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I’m Hitting The Hills With VW’s New Sled This Winter

1:50AM February 3, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

Every few years, Volkswagen focuses its design expertise on sleds instead of cars. And this year they’ve introduced a couple of new offerings, including this sleek Crazy Bob sled featuring Golf GTI branding. More »


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Time-Lapse Video Made Me Buy Lego Volkswagen T1 Camper Van

2:30AM October 14, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

I really really really liked the Lego Volkswagen T1 Camper Van, but after watching this cute time-lapse of its construction, I couldn’t resist it anymore and bought it. More »


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Lego Volkswagen Camper Van Is A Must Have Model Even If You’re Not A Damn Hippie

11:29PM August 15, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

The Volkswagen Camper Van was originally made in 1962. I wish VW were still making them, because I’d buy one. Instead, I’d have to get this awesome Lego set instead. Watch the tour to see all the great detail inside. More »


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Volkswagen Ad Tells You To ‘Eat The Road’, Page Is Actually Edible

4:00AM May 27, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Though it does depend on your standards of what is indeed edible. Made from “glutinous rice flour, water, salt, propylene glycol, FD&C colour and glycerine”, the Volkswagen ad appeared in South Africa’s AutoTrader magazine. [AdsoftheWorld via AdWeek via LitmanLive]


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This VW Tent Costs More Than An Actual VW Van

5:00AM May 17, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Hippies – it’s probably best you open the zip doors a crack when having a joint; you don’t want anyone thinking you’re doing yourself in by car exhaust fumes. Not that the windows will steam up on this van, mind. More »


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Half Volkswagen Bus, Half Studebaker Tank, All Awesome

6:00AM May 16, 2011 | Tom Joslin

Have you always wanted a tank that looked like a Volkswagen bus? We didn’t either, that is of course until we saw pictures of this one. Who would have thought the combination of a 1945 Studebaker Weasel Tank and a bay window Volkswagen bus would work so well together? Currently for sale at a car dealer with California, we are left with a lot of questions about the creation of the Bus/Tank and no answers. More »


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The Adorable Kid Behind The VW Darth Vader Commercial Has A Pacemaker

1:40PM February 8, 2011 | Casey Chan

The Volkswagen Darth Vader commercial was one of the Super Bowl’s best and a lot of it had to do with the adorable kid dressed up as the Sith Lord. The cute kid behind it, Max Page, is now a healthy six-year-old but at four months old he was diagnosed with Tetralogy of Fallot, a congenital heart defect found in children. More »


Cars

Kid Darth Vader Could Sell Anything

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4:41PM February 4, 2011 | Nick Broughall

As a kid, I used to pretend I was Luke Skywalker, using the Force to save the universe from the forces of the evil empire. As I got older, I realised that being Vader would be better (until the prequels came out at least) because he had power. But obviously that power didn’t come to him straight away, as this Volkswagen commercial shows. More »


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Volkswagen’s New XL1 Plug-In Hybrid Promises 0.9 L/100km

4:40PM January 29, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Volkswagen is showing off their new XL1 prototype at the Qatar Motor Show, and they’re proud of the fact it gets 0.9 L/100km with the plug-in electric/gas hybrid engine. But they’re also excited it will go into production. More »


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This Traffic Camera Is A Little Different: It Pays You Money

12:20PM December 7, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/iynzHWwJXaA&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1","customParams":[] ,"width":500,"height":332.5,"ratio":0.615,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube","wrap":true,"agegate":false} ); Now this, this is a traffic camera I can get behind. The Speed Camera Lottery, a winning project for Volkswagen’s Fun Theory series, sends tickets to speeders and enters law-abiding drivers in a lottery to win their money. Awesome auto-karma. More »