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VW-MAN van introduced next year

VW-MAN van introduced next year

Next year Volkswagen will present the all new Volkswagen Crafter van series. The model that is on the market now was produced and designed together with Mercedes-Benz but the next generation will be a Volkswagen design. At the moment the building of the new factory in Poland is in progress. This new Volkswagen van will…Continue Reading

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Volkswagen T6 Teaser

Volkswagen T6 Teaser

Volkswagen released a first teaser of the new Transporter model, T6. The illustration shows no drastic changes in the design. It all seems to be the same body in white and we espect T6 to be nothing more than a big face lift. The real thing is going to be presented during a presentation in…Continue Reading

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Volkswagen Tristar

Volkswagen Tristar

At the Volkswagen stand at the IAA there is a studymodel of the Tristar. With this adventures pickup VW looks back at the Original T3 Tristar, the Synchro double cab from 1988. The new Tristar seems to be something in the middle of the Amarok and the Transporter, and it draws a lot of attention…Continue Reading

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1667 Amarok’s for Dutch Army

The Dutch Army has signed a contract for 1667 Volkswagen 4-Motion Amarok pickup trucks. The Amarok is going to be the new standard allround offroad vehicle for the Dutch defence forces. There is a service and maintanance contract with VW for the 4×4 vehicles. The Volkswagen Amarok has the 140 Hp TDI engine, the 4-Motion…Continue Reading

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Military version of VW Worker

The Volkswagen factory in Resende, Brazil, manufacturer of VW and MAN trucks and buses, will produce more than 100,000 Volkswagen Constellation trucks for defense departments in 2014. The armed forces of Brazil already use earlier versions of the Volkswagen Worker 4×4 and 6×4. VW Constellation 31.320 is the first 6×6 military truck made in Brazil, which…Continue Reading

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Andreas Renschler hunts for top job

At Mercedes topmanager Andreas Renschler has suddenly left the company after having worked there all of his professional life. Renschler used to be the CEO of the truck devision of Mercedes-Benz. During that time Daimler bought a share in Kamaz. There was the launch of Bharat Benz in India and he got a better hold…Continue Reading

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Amarok Power Pickup

Volkswagen has released the New Amarok Power Pickup concept. An aggressive looking pickup with large wheels and a body kit. The powerfull Amarok has a 3 liter V6 TDI engine that produces 272 Hp and 600 Nm of torque. An eight speed automatic transmission and 4-motion all wheel drive doe the rest. This Amarok does…Continue Reading

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VW Amarok XXL

In The Netherlands the Volkswagen Amarok had to be longer to get a commercial licence in combination with a double cab. For that reason there was a longer Amarok that is built in Holland. New is an even longer version, the XXL. The wheelbase is 590 cm and the box is 221 cm long.  …Continue Reading

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Volkswagen studies small electric van

Volkswagen technicians have declared in the German press that a new van, smaller than the Caddy, is under development. This van will be electrically driven. At the recent Geneva Motor Show, Volkswagen unveiled the e-Co-Motion concept, which looks like a Transporter, but which has the dimensions of the Caddy. The new van will be even…Continue Reading

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