Monkeys helped us get to the moon during our early days with NASA. They taught us how amazingly fun sign language can be with Jane Goodall. And they provided a name for a band that, while not great, probably got a lot of us through a lot of things that would have been unbearable during […]
Dancing on a Frozen Lake: The 2015 Golf R
Winter Storm PAX aside, most of us prefer dry, warm roads with all-season tires. That’s how driving conditions are most of the time in North Carolina, and it’s certainly much easier to confidently drive in conditions that your tires are equipped to handle. But what if you get a kick out of winter conditions? What […]
The Touareg Will See Your Snow and Raise You an Icestorm
Something that every American wonders at some point in his or her life is, would I have made a good pioneer? Of course, very few of us would make it after three full days without hot showers, cell phone service or deodorant, but that doesn’t mean we can’t test ourselves, right? That’s what camping is […]
Volkswagen Sponsors 2014 Winter Olympics with Massive Trucks
As the official vehicle sponsor of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Volkswagen is providing about 3,000 vehicles to the organizing committee. Of those 3,000, however, none are likely to be as visually impressive as the Polar Expedition versions of the Amarok trucks Volkswagen built to conquer the Russian Steppes. Note: Amarok means “Wolf” in […]
Volkswagen Shows How to Give A Present To the Founder of Facebook
We all know people who are hard to shop for. Their birthdays come up, and we cringe. We draw their names in a gift exchange, and we flinch. We see them at the local coffee shop at 7:30 in the morning after dropping our kids off and popping in for a quick moment away from […]