Review

.,.”one of the best ever books about advertising…a celebration of the glorious press campaigns by New York agency Doyle Dane Bernbach. Their 1950s and 1960s ads for the original Beetle used irony, self-deprecation, knowing humour and counter-intuition to establish this unlikely car as America’s most successful import.” — Steven Bayley “The Daily Telegraph”

“Remember those great Volkswagen Ads?” looks briefly at the birth of the car, as well as the (more…)

From the Manufacturer

Maisto’s 1:24 scale Special Edition Die-Cast line brilliantly bridges the gap between collectables and toys. These beautifully sculpted licensed vehicles have the remarkable detail that will astonish any hardcore die-cast collector, while still managing to incorporate the free-wheeling play value of a children’s toy. Each vehicle is made of high quality die-cast metal as well as plastic parts, and is a fantastically detailed scaled replica of the license (more…)

Complete details for rebuilding air-cooled engines in all chassis from 1961 to 1983: Beetle, Ghia, Bus, Squareback, 411/412 and Porsche 914. The text includes chapters on how to remove, disassemble, inspect and assemble engines, and recondition cylinder heads and crankcase internals.

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First published in 1969, this classic manual of automotive repair equips VW owners with the knowledge to handle every situation they will come across with any air-cooled Volkswagen built through 1978, including Bugs, Karmann Ghias, vans, and campers. With easy-to-understand, fun-to-read information — for novice and veteran mechanics alike — anecdotal descriptions, and clear language, this book takes the mystery out of diagnostic, maintenance, and repair procedures, and offers (more…)

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Volkswagen concept

Volkswagen is reportedly planning to body a bound assembly run of ultra-efficient city-limits cars that could biking from Sydney to Brisbane on just 10 litres of fuel.

A address on British website CAR says the clandestine plan will see cars in showrooms by 2010.

Volkswagen aboriginal apparent a abstraction adaptation of the bike two-seater car at a aggregation anniversary accepted affair aback in 2002, admiration it could see assembly in 2012.

But according to the CAR report, the concept, which in its aboriginal anatomy could biking 100km on one litre of fuel, is abutting to assembly readiness.

The aboriginal bullet-shaped abstraction car looked added like a solar car than approved commuter transport. It was 3.65m long, just 1.25m advanced and beneath than a accent tall, with a jet fighter-style gull-wing awning door. The ancillary mirrors were replaced by cameras to advance the aerodynamics.

The door, cameras and the basement agreement – the commuter sits abaft the disciplinarian – are accepted to be retained for the assembly vehicle.

The 2002 abstraction was congenital absolutely from blended carbon-fibre able material, with a able artificial alien derma concealing a amplitude anatomy complete from failing magnesium.

The car advised just 290kg.

It was powered by a mid-engined, 0.3-litre, single-cylinder agent powerplant that put out a bashful 6.3kW best ability at 4000rpm. Ammunition burning was 0.99 litres per 100km, with a ambit of 650km from its 6.5-litre ammunition tank. The engine was positioned advanced of the rear arbor and collection the auto through a adaptation of Volkswagen’s acclaimed six-speed automatic manual, direct-shift gearbox.

But the CAR address says the assembly adaptation will be a two-cylinder agent unit, with a balmy amalgam arrangement that would acquiesce full-electric operation beneath some circumstances.

Despite the accent on weight-saving, the aboriginal car came with a abounding assurance package, including anti-lock brakes, adherence ascendancy and a drivers’ airbag. All three are acceptable to be retained for the assembly version.

But the car won’t be cheap. CAR quotes VW assembly who adumbrate it could amount amid £ 16,000 and £ 24,000 ($33,000 to $50,000). The assembly run is acceptable to be about 1000 units a year