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VW of America Posts Strong Diesel Sales

July 1, 2009

Here at The Garage we typically don’t get into much detail about the monthly sales reports we receive from various manufacturers, but when I received an e-mail from Volkswagen of America about their June 2009 sales, I took notice.
Taken in whole, VW sales last month compared to June of 2008 are down 18%, but the [...]

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VW Beetle turns 75 in a few days!

June 16, 2009

PUNCH BUGGY BLACK!!!!!
It is hard to imagine a world without the VW Beetle and yet there was a time…
That time ended on June 22, 1934 when Dr. Porsche received permission to build a new kind of car. A car for the everyman. A car that would revolutionize the way we looked at cheap transportation. A [...]

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VW’s new pickup truck… Amarok.

June 4, 2009

Volkswagen is planning to bring to their new pickup truck to dealerships in Spring 2010.  Originally called the Robust, the Amarok is named after the giant wolf of Inuit mythology.
Reports say that the first  Amarok will be a four dour model powered by one of several VW diesel engines mated to a six speed gearbox [...]

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VW holds 2010 Golf debut at Canadian International Autoshow

February 16, 2009

I have to admit that I didn’t listen to much of the speech that went along with the North American launch of the 2010 Golf at the Toronto Autoshow earlier this week. Instead, I was deep in thought of my own Golf memories dating way back to 1981 or so. I spent so much time [...]

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A Beetle to Make You Blush

February 15, 2009

VW has announced the latest limited edition New Beetle Convertible, simply called “Blush”. Unique to the Blush is its color combination: metallic White Gold paint with red leather interior, red convertible top and boot. The Blush also gets its own 17″ alloy rims (which I can’t show you since VW has no pictures of them). [...]

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VW to Chrysler Canada: Enough with the Routan!

January 30, 2009

For the month of February at least. While I cannot speak for the couple pictured to the right of the Routan, Autoblog, by way of the Windsor Star, reports that VW asked asked Chrysler of Canada to stop producing the Routan for the next month. The Windsor Star reports that so far, 29,000 Routans have [...]

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Where’s Warwick?

November 23, 2008

This poor frosty looking Bug was sitting in the corner of the parking lot at the Dungannon service area. As I was taking photos, I noticed a single set of footprints in the snow circling the blue Beetle.
Somehow I suspect that Warwick Patterson may have beaten me to the Beetle!

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Beetleball Endurance Rally 2008

October 4, 2008

We’ve become accustomed to seeing all manner of rally through the lens of Warwick Patterson. This weekend, Warwick and partner Dave Hord are giving us a slightly different viewpoint. Dave and Warwick have piled into Dave’s 1969 VW Beetle for the Beetleball endurance rally.
What is Beetleball? It’s an opportunity for owners of air cooled [...]

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Video: VW Van makes attempt on lower Earth orbit

June 17, 2008

There isn’t much to say other than this is one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a really long time!
Dan’s VW van jump

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Spotted out back: VW Hemp Mobile

May 8, 2008

Not to be outdone by California taco stands, deepest Toronto offered up this cool old camper. While scouting for old race cars, the hemp express willingly presented itself for photos when I came around the corner of an industrial area.
Cheech & Chong would have been proud to pilot this crusty machine.
Watch the sun rise after [...]

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