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The Benefits of Buying a New Volkswagen Car

Posted by admin in Volkswagen on June 1, 2011

The name, Volkswagen, is synonymous with superb build quality, reliability and first-class design. When it comes to variety, few manufacturers can hold a candle to Volkswagen cars. The range covers literally every area of the market and you’ll find it hard to beat the brand’s quality, variety and style.

The selection of new Volkswagen cars includes many different models and derivatives starting with the fuel-efficient New Volkswagen Fox city car which majors on build quality, space and practicality. The comfortable ride and refined engines make it better than rivals out of town.

Next there’s the New Volkswagen Polo supermini which is bigger, cleverer, cleaner and lighter than the model that went before. That spells trouble for the supermini elite.

We then move on to the highly impressive New Volkswagen Golf. An upmarket interior, some advanced engine technology and a host of technological innovations make the sixth generation Volkswagen Golf a formidable presence in the family hatch sector. It moves the Golf game on yet again.

Next up, the much loved new Volkswagen Beetle is still going strong in its latest form. It remains one of the most instantly recognisable cars on the road. If you love the look, as many do, you can’t go wrong. Moving on, if you like your Volkswagen Golfs with a boot in place of the traditional hatchback, the New Volkswagen Jetta saloon is the car for you. Higher equipment levels and a classier look also count in the Jetta’s favour. Otherwise, it’s the engines, driving experience and build quality of the Golf — all of which are pretty darn good. Read the rest of this entry »

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Volkswagen History

Posted by admin in Volkswagen on June 1, 2011

Today VW is one of the biggest car manufacturers in Europe. However this was not like that from the beginning.

The word “volkswagen” literally means “people’s car” and this was the whole idea behind it. From the beginning VW tried to make a car that is simple enough so that the average people could afford it.

It was not exactly a new idea. Before 1930′s there have been many attempts to create a simple car model. The problem however was that no matter how simple the car was made it still ended up costing more than the yearly wage of a normal worker.

History tells that while many affords was made from VW to create the perfect worker class car a new company was created. In 1930 Ferdinand Porsche made his company. Right after the creation Porsche patented a pretty complex suspension system. In this system the transversely mounted torsion bars are connected to two trailing arms on each side. That made the whole model very light. In fact it was lighter than every common suspension type.

In 1931 another company asked Porsche if they could make a model close to the last one for them. The 2 door sedan was made as a result of this project. It was very similar to Beetle and it had the suitability that was required.

The company who bought the model is called Zundapp and right after they bought the sedan model they wanted to put 1.2 liter radial engine from one of their own motorcycles. That didn’t happen and this was the end of the line.

In 1933 NSU purchased a design from Porsche. It was known by the name Type 32. This new model was even closer to the upcoming KdF Wagen than its predecessor Type 12. It was pretty close to Tatra V570 too especially with some mechanically similarities. Read the rest of this entry »

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