Here’s one more “Pimp My Ride” project vehicle that’s up for sale. Gus, a reader of Carscoop, discovered Lawanna’s VW Bug that aired on MTV’s Pimp My Ride Show episode 414, on the Los Angeles area Craiglist. The seller –we don’t know for sure if it’s Lawanna, is asking a mere $40,000. Not bad at all for a rustbucket on wheels that was half-way to the scrapyard before Xzibit took over.
Volkswagen of America will lose hot-selling diesel models of several of its most popular cars as the automaker catches up to new federal emissions standards that take effect this fall. VW will drop the diesel versions of its Jetta, Golf and Beetle models for the 2007 model year, which begins this fall. The new U.S. limits for nitrogen oxide emissions are among the most stringent in the world.
Yes, it's real. The San Francisco Chronicle writes a story and a video of the VW New Beetle, owned by Stanford engineer Ron Patrick, who used a helicopter jet engine that drinks 15 gallons of fuel per minute.
Just in case buyers thought the styling of the New Beetle and New Beetle Cabriolet wasn\222t quite distinctive enough\205 Volkswagen is pleased to announce the introduction of a range of decals allowing them to customise their vehicles further.
One of the more unusual Geneva concepts, but actually reasonable as a production vehicle, the Biwak has a shape all its own. It's probably more practical than the regular Beetle, even though the rear visibility isn't as good. Nice looking finish, but I'd never own it.
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