Indian Cars, Bikes

Volkswagen To Launch Beetle On 4th December

Monday, November 23, 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 [...]

Volkswagen To Launch New Beetle In September

Saturday, August 15, 2009

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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 [...]

Jet Powered Beetle

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

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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 [...]