with VWs!" While Arndt makes his living repairing Jaguars,... more
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First Drive: VW TDI's
The chuckle came unbidden and unstoppable. Not the polite noise acknowledging the groaner just told by the salesman seated next to you in... more
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Grand Prix - Volkswagen Phaeton W12
And speaking of cost, we've known people with acres of VWs which are worth less than this 12-cylinder luxo-bahnrenner: $105,705 for VW's... more
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Grand Prix - Volkswagen R32 - Winner
From the opposite end of VW's portfolio, this muscular Golf is everything enthusiasts of the marque desire. Few VWs to have reached the... more
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HPA And New Dimensions Magnum Volkswagen GTI - Strapped
He was a a German Naval officer on the WWII frigate Der Strum, and his name was Kessler. His ship was a fairly unassuming piece, smallish... more
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Jarrod Vigna's 1988 Volkswagen Jetta - Obsession
As Volkswagen enthusiasts, we focus a lot of our time and energy on the cars we love. What we often overlook is the ability of these cars... more
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Wet Works Volkswagen Passat - Tuned
Of all the reasons to start modifying your car, crashing it into a cinder block retaining wall has got to be one of the most creative.... more
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1991 Volkswagen Jetta VR6 - Obsession
European car met Bernd Arndt and his perfect two-door jetta two years ago at the waterwagens show in Olympia, Wash. This is his story, as... more
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Grand Prix 2003: New Beetle Convertible
Over the last seven years, the original New Beetle has morphed into more powerful and luxurious iterations, including the GLX 1.8T, Turbo S... more
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Past Blasts
With some 20 years under its belt and countless tuned transformations, the GTI has finally come to the point where people are actually... more
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First Look: Volkswagen Phaeton
Wolfsburg shows it can build a great automobile, but now comes the hard part--selling it in a market rich with quality luxury cars more
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2000 Golf GTI 1.8T - NGP GTI 1.8T
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Driving Impression: 2001 Passat
Volkswagen's Passat has aged with remarkable grace, progressing from an awkward, compact-sized youngster to a mature player in the mid-size... more
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Fast Company
So you and Dr. Piech, VW's alpha-wolf and one of the most powerful men in the automotive community, go out, have a few beers and talk cars... more
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First Impression: 2002 Volkwagen Passat W8
Who? Dr. techn. h.c. Dipl.-Ing. ETH Ferdinand Piech himself, who else? Volkswagen states it's out to break all the rules in the mid-size... more
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The Haus of Claus
The French seem to have a minister for everything. Should we ever emulate their example here in America, I'd nominate Claus Ettensberger as... more
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