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The Volkswagen has unveiled its new Touareg R50 at the 2007 Australian International Motor Show in Sydney. The Touareg R50 is based on the Touareg TDI with the firm’s 5.0L V10 diesel engine. In R50 guise, the V10 gets an ECU tweak to pump more pressurized air from the twin turbos to produce 350 horsepower [...]

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KGP Photography guys was caught a next VW Rabbit (Euro Golf) in testing. A new, stronger character line can be seen spanning the Rabbit’s flank, and the door handles no longer intersect said crease. The front and rear of the car are pretty well covered, but the general shape doesn’t look very different than the [...]

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Volkswagen has revealed its 2008 Volkswagen Tiguan SUV. The compact crossover will arrive at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
Volkswagen will offer the SUV with turbocharged direct injection engines. This “high-performance turbocharging” significantly reduces fuel consumption and emissions, while delivering respectable performance.
Engine choices include a 140 and 170 horsepower diesels, plus 150, 170, and 200 hp gasoline [...]

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Volkswagen revealed the GTI W12 concept ??” an high-performance concept version of its GTI hatchback. Featuring a 12-cylinder, 6.0 liter engine, the Volkswagen GTI W12 can hit 60 mph in just 3.7 seconds.
Delivering 650 hp and 553 pound feet of torque, this GTI concept uses the same powerplant found in the Bentley Continental, Audi [...]

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Volkswagen Phaeton luxury sedan was facelifted for the European market. No longer offered in the United States, this Phaeton will arrive in dealerships summer 2007.
2008 Phaeton is offered with a new 3.0-litre V6 TDI engine developing 238 hp ??” a 13 hp rise over the outgoing V6 TDI engine. The common rail direct injection engine [...]

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Volkswagen unveiled the Neeza concept at the Auto China 2006 show. The VW reports the concept as a “crossover of a coupe and a station wagon.” The concept’s name was derived from “Ne-zha”. Ne-zha is a famous figure from Chinese history. Ne-zha was a small guy with magic weapons who fought against evil [...]

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Volkswagen has released photos of Golf GTI Edition 30 for the U.K. customers. The GTI Edition 30 is fitted with different wheels, apparently due to consumer demand. At its heart is an uprated version of the 2.0-litre four-cylinder T-FSI engine fitted to the standard GTI. The result is 230 horsepower ??” a rise of 30 [...]

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2007 Volkswagen Passat R36 was caught in testing near at the Nurburgring in Germany.
The R36, both sedan and wagon variants, has larger air intakes up front, large alloy wheels, and a small spoiler and two exhaust pipes at the back. Power engine is expected to come from a 280 or 300 horsepower V6 coupled with [...]

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Volkswagen has unveiled yesterday the 2007 CrossGolf ??” a crossover version of the Golf hatch. The CrossGolf will selling on the European market, with no plans disclosed for North American customers. The CrossGolf offers more ground clearance and interior space.

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Volkswagen has anounced a hot version of Passat. The new sedan, called Passat R36, will receive a 280 bhp 3.6-litre V6 engine and a six-speed manual or DSG feeding power through all four wheels.
Its a VW’s worth answer to the turbocharged Mazdaspeed 6 MPS.

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