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 [...]
Continue reading...23. November 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...15. August 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...21. January 2009
The iconic Beetle was present at the Mumbai International Motor Show. Volkswagen is planning to launch the car and is trying to gauge customer response. VW was advertising the presence of the Beetle at MIMS by advertising it through radio. Anyways about the car. Well the car looks, quite ugly to be honest and there [...]
Continue reading...24. June 2008
The Bugatti Veyron weighs quite alot, has 1000bhp at its disposal and is pretty fast. Now imagine a car weighing half of the Veyron and having more power. Well this VW has a GE Model T58-8F helicopter turboshaft engine producing 1350bhp. This engine idles at a mind blowing 13,000RPM and spins all the way to [...]
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5. December 2009
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