volkswagen

Volkswagen to stop production of Kombi after 63 years

by George Kuruvilla. October 29, 2012.

European Car News

This very retro-looking van is not an example from Jay Leno’s vintage collection. This in fact is the 2012 Volkswagen Kombi that is still in production in Brazil.

2013 Volkswagen Polo Sedan released in UAE and Middle East

by Marouf Hussain Chowdhury. September 17, 2012.

General News

Volkswagen has announced the launch of the 2013 Volkswagen Polo sedan in the Middle East. It will be available in two trims – S and SE.

So we got a 2013 Volkswagen CC V6

by Mashfique Hussain Chowdhury. September 9, 2012.

It’s the same, but different. If you remember, we drove around in a borrowed 2012 Volkswagen Passat CC for the better part of five months last winter. It was a great car. So great in fact, that we called it the best midsize sedan ever. And the 2013 builds on that excellent base.

Volkswagen Golf 2013 specs and pictures revealed

by Marouf Hussain Chowdhury. September 5, 2012.

European Car News

The next Volkswagen Golf was just unveiled in Germany. This will be the seventh version of the model, which will be lighter, slightly longer and wider than the outgoing model.

Customer almost jumps out of showroom window with VW

by Salma Sultana. September 4, 2012.

A car buyer in China nearly escaped a ‘great fall’ after he drove a Volkswagen half-way out of a showroom window, located on one of the higher storeys of the building. The showroom salesperson let the customer have his way when he requested to hear the engine noise of the vehicle he was planning to purchase. Of course, what the customer didn’t notice is that the vehicle he was about to check was already in gear. As he started the engine, the car started rolling forward, eventually crashing out of the showroom window, but the customer applied the brakes just in time to stop the vehicle from falling off from several floors above ground level.

Top 10 most researched car brands in the GCC

by Mashfique Hussain Chowdhury. August 6, 2012.

Self-praising aside, DriveArabia.com is certifiably the most comprehensive and most popular consumer-focused automotive website in the GCC. That gives us a good insight on what cars people are researching these days. Mind you, researching and buying are two completely different things, but we can figure out from our data which car brands and models are generating the most buzz among the general car-buying population. It is easy to see the concerted marketing effort by certain manufacturers are paying dividends, while some are banking on their long-running earned reputation, and others are doing well purely because of good new products.

Rheinmetall Defense builds VW Amarok war machine

by George Kuruvilla. June 28, 2012.

European Car News

Rheinmetall Defense unveiled the war edition of the Volkswagen Amarok at the recent Eurosatory defence expo held in Paris, which is highly regarded as the Geneva Motor Show of military hardware.

First drive: 2012 Volkswagen Passat in Jordan

by Mashfique Hussain Chowdhury. June 27, 2012.

The all-new Passat is a big car for Volkswagen. And by ‘big’, we mean both importance as well as size. The larger 2012 Passat is now shipped in from their new United States factory, and we were shipped to Jordan for a test-drive as well as a mini-vacation at a Dead Sea resort.