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Every year there is the Kala Ghoda Art Fest, which showcases new concepts and innovative ideas. The 2012 edition is already taking place as we speak and will be open to the public till 14th February. The most eye catching piece is undoubtedly the Volkswagen Beetle Art Piece, which was created entirely out of disposed [...]

“Volkswagen”, the name associated and initiated with the name “Beetle”- the peoples car. After making and breaking many record by selling 22.3 million numbers, VW revived it once again. World saw first glimpse of Beetle’12 in first half of last year at expos in Shanghai & NY. Now Beetle bug has now finally flew-in to [...]

Volkswagen recently started production of the 2012 Beetle at its facility in Puebla, Mexico. The German automaker’s plant in Mexico also manufactured the old Beetle. Employing over 15,000 workers and being the production base for the new Jetta and Golf, the Mexico plant manufactured 4.35 lakh vehicles last year. The production of the Volkswagen Beetle [...]

Volkswagen and Oprah Winfrey have some good relationship. The company used the famous television host to give the world a glimpse of the 21st century Beetle and now the German automaker has gifted one of her fans (through her) a brand new Beetle. Now we really don’t know what this dude did to deserve the [...]

Volkswagen has unveiled the new 2012 Beetle in New York. The new version gets slight cosmetic updates along with major changes to the engine, chassis and the interior. The first big change to the bug after its revival 13 years ago, the new Beetle heads to India in October this year, when the car will [...]

Car tested: Volkswagen Beetle 2.0 AT Price OTR Mumbai: 25,51,731/- It was way back in 1933 when Hitler ordered Dr. Ferdinand Porsche develop a Volkswagen, which quite literally means the ‘peoples car’ in German and immediately work was under way to make a small family car which could accommodate two adults along three children and [...]

With the beginning of the wedding season Volkswagen communicates the Beetle as an ideal gift for this special occasion. The campaign can be seen in print, online and digital and out of home media across Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad and will continue until middle of January next year. The New Beetle [...]

Volkswagen has launched the new Beetle and the Touareg in India. The new Beetle will is priced at Rs 20.45 lakhs whereas the Touareg is priced at Rs. 51.85 lakhs (all prices ex-Showroom, Delhi). The new Beetle is equipped with a 2.0 litre 4 cylinder petrol engine with an output of 115hp at 5400Rpm. It [...]

Volkswagen India will launch the new Beetle in Mumbai on the 4th of December. The car which is being imported from VW’s Mexico facility is a CBU and will cost Rs. 20 lakhs (ex-showroom, Delhi). The company is not targeting high sales as the Bettle’s presence in Volkswagen’s portfolio is more of a brand building [...]

Volkswagen India plans to launch the new Beetle in September this year. The car is being launched more for a brand building exercise than anything else. The car is expected to cost around Rs. 20 lakhs. The hefty price tag is due to the 110% import duty as the car is being bought in as [...]