Guys never seemed to warm up to the Volkswagen New Beetle, and it doesn’t take a dual master’s degree in psychology and automotive design to figure out why. The outgoing Beetle featured sheetmetal that could only be described as cutesy, and many (most?) men tend to shy away from vehicles that might result in the questioning of their manhood. Funk Flex Find Flex On Google+
Auto Talk: Volkswagen to start building Porsches this fall
Volkswagen still has to go over the river and through the woods before it can close the deal to take over Porsche, but this fall it will begin building them. Primary Boxster production will commence this summer at Porsche’s factory in Zuffenhausen, where the 911 is also built. Funk Flex
Auto Talk: Volkswagen Confirms Late 2013 Launch Date For All-Electric Golf
As we said when we first drove the Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion, Volkswagen is taking its time getting into the all-electric game. Given the tremendous ups and downs that electric vehicles and EV start-up companies are going through, maybe making sure you have a car where everything is working smoothly – to say nothing about getting the infrastructure in place – isn’t such a bad idea. Funk Flex Find Flex On Google+
Auto Talk: 2013 Bettle TDI debuts as Volkswagen’s sportiest diesel
Volkswagen unveiled an oil-burning variant of its new, but not New, Beetle at the Chicago Auto Show today and under the hood is the automaker’s familiar turbocharged 2.0-liter diesel engine sending power to the front wheels. Funk Flex
(Video) Volkswagen “The Dog Strikes Back” #SuperBowl #Commercial
In its game day commercial, the 2012 Volkswagen Beetle inspires Bolt the dog to get in shape. Check it out after the jump!! Wendy L.
Auto Talk: Volkswagen says it could conclude takeover of Porsche this year
It’s been a whole three weeks since we checked in with Volkswagen’s takeoever of Porsche, and the most recent news wasn’t so good: investors filed a $2.6 billion suit against Porsche over the Stuttgart maker’s attempt to gobble up VW. Those same investors also filed an arbitration application against Volkswagen. That hasn’t stopped a VW executive from saying that its ownership of Porsche could finally be concluded this year, according to a report in Der Spiegel. Funk Flex
