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“There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.” -Ernest Hemingway. If there are only 3 real sports, what happens when you combine motor racing and mountaineering? You get the Pike’s Peak Hillclimb. Racers and teams from around the world will converge at Manitou Springs, Colorado in June. Of all the […]

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No reason why you can't fuel that passion from a young age.

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Insects can be a menace unless the are equipped with a turbocharger. The latest model of the “People’s Car” arrived at our headquarters finished in Bottle Green with a Beige Leatherette Interior. We were hoping for a manual, but the six-speed automatic proved to be a worthy contender. If you are looking for an economical […]

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For those who prefer to fly under the radar, VW’s latest Passat is a stealth fighter. With styling we have grown to love, our weekly test car arrived directly from the factory, which is not in Germany. The Passat is assembled at the world’s only LEED-certified plant in Chattanooga.Tennesseans are known for music and bourbon, so […]

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If you thought retro was over with, get ready for a modern Microbus. Volkswagen has set their sights on a zero-emission future, so get your surfboard ready for a battery powered cruise to the beach. The original Type 2 van was introduced in 1950 and the design was so revolutionary it remained in production (in […]

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SEMA week always brings out the wildest engine swaps of the year. Remember when Gas Monkey Garage stuffed a junkyard LS into a 997 only to be schooled by Richard Rawlings’ new Turbo S? Well, imagine that level of power shoved into one of the slowest production vehicles of all time. The VW Microbus, or […]

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Volkswagen is looking to enter a new era with the unveiling of their I.D. electric car. This new zero-emission vehicle is the first in the brand’s fleet of electric automobiles. Powering the I.D. is an electric motor with an output of 125 kW, which translates to roughly 167 hp. With this powertrain, VW notes that […]

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The Volkswagen Beetle is more than a car, it’s an icon. No, it’s not the fastest or prettiest car out there, but we all know what it is and we know that hippies used to love the heck out of them. Today, the Beetle has become a jack-of-all-trades that can compete in various forms of […]

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The highly-anticipated automobile festival is a festival of milestones, grand classics and new cars. We zoom in on a BMW, a McLaren and a Bugatti.

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It’s not every day you see a Volkswagen Bus turned into a time machine. Heck, I’d go as far as to say this is the first time you’ve seen such a thing. Available at Music City Motor Cars in Nashville, Tennessee is this 1967 VW Bus, which was modified by none other than BLVD Customs. […]

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Imagine four sprawling miles of a thematic park featuring a museum, several pavilions, and a client center (where customers can pick up new cars and tour a massive factory). Who would ever expect that something like that would have a Ritz-Carlton abutting it? Today we’ll explore this hotel by Elliot Barnes Interiors! Came with us!

The Ritz Carlton is a contemporary chateau – or as a German speaker would say, a Schloss – on the edge of a canal at the end of the Volkswagen’s Autostadt.

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