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		<title>2012 Volkswagen Golf R w/video</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 16:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Filed under: Performance , Hatchback , Volkswagen , New Car Reviews Boiled Down, But Still Delectable It is nearly impossible to avoid reminiscing about the 1983 Volkswagen GTI while driving the 2012 Volkswagen Golf R . As you may recall, "the original hot hatch" arrived on our shores seemingly eons ago with a naturally aspirated 1.8-liter four spitting out just 90 horsepower. While hardly brawny, even in an era of wheezy outputs (the 1983 Mustang GT 5.0 generated just 175 horsepower), its low curb weight of 2,100 pounds and a base price of $7,995 made the range-topping Rabbit not only light, tossable and reasonably quick, but very affordable. Fast forward nearly three decades to the 2012 Volkswagen Golf R, a direct descendant of that first-generation GTI . Thoroughly modernized, and riding on a sixth-generation chassis, the new two- or four-door range-topping Golf boasts a bit more displacement and gobs more horsepower. ]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Volkswagen Passat 2.5L SEL Premium</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Filed under: Sedan , Volkswagen , New Car Reviews Ich bin ein Mainstreamer Volkswagen tried building cars in the U.S. once before, and it didn't end well for the Rabbits assembled in Westmoreland, PA. "In Vietnam, 'Westmoreland' was a synonym for boundless optimisim in the face of raw facts. The same principle applies here," said my friend Mike, explaining why his Rabbits at the time were imported from Das Vaterland. The real problem with American-made VWs wasn't Pennsylvania or a self-deluding General, Mike continued, but "mushbucket suspensions, chintzy build quality, frou-frou styling compromises," all resulting in a sub-par experience that's got Volks-folks with long memories wondering if we're doomed to repeat the past. Volkswagen wants its new 2012 Passat to disprove that trope about repeating history, and the Passat has racked up awards like the Motor Trend Car of the Year and was a North American Car of the Year finalist , lending credence to VW's efforts. We contemplated if the United States earning its own version of the Passat makes us elite or uncultured swine in the wake of our First Drive , and so we signed out a Passat SEL with a 2.5-liter five-cylinder engine to see what the Mainstream American Sedan Songbook sounds like when delivered with a German lilt. ]]></description>
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		<title>A Works Council In Chattanooga? It’s For The Dogs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What TTAC readers have known for a while already, Germany’s Financial Times has realized: The UAW is trying to get its foot into the door of Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant. Apparently, the UAW is banking on the fact that the plant is new, that Volkswagen is used to working with the unions, and most of all, ]]></description>
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		<title>Get, Set, Go Forth And Multiply: Porsche Chases Volume</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2011 20:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RTR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Porsche and Volkswagen are the typical German couple: Not married, with children. Formally, the two want to say “Ja” once the pending lawsuits are taken care of. In the meantime, the couple cohabitates happily. CEO Matthias Müller is made from Audi-DNA. He is a confidant of Martin Winterkorn, who is Piech’s man. Müller runs Porsche ]]></description>
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		<title>Achtungblitzen! Donckerwolke To Head Volkswagen’s Advanced Design</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 00:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RTR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life imitates advertising: Years after the un-pimp your Volkswagen ads with Teutonic blondes and lots of lab coats, Volkswagen at last gets a head of Advanced Design with a name to match: Luc Donckerwolke! The 46 year old takes his job as Head of Advanced Design at the Volkswagen Group on August 1, 2011. He ]]></description>
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		<title>Pre-Production Review: Volkswagen Golf blue-e-motion</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I noted in an earlier piece on the macro-level issues with EVs, it&#8217;s dangerously misleading to assume that electric cars can simply replace internal combustion-engine vehicles without a serious rethinking of nearly every way in which we&#8217;re used to relating to our cars. That&#8217;s true in terms of consumer-end issues like refueling grid impacts and ]]></description>
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		<title>The Gloves Are Off: Suzuki 2 – Volkswagen 0</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Right now, there is no specific joint development project going on with Volkswagen,&#8221; Suzuki Executive Vice President Yasuhito Harayama told reporters who came to Suzuki’s headquarters in Hamamatsu, Japan, to meet four executive vice presidents of Suzuki. Come to think of it, there had been no progress over the past 18 months in the much ]]></description>
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		<title>Beetles Hatch In Mexico</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2011 23:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RTR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mexico was one of the last markets to build the old VW Bug. The really old one. Mexico remains the center of Beetle-mania. Volkswagen officially began production of the new Beetle in Puebla, Mexico. The Puebla plant is the largest automobile factory in Mexico and one of the Volkswagen Group’s biggest vehicle manufacturing plants. It ]]></description>
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		<title>Volkswagen Group Up 14.1 Percent In The First Six Months</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we just noticed, the Volkswagen Group gained 5.7 percent in Europe in the first six months of 2011. But that’s only a small part of the story. Globally, the Volkswagen Group delivered more vehicles in the first six months of 2011 than ever. A total of 4.09 million units changed hands, up 14.1 percent ]]></description>
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		<title>The Battle Of The Barbs: GM Mad At Volkswagen Over Opel</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No good deed goes unpunished. While the leadership of GM refuses to comment on Opel, Volkswagen’s Winterkorn filled the void and dispensed some helpful advice.  He said that only the Chinese would be interested in Opel, and even that remains a very theoretical possibility. GM did not like that advice and fired back. GM top ]]></description>
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		<title>Volkswagen (Brand) Up 11.8 Percent For The First Half Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Volkswagen Passenger Cars BRAND ( not the Group) reports global sales  of 2.53 million for the first six months of 2011.- Compared to the same period of 2010, this is an increase of 11.8 percent. The brand also reported an increase for the month of June, with 438,500 vehicles sold. For a gain of ]]></description>
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		<title>Will VW’s New Chattanooga Plant Become The UAW’s First Southern Outpost?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 03:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier today Bertel noted that the UAW&#8217;s goal of organizing &#8220;at least one&#8221; transplant automaker could be motivated by a desire to earn &#8220;brownie points&#8221; from the Detroit automakers. But the question that has remained unanswered ever since the union announced its transplant campaign is &#8220;which automaker will let the UAW into its plant?&#8221; Now ]]></description>
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		<title>Osamu Suzuki Blog Bombs Volkswagen</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Things are not going well between Volkswagen and Suzuki. In 2009, Volkswagen invested $2.5 billion for a 19.9 percent share in Suzuki. Suzuki sent $1.13 billion back and bought 2.5 percent of Volkswagen. Suzuki netted $1.37 billion, domo arigatou gozaimasu, but then nothing happened. End of last year, Ferdinand Piech became impatient. ]]></description>
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		<title>Someone Call PETA: VW Bags 34 Lions In Cannes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I used to go to Cannes for the Cannes Lions International Festival, it was more to hang out with friends at the bar of the Carlton or the Martinez, and to boo at the choices of the jury, after the more interesting topless attractions at the beach had gotten dressed. Volkswagen had a serious ]]></description>
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		<title>Suzuki In Engine Deal With Fiat</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In what could possibly raise eyebrows in Wolfsburg, Suzuki is getting  cozier with Fiat. According to The Nikkei [sub], Fiat will supply Suzuki with 20,000 to 30,000 1.6-liter diesel engines per year. The engines will be built in Europe. Suzuki plans to use the engines in the SX4, which was jointly developed with Fiat, at ]]></description>
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		<title>World’s Largest Automakers Of 2011 (Projected): GM Wins, Toyota Takes 3rd</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 05:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota, Daihatsu, and Hino) is expected to land with a thud on place 3 in the global ranking of automakers in 2011. I came to this conclusion after several telephone calls and a flurry of emails. In the end, Toyota spokesman Paul Nolasco gave it to me (as requested) in writing: “When ]]></description>
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		<title>Volkswagen Breaks New Sales Record</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 07:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RTR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Volkswagen Group is hitting on all available cylinders, and there are many: For the first time in recorded Volkswagen history, VW delivered more than 3 million units in the first five months, 3.37 million, to be exact. Compared to the same period last year, that is an increase of +14.6 percent.  These gains are ]]></description>
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		<title>Volkswagen Enlarges Footprint In Russia. With A Yeti</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you know, the Russian government offered foreign automakers a deal: Invest heavily into the Russian auto industry, and Mother Russia will let you import parts and components at negligible or zero duty rates. Present your plans no later than July 1. Here is Volkswagen’s answer: Volkswagen and the GAZ Group today signed an agreement ]]></description>
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		<title>Look What I Found: The Topless Topless Golf</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2011 15:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RTR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While walking down memory lane to the dark days of diesel, I came across this gem in the archives of the Volkswagen History Department: The prototype of the first Golf Convertible. It was developed and produced by Karmann in Osnabrück. The company went bankrupt. Volkswagen bought Karmann, and inherited this find. This convertible had no ]]></description>
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		<title>35 Years Golf GTI. Celebrated with a 235 hp Golf GTI Special (Lots Of Pictures, And Some BS Reminiscing)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 19:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RTR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How about a Volkswagen Golf with the insane, mindbending power of  235 horses under the hood? Want one? Then better stop reading. Book a flight to Klagenfurt (that’s KLU in airport-speak, your travel agent probably has never heard of it) and go like right now. There will probably be a stopover in Vienna. Then head ]]></description>
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