Showing posts with label Volkswagen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Volkswagen. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

From the New Beatle to a VW Pickup

On most days, taking a test drive of the New Beetle at VW Santa Monica is a waiting game. More than a year after bug redux, car buyers still stack up five deep to get behind the wheel, as if queuing for a carnival ride. "We can't keep up with the flow," sighs VW dealer Jeff La Plant, who has nearly doubled his sales staff. "The New Beetle is like a magnet that draws people back to us."

Indeed, Beetlemania has revived Volkswagen in America. The whimsical bubble-mobile just keeps picking up speed--and the rest of the VW lineup is going along for the ride. Overall sales for the German auto maker are up 44.6% in the U.S.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

New Volkswagen Polo Sedan Specifications


Polo is a supermini car from the German automobile manufacturer Volkswagen. Polo originated in 1975 in several variants like coupe, sedan, hatchback, saloon and estate and it was sold worldwide. Introduced in India in 2010 and it is the fifth generation model, a car for the next generation with impressive looks. This 2009 model has won "European Car of the Year" award. Volkswagen Polo is one more addition to the already existing competitive as well as lucrative segment of small cars in India. Volkswagen Polo comes with both petrol and diesel engine variants with five speed manual transmissions. The available colors of Polo are - deep black, pepper grey, emotion blue, reflex silver, flash red and candy white. The major variants are 1.2 L petrol, 1.6 L petrol and 1.2 L diesel. The variants prices range between 5 lac and 7 lac rupees.

Volkswagen Polo comes

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Vintage Volkswagen Bus - Repair and Troubleshooting of Electrical System

The wiring on a VW van or bus can be very simple. This is particularly true of older models (mid 1960's and earlier).

In fact it's probably one of the simplest wiring schemes in automotive electronics.

For example, there is one wire leading to each set of bulbs in the tail lights. Each one of the bulbs has two leads, one to one of these wires and one to ground. Electrically speaking, very simple. Practically as well. There is no way to achieve the same effect
with fewer wires.

There is one wire running to the left and right set