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Here is a awesome commercial video from Brazilian advertising agency BBDO, which was hired by Volkswagen. Searching for a parking place is a disappointing experience and advertising agency DDB Argentina took this modern day problem and morphed it into a clever VW commercial title “Volkswagen Tiguan: The Duel” to showcase the compact SUV’s hands free [...]

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Before at the upcoming 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show, the 2013 Volkswagen CC received a facelift. The new VW’s model gets a new chrome-trimmed grille, reshaped headlamps that incorporate a ring of LEDs and a reworked bumper. Some redesign can be found at the back with the new LED tail lamp, bumper and boot lid [...]

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The best selling minivan has earned the IIHS Top Safety Pick award. The 2012 Chrysler Town & Country joins the Honda Odyssey, the Dodge Grand Caravan, the Volkswagen Routan and Toyota Sienna at the top of IIHS’s rankings.

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Great news for automakers: nine out of 10 cars tested this year earned the 5 starts in Euro NCAP’s crash tests. The five-star winners are: the Audi A6, the BMW X3, the Chevrolet Aveo, the Chevrolet Orlando, the Citroen DS5, the Hyundai i40, the Opel Ampera, the VW Golf Cabriolet and the VW Jetta.

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NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) is launching an investigation concerning 40,000 2011 Volkswagen Jetta TDI models. This is the result of NHTSA receiving complaints from Jetta TDI owners citing leakage from the fuel line to the fuel injector. If an official recall is issued, both the 2011 Jetta TDI sedan and SportWagen will be [...]

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Great news for fans looking to update their cars: Volkswagen released a video demonstrating its Temporary Automated Pilot (TAP) system in a Passat. Temporary Auto Pilot can assume control of the your car using all its safety systems without any intervention of the driver.

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The third generation Volkswagen Beetle was unwrapped today ahead of its world premiere at the 2011 New York Auto Show. The new Bug would be larger, more mature and unisex. Highlights include an available flat bottom steering wheel, an extra glovebox integrated in the front facia whose lid folds upward while keeping the standard glovebox [...]

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VW has unveiled its new model at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show. The new German cabriolet based on the 6th generation of the Golf. The replacement of the roof with an electrically operated cloth top, the redesigned rear end and the more swept-back angle of the front windscreen frame along with the necessary structural reinforcements [...]

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Volkswagen is unveiling its Eos coupe-cabriolet facelift. The fupdated Eos, which will have its premiere at the Los Angeles Auto Show in late November, receives an updated design and a some new features. The exterior facelift brings the Eos in line with VW’s latest models such as the new Touareg, Passat B7 and Jetta. At [...]

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Volkswagen has unveiled its new Passat at first day of Paris Motor Show. It’s received the new corporate design and intended for an older demographic and the styling seems to reflect that. A full range of engines will be available later this year. In North America a new Passat will receive the 207-horsepower, 2.0-liter turbocharged [...]

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