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Monday, April 11, 2011
Surprisingly, regardless of the model (non-US) crazy, RSI VR6 powered along by lifting the mid-cycle meeting, the hype surrounding the brand new Volkswagen Beetle would die down more than some previous years, and also the car is due to get a redesign. Right after all, it was still utilize PQ34 platform two generations old Golf IV, which will be on only in rising markets such as China.
In 12 many years, VW has constructed one.two million models with the New Beetle, using the U.S. becoming the single largest-and as a result most important-market. Not poor to get a compact automobile that began out as being a designer’s insane dream. Conceived in 1994 because the Idea one by J Mays and his group in VW's California style studio, it drew this kind of enthusiasm that Ferdinand PiĆ«ch made the decision to push to get a manufacturing model. In 1998, the brand new Beetle was released in the Detroit automobile display. Its boxy, yellow press package contained a flower vase, which was to turn out to be the trademark with the Beetle's inside. The automobile was as cheerful as VW's sellers, who lastly had a automobile delivered to their tons that they might promote for way more than sticker.Volkswagen has made the decision to jump-start the trustworthy and do a 2nd version. Lovers with the cutesy compact can anticipate the completely new, redesigned New Beetle to become released subsequent spring and seem at sellers within the summer time of 2011 as being a 2012 model-the U.S. marketplace will probably be served initial. Beetle manufacturing will carry on to get location at VW's Puebla, Mexico, plant, alongside the 2011 Jetta.
In comparison with the outgoing design, the next-gen New Beetle sports activities considerably much more angular particulars, along with a supply that has observed the automobile describes it as "a sharper, more powerful, much more substantial automobile." The entrance finish attracts from your horizontal traces that characterize VW's present portfolio-without abandoning the trademark spherical headlights, needless to say. The aspect home windows are outlined, and also the rear finish appears much more effective than that with the present design. Nonetheless, the appear will probably be instantly recognizable.Powertrains for this front-driver will arrive from VW's huge components bin, using the naturally aspirated, 115-hp, two.0-liter 4 most likely serving because the entry-level engine for that U.S. marketplace. Much more energy could arrive from your two.5-liter five-cylinder, but VW may also make the change towards the more compact but much more effective turbo- and supercharged one.4-liter TSI engine, which may make upwards of 170 hp, and also the turbocharged, 200- or 210-hp two.0-liter TSI from your GTI and GLI. This platform's prospects are nearly limitless: There might be an R model with some 270 hp, a return of a TDI design, all-wheel-drive versions, or perhaps a hybrid. Although the entry-level Beetle will most likely maintain its Aisin-designed automatic, the turbocharged designs will get VW's dual-clutch automated guide transmissions.
Even though engine options are nonetheless in flux, an extra physique fashion is really a certainty: a convertible will once more seem and is because of be released a yr or so right after the hatchback involves marketplace. Appear for that new New Beetle to debut in the New York automobile display subsequent April.
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Volkswagen will refresh the market with new car enthusiasts who have the concept of VW Bulli. Volkswagen has revived this concept with the introduction of 2011 VW microbus. After earlier in the year 2001 as well ever. Now, Volkswagen again offer both conceptual redux of the van that so-popular. Aside from the VW Beetle, VW Microbus may be one of the most populer vehicles ever to come out of the Volkswagen.
As previously VW Microbus concept, 2011 VW Microbus borrow styling cues from the original T1, although with less retro flare and edge over. Sharply creased character lines and boxy shape give VW Bulli contemporary and airy feel despite the somewhat compact vehicle dimensions. The concept vehicle at the 102-ins. wheelbase and 156 in. long. Standing 66 in. tall, 68.4 in. wide and has a generous 54-in. front and rear tracks.
Exterior design and interior design of this VW Microbus Concept looks clean and neat, half-circle speedometer positioned New Articles Directly in Front of a single driver. A second binnacle half circle color multifunction xp home, The Seeing explain to equipment and a steering wheel mounted switches Canada as a nav system, Telephone, Computer Media and Travel Centre. The sound system provided by the legendary guitar maker Fender Created. Similarly, the passenger seat. Everything is designed for comfort. Rear seats can be stored to further increase cargo capacity.Although inspired design Made of nostalgia, Absolute Bulli state-of-the-art-that. But the VW Microbus 2011 has a built-in Apple iPad central console, which also serves as a vehicle to explain xp touch multi-function. Husband system provides on-board navigation and hands-free, Bluetooth cell phone connectivity.

The original VW Bus is actually called Transporter 1 or T1 when it was introduced way back in 1950, but became known by the Germans as Bulli. In America, we know it as the VW Microbus.Unlike the previous modern effort, which uses front-drive architecture of conventional and traditional gasoline engine powered, 2011 VW Microbus is available three ways. It can be powered by a 1.0-petrol engine or 1.4-liter 4-cylinder, or built as an EV powered by 85 kW motors that produce lb.-ft. 199 impressive torque. VW say electricity VW Microbus hits 62 mph in 11.5 seconds. and has a top speed electronically regulated from 87 mph. Range up to 186 miles a single charge of its lithium-ion battery.

Sunday, January 16, 2011
Welcome to #6 of Freak of the Week, where for every weekend, Weimann, Chin, and I look for something balls off the wall crazy, weird, or just polarizing and worth talking about.
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This week, we feature Ken "King of Chop" Prather's '62 Minibus.
Apparently, Ken "always wanted to build a mid-engine hot rod." Any other day I would have been able to throw out a dozen different ways to go about the idea... but after seeing Ken's work, I'm rendered utterly speechless.
Beginning the build with a 7 inch chop and a grey finish to get the 'bus in a proper rod stance, Ken apparently ended up with a few loose screws during the build-- fitting the 'bus with a roll cage, modified fuel cell, drag parachute, a custom frame fitting fatty 10 inch wide 5 spokes at the back, and a throttle pedal made from a spoon once found in his kitchen. But the centerpiece of his insanity in this machine? The mid mounted blown Chevy 355 small block. But look at the pictures below. There's NOTHING small about it!
Finally, what really made me smile was that Ken actually took this bus on a 4,000 mile road trip. A trek to Mecca, of sorts... from his home in Waterford, Pennsylvania to the Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah.
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Thursday, October 28, 2010
I'm pretty sure that I'm not the only enthusiast who saves old magazines. While cleaning out some old junk, I came across the January 2000 edition of Road & Track. The cover story is 100 Best Cars of 100 Years. I assume this is like the Wikipedia of its day to an impressionable fourteen year old. Having said that, the most striking thing about the issue is the Ampersand column which has a short blurb about the Bugatti Veyron Concept.
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Now, we all know that the Bugatti Veyron in production form sports a 8.0 liter quad-turbo W16 which is mated to a 7-speed dual clutch transmission. The 1001 horsepower from that massive power plant gets to the ground through all four contact patches. This allows for some tenacious grip and a 0-60 time of 2.5 seconds. However, this was not the original vision for the mightiest of supercars.
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Taking a peak under the hood would reveal a major difference. The Volkswagen group had originally planned on using a 6.3 liter W18 for motivation. This sounds like an extraordinary bit of engineering. That is, until that 20/20 hindsight thing kicks in. That W18 would push out around 555 horsepower. This doesn't sound like much now considering the 6.3 liter V8 from the boys over at AMG develops 518 horsepower and a spleen-rupturing amount of torque which can be had at a tenth of the price of the Veyron. It can be assumed that the Vee-dub planners saw the writing on the wall when the Lamborghini Murcielago (also under the VW umbrella) came out in 2001 with a 572 horsepower 6.2 liter V12.
It's refreshing to see that concept cars can make it to production with little change to the jaw-dropping sheet metal that originally made us wade through the car show crowds. In addition, the ability to be fluid with engineering ideas and execution has allowed the Veyron to rewrite every performance record. I hope my grandchildren will have the same kind of wonder that made me keep that issue of Road & Track because they'll probably be reading about the Veyron in that January 3000 issue of the 100 Best Cars of 100 Years.
Please let us know how you liked this article and if we should continue with a segment pertaining to concept cars and their production versions.
Labels: amg, Bugatti Veyron, Lamborghini, road, track, Veyron, vw
Friday, January 29, 2010
But it was not in terms of car sales, but in terms of number of cars produced this year.
Germany as a manufacturer is scored as many car production 4.4 million units during the 9 months. The number is far higher than the ruler of the automobile industry the world today, Toyota's only managed to produce a car as many as 4 million units.
Increased production of this significant is the effect of suspected government programs that provide subsidies for people who want to swap their old cars with new cars more efficient.
Similar cash program for the U.S. government clunker. But for these matters, Germany is a Forerunner for having started the program since 2008 ago.
The program has proved successful to put the German automotive industry to increase 26.1 percent. VW already ambitious for this level up not to waste the opportunity.
Because thanks to these subsidies, sales of VW can jump to 34 percent with total sales reaching 622.853 units. Skoda Fabia brand and is the most developed brand because its sales Jumped to 92.4 percent while Octavia rose 20.4 percent.
The success of VW became the manufacturer with the world's largest production also followed by a successful Ford beat GM production Effort won the third-largest position in the automotive world.
Ford has been producing cars reported as many as 3.7 million units in the first nine months of 2009. Slightly above GW which has produced 3.6 million units of cars.
Labels: Automotive World Ruler, Volkswagen, vw
Thursday, August 13, 2009
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