Tag: volkswagen

The Volkswagen Beetle was once the most popular car in the world. It stayed in its original production from in some way or another until 2008. However, it is not what you’d call fast.

This week, while Volkswagen/Audi are reeling from the hellish nightmare of Dieselgate, Fiat has received divine intervention and one of the greatest publicity scores of all-time. Pope Francis is currently tooling around the United States in an eco-friendly Fiat 500L that gets nearly 27 miles to the gallon.

Volkswagen’s boardroom is probably sounding a little like this right now.

Then to add to that bit more of insanity, they strapped two turbos onto the 5.2L V10 engine. That makes this car good for….1500 horsepower.

Sometimes, things just don’t go as planned. For instance VAG’s new MQB platform that is supposed to underpin a series of models to cut costs for the automaker over the coming years. It was supposed to be a smooth transition, but reality quickly came in and smacked everyone in the face. That error has claimed […] More »

Question: When is a Porsche not a Porsche?  Answer: When it’s a Stuttgart creation re-bodied by a French company in hopes of Porsche mass-producing it.  This is the 914/6 Murène by Heuliez: a concept car that—figuratively—went down a long and winding road. NEXT

Luxury car companies like Porsche get a bad rap.  The traditional logic holds that the more exotic a car is, the more problematic it will be (and Porsches are definitely not on every block).  In 1973, addressing concerns that raw materials for automobiles would run out in the future, the Teutonic firm built the FLA […] More »