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Italdesign Guigiaro's Polo-Sized VW Tex Coupe and Go! MPV Concepts
Italdesign Giugiaro celebrates its official Volkswagen property status with the the Tex and Go! concepts, both based on VW's upcoming modular transverse architecture. VW hopes use this architecture to cut down on development costs by having a vehicle system that can house a variety of power trains from the start. Starting with the sportier of the two "A0" segment concepts, the Tex is Italdesign's take on "tomorrow's sporty Volkswagen". This baby Scirocco - approximately the size of a Polo and named after Italian comic hero Tex Willer - is a front-wheel drive sport hatch powered by a Twin Drive hybrid plug-in system.
Mated to a 7-speed DSG, this allows for up to 35 kilometers of electric travel, a top speed of 220 km/h (137 mph), and a sprint to 100 km/h (62 mph) in "about 6 seconds".
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New Chrysler 300 "the Kings & Queens Of America" Spot Narrated By Got's Peter Dinklage
After the "Imported From Detroit" and "America's Import" campaigns, Chrysler has a new tagline named "Drive Proud" that focuses on the 300 and this is the first spot to hit the air. Read more »...
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This Is The New Volkswagen Golf Mk7's Mqb Platform
At an event held today at its headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany, Volkswagen revealed its new "Modularer Querbaukasten" or MQB platform that will form the base for the upcoming seventh generation Golf as well as a large number of other mainstream...
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Geneva 2011: Volkswagen R Exclusive-izes The Golf R (four Times)
Get ready for four new Golf concepts from Volkswagen, all based on the recently hotted-up Golf R. With these four Golfs, Volkswagen R GmbH hopes to explore the themes of "especially high-end" and "especially sporty". The more luxurious...
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U Spy: Italdesign Giugiaro's Geneva-bound Volkswagen Concept Cars
Carscoop reader Torben tipped us off this morning about the addition of two Volkswagen concept cars penned by the Italdesign Giugiaro studio at the European patent office. Given the recent reports on the world premiere of two new design studies from...
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Geneva Show: Giugiaro's Emas Italian Kei Cars
Italdesign Giugiaro's latest design study is a three-car plug-in collection debuting under the name EMAS, which stands for Eco Mobility Advanced Solutions (Emas also means "gold" in Malay). Built in collaboration with Proton and Lotus Engineering,...
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