Volkswagen will roll out this summer the millionth New Beetle. And to mark the occasion, enthusiasts from all over Europe will meet in exactly one month’s time on the New Beetle Sunshine Tour. In addition to standard models from the New Beetle and New Beetle Cabriolet range, many custom cars with special paint finishes and completely revamped bodies will be joining the parade along the Baltic coast. The Baltic Sea Tour starts on Sunday 14 July in Lübeck.
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Google unveiled the other days a new service called Street View. And although the service only work for big towns, for now, is really helpful for the drivers. If you locate a street on the map, this service show you images of that street, so is easy for you to drive when you know how the place you are going to looks like.
One of the companies that work behind all this services is Immersive Media. The company took a Beetle and made it work for Google Maps. Called the Immersive Media Street (...) >> read
Racegoers at Oulton Park on Easter Monday (9 April) will need to check closely that one of the Beetles competing in the Volkswagen Racing Cup events has a driver at the wheel.
For film star ’Herbie’ - famed for taking his drivers for a spin, rather than the other way around - will be taking to the track in the opening rounds of the championship, complete with ’53’ number panels and fetching off-white livery.
The man who will be attempting to control the wayward Beetle is Steve Chaplin, a (...) >> read
Volkswagen of America, Inc announced today that the 2007 New Beetle was awarded “Best Fleet Value in America” by Vincentric, a privately held automotive analysis and data compilation firm. The New Beetle was honored in the passenger car, subcompact, over $17,000 category. The annual award acknowledges automakers for producing vehicles having the lowest fleet lifecycle costs in different ownership/mileage scenarios.
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Volkswagen of America, Inc. announced today that the limited edition Triple White New Beetle convertible is now available at dealers. Only 3,000 customers will have the opportunity to own this truly special edition.
The Triple White New Beetle convertible features a unique Campanella white exterior, a white interior, and white convertible roof boot. The Triple White New Beetle convertible takes its color palette from the original Super Beetle convertible of the late 70s. This modern day (...) >> read
Auto Motor Und Sport published this renderings that seems to be the future Beetle that will debut somewhere in 2009. The next generation Beetle will be available in three diferent versions: coupe, convertible and pick-up.
The car receives a new design more dinamic. Naturally it will come in Coupe and Convertible version, but for the US market the pick-up will be added. It will com in both 4x4 and a hot GTi (...)
What surprise did you had for your sweetheart for Valentine’s day? Well I am sure it was a big one, but not as big as this Beetle made out of chocolate. I am not sure if the first desire was to eat it or to drive it, but...
The chocolate-coated car was placed in front of a supermarket in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, on Valentine’s Day. This eye catching car was the work of seven employees from a local car company. The car was wrapped in a plastic wrap before being painted with melted (...) >> read
Since 1998 it has been a fixture on our streets: the New Beetle In mid 2005, the Volkswagen cult-car was optically ‘sharpened’ in the style of the New Beetle Ragster study. With sure instinct the Volkswagen designers enhanced the level of the successful series. New lights, refined lines, a fresh color palette as well as new fabric seat covers are just a few of the details that were changed. Add to that a new wheel and a performance-optimized TDI motor. Altogether this results in a successful facelift that has made the appearance of the New Beetle even more concise. >> read
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