168,000 Volkswagens Recalled Because Fuel Isn't Supposed To Leak
The volks at Volkswagen have issued a recall on a total of 168,275 Golf, Jetta and Audi A3 vehicles over concerns the fuel line could crack and leak, potentially causing an engine fire.
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Volkswagen Tiguan Pinata Commercial Makes Us Giggle
We've gotta hand it to Volkswagen: When it comes to crafting a commercial that not only makes a strong selling point, but causes an eruption of giggles, chortles and squees that we usually reserve for an episode of
Trailer Park Boys, you've got an A+ ad team.
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71,000 Volkswagen Jettas Recalled Because Honking Your Horn Shouldn't Shut Off Your Engine
If you have a 2011 Volkswagen Jetta, you may not want to go around tooting your own horn — because it might just shut your engine off.
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21 Super Bowl Ad Previews
For some (me), the best part of the show on Sunday will be the ads. But now I don't even need to suffer through a sport that stole its name from an already established and much better game, which you know as soccer, because
Adfreak has got the goods on the Super Bowl ad spots, with 21 teasers and full ads. Darth Volkswagen is already an early contender for best of the night, and first place in my heart:
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Volkswagen: $71 Billion Says We'll Be The World's Biggest Automaker By 2018
German auto manufacturer Volkswagen is sick of sucking the exhaust of the world's auto industry leaders and is throwing a $71 billion-sized brick on the gas pedal to try to take the lead.
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Hey Ladies, What Is It About The VW Beetle That You Love So Much?
I have a very distinct memory of being 11 and riding in the car with my recently licensed big brother, who of course knew everything there is to know about cars and girls. We pulled up next to an old VW bug being driven by an attractive woman, and after he slugged me in the arm he sagely stated, "Man, there's nothing as cool as a girl who drives a Volkswagen." And maybe he was right, because 23 years later the VW Beetle is the car with the highest rate of female ownership.
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Consumer Reports Picks Top Cars In 10 Categories
In the April issue of Consumer Reports, they announce their top picks for vehicles in 10 separate categories, from Family Sedan to Green Car to Pickup Truck to Best Car Overall. This year, that title belongs to the Lexus LS 460L.
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Every Time VW Fixes My Car, They Break Something Else
Amy's '06 VW Passat has been in the shop 106 of the past 141 days. After the engine broke down on a road trip and needed replacing, VW replaced it, but broke the transmission. When they replaced the transmission, they broke an axle. When they fixed the axle, the car started leaking oil worse than the Valdez. All Amy and her family want to be able to do is drive their car around like normal. So far, that's not happening, and VW's only offer of contrition has been to waive one car payment and $250 in services. So Amy launched her EECB, complete with a graph of how long VW has held her car hostage:
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Everybody Gets A Mediocre Minivan! Everybody Gets A Mediocre Minivan!
—>What's Oprah's latest giveaway? Not, thankfully, chicken. She'll be giving away two Routans. Hey, cool! But does the Oprah endorsement mean that the Routan is any good? Well, according to Consumer Reports Cars...not really. More »
Consumer Reports' Top 5 All-Around Car Brands
—>Wondering which car brands are the all-around best? According to the Automaker Report Cards published in Consumer Reports', Annual Auto Issue, 4 of the top 5 brands are Japanese, with no US car makers making the list — even though there was a 4-way tie for 5th place. Ouch. More »
Volkswagen Recalls 340k Cars That Fail To Meet US Safety Standards
—>Volkwagen is recalling 340k cars because they "may be missing required caps in the sockets of the low beam horizontal and vertical aiming screws." We're not sure why that is important, but we're sure that they wouldn't bother recalling the cars if it wasn't. More »
Volkswagen: "Why Not Skip A Payment?"
—>Ramit over at I Will Teach You To Be Rich sent us this heads up about some predatory lending behavior from Volkswagen Credit. Ramit's friend received a friendly-looking mailing suggesting, "Why Not Skip a Payment This Holiday Season?" The text of the letter reads: More »
Ogling the Complainosphere
• Volkswagen likes to sponsor concerts by wives of convicted war criminals, and no, we're not just talking Hitler's Youth Army Dance Party this time. GENOCIDE! LIVE! AND IN CONCERT! Will the Jetta's superior side-crash safety rating protect us from the pangs of conscience? [
Report from a concert by a Serbian war-criminal]
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Volkswagen GTI 2006: Turbo Testicles
—>Volkswagen has opted to remove billboards in New York, Los Angeles and Miami for the new GTI 2006 after Hispanics in the neighborhood found it either offensive or hysterical. The GTI's slogan? "Turbo Cojones." More »
Consumers Speak: Volkswagen's Not-So-Certified Pre-Owned Vehicles
—>Here's a depressing story from Melanie O. It seems that Volkswagen's 'Certified Pre-Owned' program can mean, well, whatever a dealership wants it to mean. That's a shame, too, because we just so happen to be fans of the company's product. More »
