Posts Tagged ‘VW’
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Perhaps you remember the model Corrado, Volkswagen produced in that period 1988-1996. He had time for his exceptional qualities and characteristics, but has not proved particularly successful and achieved only 97 521 sales. Currently no information has appeared that the German corporation intends to revive the Corrado, but it is not prevented by designer Patrick Motsarski Miranda Media to offer his vision for a modern interpretation of the model. By computer imaging shows that Patrick has kept certain lines and styling elements from the original Corrado, but it has given a modern look and the front of the car now resembles that of the revived Scirocco.
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Thursday, February 4th, 2010
Since Volkswagen is planning to present a whole new generation Touareg model at the exhibition in Geneva in March or so in New York in April, but now the Dutch Autoweek edition published low-resolution images of the car, which is in the form of toy. The new Touareg shares a common platform with the next generation of the Porsche Cayenne, which will also be released this year. Moreover, both cars will be offered the same engines and hybrid versions will be using the same technology. Unlike the Cayenne, however, whose sales are scheduled to start early spring, Volkswagen Touareg will appear in the dealers of the company until the second half of this year.
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Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
What Ferrari, Lamborghini and Bugatti? If you want to own a car that would break the patterns of these marks, and not only them, buy it you are one of the Volkswagen Polo in 1977 and go to the German company AME Racing, who knows what to do about it. To understand what this is about, Watch this video, which further elaborated by the Germans Polo, in which they participate in this year’s VW Blasen, managed to go a quarter mile for an incredible 9.398 sec. By that time developed 238 kilometers per hour. From AME Racing Polo is equipped with the old 1.9-liter, 16V engine, whose power is increased to crazy 1 032 h.p. and its maximum torque of 950Nm achieved. The Germans claim that the car is able to accelerate from 0-100 km/h for 2.3 sec and rises above 300 kilometers per hour Please note that as Bugatti Veyron accelerates from 0-100 km/h for 2.5 sec.
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Thursday, December 17th, 2009
The German company Volkswagen is the first to introduce recently become quite advanced LED lights in the compact class model, although for now they are only available in the hot versions of the Golf 6. In the standard equipment of the most powerful modification of the model, Golf R, includes rear LED lights, while the GTI and GTD will be offered as an option against an amount of 350 euros. LED lights for Volkswagen Golf 6 have 48 diodes, as the company said that besides the beautiful appearance and the fact that they require no maintenance, they react with 0.2 sec faster than standard bulbs. From Volkswagen also argue that customers can combine LED rear lights with bi-xenon front headlights, which in Golf R are again included in standard equipment, and in the other two modifications, they cost 1 295 euros.
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Friday, December 11th, 2009
Tiguan Track & Avenue is the newest special edition of the Volkswagen, which appeared in the company’s European dealers. It features an external fine quality materials and improvements in the interior. Special Tiguan comes with two unique colors of the interior – “Oryx White Pearl Effect” and “Island Grey Pearl Effect”, external package that includes 19-inch alloy wheels, increased by 25 centimeters. ground clearance and silvery bark in front bumper and rear diffuser. The car is characterized by a very attractive interior, which is cushioned with high-quality leather Heavy Wax, in color Amaranth, and is equipped with sport seats, Dynaudio sound system and dressed in black leather steering wheel and gear lever. The compact SUV has also received bi-xenon headlights and round fog lamps. Volkswagen Tiguan Track & Avenue is available with a petrol 2.0-liter TSI engine (200 h.p.) and two diesel engines, whose capacities are 140 and 170 h.p. The cost of the special edition model in Germany starts from 38 225 EUR in gasoline modification.
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Monday, December 7th, 2009
Just a few hours before the start of the exhibition in Los Angeles, Volkswagen has revealed a fifth consecutive Concept Up, which is a diesel-electric hybrid and as the company is the most economical four-car in the world. Volkswagen Up Lite is dvuvrat hatchback, hybrid system which consists of cylindric diesel engine, cylinder capacity 800 cub cm and 51 h.p. and power, 10-kW (14 h.p.) electric motor, 7-stage DSG transmission with double clutch, and start / stop system. Hybrid cars can use both their engines simultaneously when quick acceleration is needed, in which case the combined power reaches 65 h.p. According to data from Volkswagen, the latest Up Concept accelerates from 0-100 km/h for 12.5 sec, develops a maximum of 160 kilometers per hour and spends only 2.44l/100km. which means that 20 liters of diesel fuel can be traveled over 800 kilometers. The concept is constructed primarily of aluminum and carbon fiber, but there are steel elements, and the weight is only 695 kilograms. Vehicle dimensions are 3.84 meters length, 1.6 meters width and 1.4 meters height and the distance between the two axes is 2.45 meters. Volkswagen Up Lite is another step towards serial compact car company.
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Thursday, November 26th, 2009
АВТ Sportsline released a long sports program for Volkswagen Golf 6, in the summer and showed a special tuning for the modification Golf GTI, and now complete and submit the other version of the hot – Golf GTD. The car has received exactly the same appearance as the АВТ Golf GTI, which is achieved through stylish bodikit four tip of the exhaust system built into the rear bumper and grayish-black and red rims, whose size can be 18 or 19 inches. The Engine is 2.0-liters of Golf GTD, which is standard with power 70 h.p. and a maximum torque of 350Nm. has received additional 20 h.p. and 40 Nm allowing tuned car can accelerate from 0-100 km/h for 7.1 sec and develop 230 kilometers per hour In comparison with the production model, these indicators are 8.1 sec and 222 kilometers per hour. To ensure stability of the elaboration Volkswagen Golf GTD, АВТ Sportsline’s engineers have equipped it with a new sports suspension, a drop it onto the road to 30 millimeters. The exhaust system is also replaced by a new issuing more sinister sound.
Tags: ABT Sportsline, Golf, Golf GTD, tuning, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Golf 6, VW
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Saturday, November 14th, 2009
According to data from the British edition of Autocar, the German concern VW Group has started developing an entirely new platform on which will be built as 60 models under the brand Volkswagen, Skoda, Seat and Audi. Code name for the new platform is MQB – Modularen QuerBaukasten. It will replace the currently used PQ2, PQ3 and PQ4, such as Head of Department for design and development at VW, Ullrich Hakenberg on its basis will be able to produce vehicles with different wheelbase of many segments, including convertibles, SUVs and vans. According to Autocar, MQB platform will debut the new generation of Audi A3 in the 2011th, but other data sources that will happen with the future of middle-class sedan that Volkswagen developed specifically for the U.S. market and is scheduled to be released the same year.
Tags: common platform, Model A, MQB, new car, new models, Platform A, QuerBaukasten, VW, VW car
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Sunday, November 8th, 2009
Late last week issued a second Volkswagen sketch of its future mid-range sedan, which will be produced in the United States and is intended for the local market. This immediately prompted the Brazilian Fernando Oliveira to make himself a speculative model of the future, taking into account the features of the car from the last sketch. The production version of the famous model codenamed NMS is scheduled to be available in the 2011th, from Volkswagen rushed to announce that its price will be much lower than that of the Passat. The too many waited car is still in process of redesigning and is expected with great interested from all VW fans.
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Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
The Germany tuning company ABT Sportsline modifies the fastest serial model of Golf – R32. According to the tuning maniacs, Golf V R32 is an ideal base for tuning. Power hatch is raised from factory 250 hp at 370 hp, the difference of 120 hp comes through supercharged by a mechanical compressor with a special cooling system of air and modified engine electronics. The result is a maximum speed of 270 km/h and acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h in 5 seconds. Management is enhanced by the special sport suspension which is added by ABT Sportsline “in perfect harmony” with 370-you “horse”. Externally added 19-inch alloy wheels with visokodinamichni tires, new aerodynamic tip thresholds and repainting of mufflers.
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