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Owners

How one gourmet coffee shop gets up and goes with an Atlas

Looking for an excuse to indulge in a better-than-average cup of joe? You don’t have to go any further than National Gourmet Coffee Day, which takes place this Saturday. In honor of the caffeinated holiday, Volkswagen chose to spotlight Dom’s Coffee, a family-run coffee business out of Avon, CT. The European-style coffee store opened in May of 2015 by Andrius Plankis and Asta Plankiene, who both emigrated to America from Lithuania with their family in 2013. Named after their 8-year-old son

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Community

Driving imagination with the new MoMA

Arts education takes center stage at the newly reopened Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City. As a partner since 2011 and the lead sponsor of MoMA education since 2015, Volkswagen is proud to support new, outstanding enrichment opportunities for museum-goers. The new MoMA opened its doors in the fall with an expanded campus, a groundbreaking new curatorial approach, and the centering of education—both physically and programmatically—as part of its new vision. Of the new MoMA’s

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Community

Megan Rapinoe goes from soccer hero to Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year

It was impossible to ignore soccer superstar and social activist Megan Rapinoe in 2019. She led the U.S Women's National Soccer Team to a monumental world championship victory in July and made repeated headlines for her unapologetic stance against gender discrimination and racism. And now she can add one more honor to her banner year: Being named Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year, the fourth woman in the award’s 66-year history to win it unaccompanied. Rapinoe is the only woman

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Vehicles

Volkswagen reveals why Americans love SUVs – and why they’re the future

Sport utility vehicles are having more than a moment. Accounting for more than half of all new U.S. vehicle sales, Americans’ appetite for SUVs have steered automakers into an arms race to produce more and more of them, in increasing numbers of niches. It is no coincidence that Ford and Volkswagen will enter the long-range EV market with compact SUVs rather than conventional passenger sedans. Volkswagen predicts this trend is unlikely to end, barring a severe economic shock In a survey polli

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Driving Tips

Tips for getting your holiday tree home securely without damaging your vehicle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PV9PMsbZu4&feature=youtu.be A time-honored tradition in millions of households this time of year is holiday tree buying. However, according to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, an estimated 20 million Americans who purchased a live holiday tree in the last three years failed to properly secure it to their vehicle. Damage resulting from improperly loaded trees can lead to serious vehicle damage, including scratched paint, torn door seals and warped

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Company

Volkswagen teams with The Conservation Fund to increase the Cherokee National Forest

From fresh drinking water and wildlife habitats, to helping fight climate change and providing natural resources, American forests play an essential role in our daily lives. To help protect forests in the United States from development and fragmentation, Volkswagen, through a sponsorship of The Conservation Fund, will donate $1.2 million to help increase the Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee by roughly 1,500 acres and support other woodlands projects. “We are excited about our partnership

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Atlas Cross Sport

With Atlas Cross Sport R concept, Volkswagen races to the 2020 Baja 1000

More than 50 years ago, a loose band of hot-rodders decided to run their motorcycles – and eventually the first Volkswagen-based dune buggies -- through hundreds of miles of Mexican desert, practically inventing the field of Baja desert racing. Today, Volkswagen revealed its homage to that history – the Atlas Cross Sport R – and its plan to go racing in the 2020 SCORE Baja 1000. Built from a variety of Volkswagen and custom racing components, including a 480-hp, 2-liter turbo four-cylinder, t

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Enthusiast Event

For #ByeByeBeetle, a 700-hp tribute at SEMA

A skeleton-head shifter, seven-speed DSG transmission and a matte Army green finish are hardly the features you’d associate with a beloved Volkswagen Beetle. But for Marcel Horn, the founder and president of a Canadian custom auto shop HPA Motorsports, it’s the perfect sinister flavor for his custom Beetle build. “The Beetle can be a little cheeky, devilish critter,” said Horn, who debuted a custom Beetle at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in 1999. “That Dr. Jekyll-

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Owners

A ballpark bucket list: 60 days, 30 baseball stadiums, two friends – and one Jetta

Baseball and road trips are two of America’s favorite summer pastimes. Lyndon Suvanto, 27, and Dusan Krstic, 26, decided to combine the two and make it their summer mission to see every top-tier American baseball team play in their home stadium. The Canadian natives and ardent baseball fans hatched their cross-country plan while playing professional handball overseas. They began saving up funds and planning their two-month road trip in late 2018. “I figured now was the time to make it happ

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Vehicles

Nike offers pop-up experiences across America starring the Volkswagen ID. BUZZ CARGO

Founded by University of Oregon track coach Bill Bowerman and Oregon native Phil Knight, Nike began as the athletic shoe company Blue Ribbon Sports back in 1964. Nike’s first employee, Jeff Johnson, opened the company’s original brick-and-mortar storefront in Santa Monica, Calif., in 1967. When not manning the shop, Johnson would often drive his personal vehicle – a Volkswagen Type 2 bus – to local track meets to sell and deliver products directly to local runners out of the bus. In a hom

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Owners

‘It’s always about the kids’: Celebrating Kimberly Tuttle on World Teacher’s Day

https://youtu.be/dG2WFyTvk7g To mark World Teachers’ Day, an international celebration of educators, Volkswagen is celebrating Kimberly Tuttle and the positive impact she has had on her students’ lives. “This is my 21st year teaching,” Tuttle says, “and it is truly a dream.” A native of Blacksburg, Va., Tuttle teaches 11th grade English honors and advanced placement language and composition in Charlotte, N.C. Her excellence was recognized early on in her career by her peers and communit

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Vehicles

How plaid became part of Volkswagen Golf GTI history

No car has a claim to fame on a day to celebrate all things plaid quite like the Volkswagen Golf GTI – thanks to one woman’s pioneering choices that over the past four decades have become a symbol of driving enthusiasts worldwide. The Volkswagen Golf GTI’s debut in 1976 caused a sensation. Even though only a few details distinguished it visually from the original Golf, Volkswagen—influenced by one of the company’s first female designers—succeeded in transforming the compact car into an af

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Owners

This Hummus Shop’s Secret Sauce is in Their Roots — and a 1978 VW Bus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gumt_soJnKU&amp When Chefs Nick Wiseman and Ronen Tenne opened their hummus shop Little Sesame in Washington, D.C. in 2015, they wanted their restaurant’s foundation to have a very different philosophy than some of the New York City kitchens they’d cooked in over the years. They wanted to create a place that felt more grounded, that would enable them to build connections, explore new flavors and responsibly source their food, so they built one key ingredien

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Partnerships

Preserving a piece of civil rights history: The Jenkins’ Bus

Most vehicles that sit outside unattended for four decades aren’t destined to ever move again. But this 1966 Volkswagen Type 2 Deluxe Station Wagon isn’t just any Bus – it’s a piece of civil-rights history, and a memory of a family that spent decades working to make the country a better place. Esau and Janie B. Jenkins spent several decades fighting to improve the lives of their neighbors on Johns Island, S.C.  From the 1940s through the early 1970s, the Jenkins family built a network of

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Community

alice + olivia’s spring collection blooms into view with a Beetle backdrop

The fashion world gathers in New York City every September for a week-long reveal of the latest works from top designers, all capturing trends that will shape the industry in the coming year. Attendees put their best, well-heeled foot forward and see what the season ahead will bring. The brainchild of designer Stacey Bendet, alice + olivia’s Spring 2020 fashion presentation has long shed the stale catwalk approach for a series of nine “vignettes” – colorful, social-media-ready sets rangin

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Owners

Vintage Warehaus: A true restoration story

Tim Bolar’s passion for restoring vehicles started where many enthusiasts’ do: fixing up cars with his grandfather as a kid. Born and raised in Iowa, Bolar talks fondly about his childhood memories of going for ice cream runs in his granddad’s Volkswagen Bug and afternoons spent working on his Beetle. However, Bolar took his passion one step farther and turned it into a successful career path: he has a 9-to-5 job restoring vehicles and a side Volkswagen-inspired business called Vintage Wa

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Owners

From Beetles to robotics, one teacher’s passion for cool machines

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ttf8in9YEw&feature=youtu.be Troy Rivers Jr.’s obsession with air-cooled Volkswagen cars dates back to his early teens. While his classmates were saving up for newer models, Rivers was pinching his pennies to be able to purchase a bright green 1969 Baja Volkswagen Beetle. “I went and looked at it with my mom and fell in love with it,” says Rivers. “It’s a blast to drive.” He attributes his love of vintage vehicles to his father and grandfather, who en

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Company

Watch the Volkswagen ID. R take on its latest speed challenge – a racing drone

From Pikes Peak to the Nürburgring and Goodwood, Volkswagen’s electric ID. R race car has set records around the world, showing how electric power can transform vehicle performance. Its latest challenge isn’t a famous track, but another type of breakthrough technology – a racing drone. Launched earlier this decade, drone racing now sports thousands of players worldwide and several professional leagues. All feature tiny, remote-controlled aircraft capable of reaching speeds of 85 mph or mo

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Company

The USWNT just brought home another championship—and ‘home’ was ready to celebrate

As the seconds ticked down in the final moments of the U.S. Women’s National Team 2-0 victory over the Netherlands, preparations were already underway in New York City – preparing a heroes’ welcome fit for a team that captured not only the championship, but the imagination of an entire nation.   Memorable? Undoubtedly. Once-in-a-lifetime? Not on our watch. At Volkswagen, we understand the deep pride people feel for this team. It’s this same pride that inspired us to become

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Special Event

Flint brings back its historic Soap Box Derby, with a little push from Volkswagen Group of America

As the cradle of the American automobile industry, Flint, Mich., has always been a playground for four-wheeled innovation. In the boom times of 1936, the town held its first Soap Box Derby for children and adults to home-build their own gravity-powered racers. Thousands of fans and even the occasional national political leader would attend the events, which were held until 1995. Since then, a lack of resources has kept the event on hiatus – until this summer, when Volkswagen Group of America

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Company

Volkswagen developing mobility solutions for people with disabilities

Volkswagen Group of America has a big mission: offering mobility solutions for people with disabilities. The Inclusive Mobility initiative is more than just a name; it’s a program that directly engages with disability groups in the early stages of designing vehicle technologies, user experience and mobility services. The initiative, led by the Inclusive Mobility team at the Innovation and Engineering Center California (IECC) in Belmont, Calif., is an industry first. While there have been pate

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Company

Come as you are: Creating a free, safe space for LGBTQ students and allies

Since its partnership with the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in 2011, Volkswagen has been committed to supporting educational programs that foster learning opportunities and connections between art and life. One of the programs made possible by Volkswagen’s partnership with MoMA is Open Art Space, a relaxed weekly drop-in program for LGBTQ high school students and allies who are interested in thinking about, and making, art in a creative and welcoming environment. The program is facilitated by

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