Volskwagen starts airing in the US its commercials featuring Heidi Klum. Expect to see a lot more Heidi Klum and her husband, famous singer Seal, in the brand new and shiny VW products. Both have signed a deal with VW last year to be the auto maker official ’celebrity’ ambassadors.
The Luxury Car Show held in Bucharest, Romania during last week-end is an auto show dedicated only to the luxury car makers. There’s no wonder why in only three days of show they sold cars valued at almost 7 million euro. >> read
Driving off in iconic, head-turning vehicles like the 2008 New Beetle and New Beetle convertible just got easier with new option packages from Volkswagen. The New Beetle sedan now is available in a well-equipped base model “S” as well as the “SE” model with premium sound, heated front seats and heated windshield washer nozzles. >> read
Volkswagen will launch the next generation Beetle in 2010. Built on the same platform as the Golf VI and the upcoming Scirocco, the 2010 Beetle might look the same as the current generation, but at a closer look everything is changed. It will get a more modern and aggressive look, and also for the first time it will be offered in many different versions: hatchback, soft-top convertible, a micro-van, a wagon-based crossover and even a pickup variant that will be offered in both 4x4 and a hot GTi version. >> read
We reported previously that the second generation Beetle will be launched in 2012, but according to WindingRoad, the unveil will happen two years earlier, in 2010. It will be unveiled for the first time at the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show. >> read
In the Volkswagen’s ambitious plans of overtaking Toyota, none of the models will be left unchanged. A new Beetle, totally redesigned will be launched in 2012, but not only in the usually coupe and convertible version; a roadster version, completely unknown, will be added to the line-up >> read
According to Motor Trend, Volkswagen Beetle will get a new look in 2010. It will share the same platform with the Golf VI and the upcoming Scirocco. It will be styled in California and engineered in Germany. >> read
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