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Routan an alluring take on Chrysler design

Routan an alluring take on Chrysler design

Well, well, well if you step inside a Routan and feel like you have seen similar features before it is because you may have driven a Chrylser minivan. The two combatants have now become one, as Volkswagen’s new Routan is based on Chrysler’s minivan. The similarities are such that the two are built in the [...]

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Volkswagen bags highest number of IIHS Top Safety Pick Awards

Volkswagen bags highest number of IIHS Top Safety Pick Awards

Volkswagen is the current ruler of the American automotive industry as it has managed to grab nine IIHS Top Safety Pick Awards. The latest and ninth award is received currently by the Routan making Volkswagen the best of all brands. In the annual IIHS crash-test series, front, side and rear crashes are tested so as [...]

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Malaysia will see three new models of Volkswagen

Malaysia will see three new models of Volkswagen

With the recent success Malaysia Volkswagen Group the story is yet to continue with the debut of three new models, namely the Passat, the Jetta as well as the Cross Touran. All the three models made their debut at the extravagant Volkswagen Das Auto Show 2011 that was held in Bukit Jalil in September 2011. [...]

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Golf 1.6 TDI BlueMotion – One of the finest Hatchbacks

Golf 1.6 TDI BlueMotion – One of the finest Hatchbacks

Normally when we talk about eco-friendly cars they are often grim, gloomy things that you suffer as self-punishment for your emissions. In spite of their pumping out less CO2 than their standard brethren they are a head ache. But the new VW Golf 1.6 TDI Bluemotion is none of that. The exterior is pretty stylish, [...]

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Volkswagen on Google+ pages

Volkswagen on Google+ pages

Google has launched Google+ pages which make connecting the web more like connecting to the real world. Each and every person can share their own thoughts, ideas, links and photos using the right circles. And now Volkswagen has got its space on Google+ pages. Google has started Google+ pages especially for business and the German [...]

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2013 VW CC makes its debut at LA Auto Show

2013 VW CC makes its debut at LA Auto Show

It’s been almost four years that the ostentatious four door coupe Volkswagen Passat had been launched and now it’s time for the CC to receive its first mid-life makeover. 2013 Volkswagen CC is all set to make its world debut at the upcoming 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show later this month. The 2013 Volkswagen Passat [...]

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Volkswagen releases Pricing for its power pack 2012 Golf R

Volkswagen releases Pricing for its power pack 2012 Golf R

Volkswagen’s Golf R Cabriolet is a concept car with 270 PS of power and a top speed of 250 km/h which is a mesmerizing thought experiment in cabrio dynamics. This "power cabrio" also demonstrates the inexhaustible potential of the Golf. Volkswagen had recently launched the new Golf Cabriolet, and the technicians of Volkswagen R GmbH [...]

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Volkswagen’s California Beach Van redefines Camper vans

Volkswagen’s California Beach Van redefines Camper vans

Everybody of us must have a dream of relaxing at a beach taking a sunbath but nobody must have ever thought of relaxing at a beach in a stylish Camper van. And that is what Volkswagen’s latest California Beach Van is all about. The California Beach van is radically an ornery between a stream VW [...]

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Volkswagen plans hat-trick of EVs in 2013

Volkswagen plans hat-trick of EVs in 2013

2013 will be Volkswagen’s year as it plans not one but three EVs to make their debut. Initially the German brand was reluctant about the idea of producing electric editions but now it seems that Volkswagen has accepted the electric car concept and is keen on releasing its electric car version. So in the year [...]

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Volkswagen Up!’s five-door variant inveterate for 2012

Volkswagen Up!’s five-door variant inveterate for 2012

The recent Frankfurt motor show was full of Volkswagen’s Up! concept. And now the German brand has confirmed the news of its five door body style Volkswagen Up! concept to make its debut somewhere in the year 2012. The declaration has amazed everybody a little bit after revealing the five-door Cross Up! Concept at last [...]

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