Black honeycomb grille. Turning bi-xenon high beams. LED daytime running lights. Tornado red exterior. Titan black leatherette interior. These are some of the things that stick out most during our recent test drive of the 2014 Jetta GLI Autobahn with Navigation. If that name sounds a bit more distended than the typical “Jetta,” that’s because […]
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Test Drive Review: The 2014 VW Beetle Turbo R-Line
Looking out from Leith Volkswagen of Raleigh, across the parking lot and beyond Capital Boulevard, a cell tower rises out of the trees. Dale Diedrichs usually has a very full day, helping customers however he can, but whenever he has a moment, he likes to look up at the cell tower. For a while now, […]
VW Type-3: Do You Want to Drive a Boring Car of the Rest of Your Life?
In a recent article for Petrolicious about a 1971 Volkswagen Type 3, a man notes, “Life is too short to drive boring cars.” This is a profound philosophical position: Man sees car, notes car’s ability to influence, buys fun car. It says that material things matter to your psyche, emotional health, and overall happiness. It’s […]
These Cities Swapped Out Freeways for Gardens and It Worked Out Fantastically
Editor’s Note: We are going to acknowledge right off the bat that this post is based on Gizmodo’s fantastic piece, “6 Freeway Removals That Changed Their Cities Forever” Once upon a time, the automobile was born. Wheat-chewing farmers and cigar-chomping industrialists regarded the new machine with wonder and avarice, respectively. Baseball-loving boys and gradually-liberated girls […]
T-Roc Concept Our Favorite New Crossover SUV
Bravo. In advance of the Geneva Motor Show in Switzerland this week, Volkswagen decided to make their own news by pulling back the curtain on the T-Roc Concept, a small crossover SUV made to be a little greater than the Golf and a little lesser than the Tiguan. It’s a feisty “softroader”—how have we not […]