Second car had an open window
First Automotive Works, Volkswagen’s Chinese partner, is copying Golf and Polo transmissions and engines and installing them in its own vehicle, the German automaker alleges.
FAW’s new Besturn B50, a model that’s set to go on sale in China and Russia, uses a near exact replica of VW’s MQ200 transmission and a small car engine shared with the Chinese-market Golf and Polo. According to VW, FAW’s engineers  … More
“Life in the Foust Lane” takes the viewer behind the scenes of the Octane Academy, drifting competitions, the biggest Rally Cross events the world has to offer and much more!
While VW doesn’t want you to forget the Beetle, it definitely wants you to associate the large round VW logo with Teutonic high-tech and diesel power. Last June, this quest brought VW and its Dakar-spec Touareg 2 to Mexico to bump and grind on the same track with the Trophy Trucks in the Baja 500.
VW’s Race Touareg 2s would not officially go head-to-head with SCORE’s highly specialized desert Funny Cars. Instead, the off-road racing sanctioning body created a special class (International Truck), acknowledging that the racing VWs have been optimized for the wide-open North African terrain  … More