New Porsche Supercar Concept: Bugatti Veyron Styling

Engadget have come across some superb concept drawings over the years, but the latest design by Iranian designer Emil Baddal has to be one of the best yet. The drawing is of a new Porsche Supercar Concept and you can see that there are hints of the Bugatti Veyron in the Styling. Read more

New VW Beetle in 2012: Gets bigger back seats

Back in 1998 VW decided to bring back an icon, what we got was the “New Beetle”. This proved a very popular decision and sales figures went through the roof, but Volkswagen has seen those sales figures steadily drop to almost nothing. Read more

Volkswagen and Porsche Merger: Reasons to Cancel Deal

The proposed Volkswagen (VW) and Porsche merger has been out of the headlines recently, but according to Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, they believe that the deal should be called off, as it is “unacceptable.” They state that the deal cannot guarantee that shareholders will be treated equitably. Read more

Audi A3 and TT Recall: Possible Gasoline Leak

Audi A3 and TT owners may want to contact their local dealers if they drive their vehicles hard. There is a recall notice that is aimed at enthusiastic Audi A3 or TT drivers, which if left could result in a possible fuel leak. Read more

Volkswagen E-Up: Coming to the U.S?

During this years Frankfurt auto show Volkswagen unveiled a concept for their new Volkswagen E-Up! Electric-vehicle, it is thought that VW are also considering releasing a larger version in the United States. Read more

New VW Golf R and Scirocco R on the track: video

On a recent post on AutoBlog a video has been posted showing two of Volkswagen’s new R-line cars, these are the VW Scirocco R and the VW Golf R20, this video can be seen at the end of this post, or you can check out AutoBlog’s article here. Read more

Volkswagen L1 Concept: Frankfurt Auto Show 2009

If you are the sort of person who likes to drive around in the most stylish of cars, you should check out the new Volkswagen L1, which has just been unveiled at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show. Read more

Electric cars at Frankfurt Auto Show

These days at auto shows we are beginning to see more and more electric cars on display, this has also been the case at the Frankfurt auto show, this is no surprise really as cars these days are becoming more and more economical and environmentally friendly. Read more

Volkswagen and Audi Recall Due to Transmission problems

The American arm of Volkswagen along with Audi has issued a recall of 15,000 vehicles. VW are recalling 13,500 vehicles due to transmissions problems and Audi are recalling 2,500 vehicles due to warning lap problems as well as a transmission glitch. Read more

Most Cash for Clunkers Cars Are Foreign Brands

According to an article shown on USAToday, it seems that the recent Cash for Clunkers program has seen a majority of the vehicles that have been sold are from foreign manufacturers. The most popular cars have been the Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, Dodge Caliber and the Toyota Prius hybrid. Read more

Porsche CEO steps down for Volkswagen AG merger

Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking is to step down after being with the automaker for 16 years. The move is so that the merger with Porsche and Volkswagen AG can go ahead. It is not just Wiedeking leaving; Chief Financial Officer Holger Haerter will also have to leave with immediate effect. Read more

Porsche Chief Executive wants to fulfill his contract

Wendelin Wiedeking, Porsche Chief Executive has said that he will continue to fulfill his contract with the German automaker. According to The Wall Street Journal, he is very happy in his role; his contract will run until 2012. Read more

VW’s big order for electric vehicles

Volkswagen are set to concentrate on building new electric vehicles, the first step was to work up a deal worth 10 million Euros with Karmann GmbH to keep the company alive by reorganizing it into a new company. AutoBlog explains that this is according to reports from Neue Osnabruecker Zeitung. Read more

Diesel TDI tops VW Jetta Sportwagen sales

Volkswagen share a different opinion to the major carmakers in the U.S., Chrysler, Ford and general Motors do not believe that there is market for mainstream diesel vehicles, but VW do not believe that this is correct. The German automaker launched its Jetta Sportwagen last fall and sales last month were up 81 percent of those were the diesel variant. Read more

Germany’s state bank rejects Porsche loan request

Porsche has to be doing something wrong, they are one automaker that is profitable and have a huge stake in Volkswagen. The most puzzling thing is, cash is in short supply for the German company and have approached Germany’s state bank for a loan of maker’s 1.75 billion euro ($2.45 billion USD), but the request has been denied. Read more

Volkswagen: Magna / Opel and conflict of interest

What has the world come to, gone are the days when carmakers left each other alone to get on with their own business. Things are more difficult now as most have them have a stake in companies that they also have, take some of Magna’s clients, it seems that they are not happy with its majority stake in Opel, Volkswagen being one of them. Read more

Porsche skirted bankruptcy for 3 days in March

We knew that Porsche (ETR:PAH3) has been having some hard times with its finances just recently, but would any of you believe me if we told you that the troubled German automaker skirted bankruptcy for 3 days in March. The company desperately needs an extra €2.5 billion cash injection. Read more

Chrysler Deals: Local dealers can’t sell new Chryslers

Three local car dealers, Lou Bachrodt Jeep, Strandquist Motor and Belvidere Motors have been told that they are no longer allowed to sell new Chryslers anymore. These are just three of the 789 dealers who have appeared on a list from Chrysler, stooping them from selling their cars. Read more

Volkswagen and Porsche Merger: Deal halted

Europe’s largest carmaker, Volkswagen has halted its deal talks with Porsche, as its smaller peer as well as its major shareholder was not ready to go ahead with the merger just yet. Both Volkswagen and Porsche had planned to meet on Monday, to complete its talks over the merger and for Porsche to increase its stake in VW by 75 percent. Read more

MkVI VW Rabbit and GTI: U.S. in September

If you are a Volkswagen customer in the United States you are well aware that you have been waiting patiently for the all new sixth-generation Rabbit and of course its GTI performance variant, we can now tell you a little more about the long waiting road becoming a little shorter. Read more

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