Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
by Damon Lavrinc
Although it came as a surprise to most (okay, all), Volkswagen plans to revive the Phaeton nameplate and possibly make a play for buyers of more high-budget coupes like the Mercedes SL. A few spy shots surfaced last month showing a test mule of VW’s intentions, and although little was gleaned from the […]
Tags: VW Phaeton coupe, VW Phaeton, coupe, VW, Volkswagen, Mercedes SL, Automobile
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
Rolls-Royce Motors was created from the demerger of the Rolls-Royce car business from Rolls-Royce Limited in 1973. Rolls-Royce Limited had been nationalised in 1971 due to the financial collapse of the company caused in part by the development of the RB211 jet engine. In 1973 the British government sold the Rolls-Royce car business to allow […]
Tags: Rolls-Royce, Motors, RB211, engine, BMW, Bentley, Volkswagen, VW
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Thursday, January 11th, 2007
by John Neff
After all the speculation and rumors, Volkswagen announced today that Wolfgang Bernhard will be leaving his post as Chairman of the Volkswagen brand and vacating his seat on Volkswagen AG’s Board of Management. A true professional to the end, Bernhard put in his two weeks and will be leaving on January 31st. The […]
Tags: Volkswagen, VW, DaimlerChrysler
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Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007
by Dan Roth
The pic isn’t anything official from Solihull, but it is reportedly based on reality. The fine fellows at Jalopnik found this little Rangie, which looks to be about the same size as the VW Tiguan. We’re digging the exoskeleton look with bold Rover family cues like the large vents ahead of the doors. […]
Tags: VW Tiguan, Land Rover coupe, Land Rover, CUVs
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