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Volkswagen kicks off with U.S. Soccer, aiming to become America’s preeminent sport

Around the world, more people watch and play soccer than any other sport. In the United States, soccer has steadily gained fans and players over the past few decades; it’s now the third-largest participatory sport in the nation, and its popularity among people under 35 years old is surpassed only by American football. Today, Volkswagen of America announced it was taking a major step to bolster soccer in America by becoming the presenting sponsor of U.S. Soccer for the next four years – su

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Magazine

Now Trending: VW in the News

Temperatures might be dropping, but things are only heating up in the world of Volkswagen — from auto shows to soccer sponsorships. Here’s what’s happening and where you can join in the VW fun. Let It Show Auto shows — a wintertime staple — offer more than a sneak peek behind the scenes and under some hoods. They’re also filled with show-only experiences, such as last year’s VW interactive displays with a GTI racing simulator and a "screen" made up of tiny magnetic flipping pixels. Check out t

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Restoring Annie the Beetle for her owner of 50 years and counting

Kathleen Brooks remembers buying her first new car. She was 21 years old in December 1966 when she went to a Volkswagen dealer in Riverside, Calif., and left with a 1967 VW Beetle in ruby red, complete with white vinyl interior, upgraded exhaust and all of 53 horsepower. Total price: $2,300, with a loan of $28.87 per month. Because of her red coat, Kathleen quickly named her car “Annie.” Soon the miles began to accumulate, driving around southern California, from San Francisco to San Dieg

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Unlocking the speed secrets of Volkswagen’s first electric race car

For a motorsports engineer like Cedric Delnatte, the ask was a bit of a dream: Design a new electric vehicle to take on one of the world’s great racing challenges, from scratch, with no rules beyond those of physics and driver safety. The result was the I.D. R Pikes Peak, the car that broke the overall record for the Pikes Peak hill climb in June 2018 – breaking a record that had previously only been set by liquid-fueled vehicles. The trip up the 12.42-mile route took just 7 minutes, 57.148 s

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Vehicles

Top tuners take the Volkswagen Jetta and Arteon up a notch at SEMA

Every fall, hundreds of wild custom vehicles and the creative minds behind them gather at the Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Association show in Las Vegas to show off the latest trends in car modifications on the latest models. While SEMA never fails to draw out the unusual and unexpected, the best in show often demonstrates a flair for making everyday vehicles striking – in ways that might not require access to a paint shop and years of experience. This year, some of the top aftermarket s

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Taking the VW van life road to cosplay adventure

For many people, the thought of quitting a job and traveling the United States sounds like a dream. For Justin and Megan Webb, it’s a reality. Last year, the Tennessee couple decided they had nothing to lose by pursuing a passion. They sold almost everything they had, donated what they could, and kept only a box each of sentimental belongings. They then traveled to Boise, Idaho, where they picked up the vehicle they would live in and drive across the country—a 1984 Volkswagen Vanagon West

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Five races, five podiums, one championship: Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross in 2018

When Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross launched in 2014, the series was a new experience for many Americans; fast-paced, timed motorsports action on closed courses that mixed pavement and dirt with spectacular jumps and "joker laps." So was the race car, a competition-bred version of the Volkswagen Beetle with nearly 600 hp, all wheel drive and a zero-to-60 mph time faster than most open-wheel race cars. Five years later, Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross and drivers Scott Speed and Tanner Foust ha

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VW Andretti Rallycross wins Americas Rallycross’ 2018 championship

Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross completed the inaugural season of the Americas Rallycross Championship (ARX) with a 1-2 finish at Circuit of the Americas (COTA) this weekend. Tanner Foust made a near-clean sweep of the event, earning a top qualifying spot before winning his semifinal heat and the final—his second event win of the season. Scott Speed fought back to finish second in the final, securing his, and the team’s, fourth-consecutive rallycross championship. “It’s been an incredible four

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Foust takes hard-won third for Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross at Nitro World Games

Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross battled a tough track and intense competition to gain a podium spot in their first visit to the Nitro World Games. Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross’s Tanner Foust grabbed a third-place finish in a wild Nitro Rallycross Final. A coming together of the race leaders on lap one knocked Scott Speed out of the event and opened the door for a hard-charging Foust to reach the bottom step of the podium. “This was a crazy weekend for everyone at Volkswagen Andretti Rally

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Riding the waves at Big SoCal Euro

In the late-summer sun of San Diego, California, Volkswagen owners of all generations—cars and people—gathered to celebrate the people’s car brand. Spanning almost as far as the eye can see, across San Diego Count Credit Union Stadium, Volkswagen and other European cars gathered as part of Big SoCal Euro. One of the biggest get-togethers of air-cooled and water-cooled VW vehicles in California, Big SoCal Euro marks 2018 as its seventh year, and the event’s growth is a testament to its quality

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200 MPH and more: Breaking a speed record with a modified 2019 Volkswagen Jetta

All it takes to modify  a sedan to be able to push past 200 mph is to acknowledge its limits – and then find a way to break them without breaking the car itself. That’s where Tom Habrzyk’s talents come to life. “The power levels required to set records are very high,” explains Habrzyk, chief executive officer of THR Manufacturing, “so to get to those power levels from the drivetrain, we have to basically overcome some of the failure points that would inhibit us from safely reaching high speed

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With the 2019 Volkswagen Beetle Final Edition, we say #ByeByeBeetle

It’s official: The 2019 Volkswagen Beetle will be the last production year of the iconic Volkswagen Beetle, exactly seven decades after it first came to the United States in 1949. But the Beetle will be getting a year-long sendoff, beginning with special Beetle Final Edition models for 2019 and continuing over the next several months. “The loss of the Beetle after three generations, over nearly seven decades, will evoke a host of emotions from the Beetle’s many devoted fans,” said Hinrich

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Vehicles

What do you call the game of spotting a VW Beetle?

First: It is the official position of Volkswagen of America that no one should throw or receive a punch (or even a tap for that matter) simply upon seeing a Volkswagen Beetle. Volkswagen does not condone any form of violence, especially over an icon of the peace-and-love era like the Beetle. That said, it is well known that generations of bored American children on the road have invented and handed down a game around the Beetle. But there’s also a lingering debate that has never been sett

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Rescue me: How one Atlas owner gives good dogs forever homes

 Thanks to a hurricane, Nina Roedeler found her calling. In late 2012, hundreds of animals were lost or displaced after Hurricane Sandy hit the New York metro region. The pets came from flooded shelters or were left behind when their owners had to evacuate. Roedeler, a New York resident, volunteered to foster one of the dogs left traumatized by the storm. She tended the dog it back to health and eventually helped it find a new permanent home. That experience led Roedeler to her role as

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Capturing the past and present at Wolfsgart 2018

Nestled in the northern beauty of Vermont lies Burlington, a small town hugging the eastern shore of Lake Champlain. For one weekend each summer, this small town becomes the travel spot for Volkswagen enthusiasts around the northeast region.  The attraction: Wolfsgart. Celebrating all varieties of European makes and models, Wolfsgart’s roots trace back to Volkswagen and to this day a large majority of the event is focused on the love of the People’s Car. This year, Volkswagen attended Wol

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How a Photographer Draws Inspiration from the Arteon

Just after college, Douglas Sonders traded his classic convertible sports car for some professional-level digital camera equipment to document a tour with a rock band. It’s a gamble that’s still paying off today. From his days on a tour bus, Sonders’ award-winning career as a photographer and filmmaker now spans everything from celebrity magazine-cover portraits to industrial applications for virtual reality. But it was a new challenge to take a Volkswagen Arteon, the striking new flagship th

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Cruising the coast in air-cooled style for Treffen 2018

If you were lucky enough to be driving along the West Coast last month, you might have seen a few more classic Volkswagens than usual, and a couple that you might not have recognized. That was the 2018 edition of the Highway 1 Treffen, the annual 1,700-odd-mile cruise from Canada to Mexico along some of the most beautiful roads in America. This year, dozens of VW Buses, Beetles, Karmann Ghias, Type 412s and other models from Volkswagen’s air-cooled era took part in the caravan. The Volksw

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Motorsports

Winning streak continues with a 1-2 finish for VW Andretti Rallycross team

Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross proved the class of the field as the Americas Rallycross Championship (ARX) made its maiden visit to Canada and the Trois-Rivières circuit last weekend. Championship leader Scott Speed scored a clean sweep, leading every session on the way to the second back-to-back ARX victory. Close behind Speed in the Final was his teammate, Tanner Foust, who bounced back from a big accident on Saturday afternoon to claim a third consecutive podium finish. “I’m really proud t

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Taking the Volkswagen Golf Alltrack to new heights

Jason Mariani always knew he wanted to own a wagon; it was just a matter of time and choosing the right vehicle to meet his needs. When he found the Volkswagen Golf Alltrack, he knew he discovered much more than he was looking for. The Golf Alltrack arrived in the U.S. in 2016 and has been gaining momentum among adventure-seekers, outdoor enthusiasts and families since. Mariani knew the Alltrack was the perfect car for his lifestyle because he could fit both his growing family and bicycle

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Vehicles

Inside one man’s unique collection of 114 Golfs

Josef Juza may not own the world’s largest private collection of Volkswagen Golfs – but with 114 examples, many of them rare and odd, it’s hard to imagine a more passionate fan. Juza, a chimney sweep from Austria, began his collection as part of his job, driving a second-generation, European-spec VW Caddy pickup for work. From there the collection began to grow; a normal Golf for the family, a Cabrio for summer, a GTI for driving fun and even a Golf Country for wintertime, or as Juza call

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