Volkswagen of America is unveiling the Passat GT concept, designed by the company’s North American engineering hub in Chattanooga, Tennessee, at at Automobility LA. Combining fresh styling updates with the powerful 280-hp VR6® ...
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For the 2016 model year, Volkswagen is offering a host of driver assistance features that were only previously available on the premium Touareg SUV—and adding some new ones that truly democratize driver assistance for the compact ...
Brake pads are among 74 parts released by Bosch. Robert Bosch LLC has released 74 parts for brake pads and rotors, wiper blade sets, starters, alternators, oxygen sensors and electric water pumps. Brake pads Twenty brake pad ...
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Volkswagen has initiated a voluntary safety recall of its 2015 Golf GTI and Golf vehicles due to malfunction of the front stabilizer rod in some of the vehicles. The recall will affect 2,001 Golf GTI and Golf vehicles sold across the ...
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Volkswagen of America has commenced the production of new Volkswagen Golf at its plant in Puebla, Mexico. The carmaker invested $700m in the new production plant and modern infrastructure for the Golf in Puebla. The first Golf sedan to ...
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The Volkswagen Beetle Dune concept previews the German car maker’s vision for a mild crossover based on the latest version of its iconic small car and inspired by beach buggies of the past. The tougher-looking, harder-wearing Beetle ...
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The temperature may be hovering around freezing in much of the US, but the Volkswagen Beetle Dune concept will aim to bring a little summer to Detroit when it debuts at the city’s auto show next week. Dubbed “the sportiest ...
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The North American International Auto Show will see the U.S. debut of the latest Golf R, the most powerful version of the Golf ever to be sold in this market. With an estimated 290 horsepower, the new Golf R has 34 hp more than the ...
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The Kia GT4 Stinger concept has been teased for the second time in two weeks ahead of its Detroit auto show unveiling later this month, with a 235kW turbocharged engine and rear-wheel drive now confirmed for the sports car. First teased ...
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Details of the new additions to Kia Australia’s showroom in 2014. Kia Soul (February) The second-generation Kia Soul retains the funky, youthful styling of the original yet promises a more mature, rounded package when it launches ...
Details of the new additions to Skoda Australia’s showroom in 2014. Skoda Octavia RS (Q2) The Skoda Octavia RS will arrive in the second quarter of 2014. Skoda’s performance flagship is again available in ...
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Details of the new additions to Volkswagen Australia’s showroom in 2014. Volkswagen Golf wagon (February) The versatile Golf wagon will be first the cab off the rank for Volkswagen in 2014, arriving almost a year after the ...
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Often it’s both little niggles and special touches that are the focal point of the getting-to-know-you month with a brand new car, and so it proved with ‘my’Renault Clio Expression TCe120. The mid-grade Expression is ...
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American auto-parts manufacturer BorgWarner has introduced its electronic limited slip differential technology for the front transaxle of a front-wheel drive (FWD) vehicle on the 2013 Volkswagen Golf GTI with Performance Pack. The system ...
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Hatches don’t come any hotter than the BMW M135i and the Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG. Nor do rivalries come any fiercer. BMW has been building fast hatchbacks since the 130i of a decade ago, and its M division is esteemed in building ...
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