Today we take a little trek back into history as we find out more about the time when people didn’t really take the Volkswagen Beetle out of the box…more ‘put the box on the Volkswagen Beetle’ instead.
Category Archives: Volkswagen
Singing in the VW GTI
While looking at some Youtube clips of strange Japanese ads for the Mazda Capella (see here for more details) I couldn’t help but cast my mind back to one of my favorite yet strangest car commercials ever, advertising the VW GTI…
The Volkswagen Wagon that really wanted to go
A confession first: I haven’t had much experience with VW’s. Oh there was my mate Javed’s blue Beetle that conked out more than a doped up prize fighter. Then there was Marty’s bug that I occasionally had to help start with my rotary rocket. But until this year I really hadn’t had much experience in the VW world and after trying the latest diesel Golf, I found it incompatible with my usual driving style.
Thankfully an offer came through to try out a 2012 Volkswagen Golf Comfortline Wagon…and that completely changed my views on one of Germany’s finest…
Look at me, I’m a Necromancer!
I’m seriously struggling with this Stop Start technology, I truly am.
Any colour you like as long as it doesn’t match
You know those cars you see around that have mismatched colours due to an accident and a lack of the right coloured panels available at the time?
Well once upon a time Volkswagen thought this effect might be a great idea to produce from factory and hence forth the Polo Harlequin was born…