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Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
Welcome to Down On The Street , where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. I know what many of you DOTS aficionados are saying now. You're saying "Hey, didn't we just have an old VW bus a mere two Truck Mondays ago? What about that '78 Power Wagon we still haven't seen?" However, the VW geeks out there are saying "Oooooh! The doors!...
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Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Welcome to Down On The Street , where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Alameda is definitely a VW Transporter sort of town; you can find all the major Transporter-loving groups here, from original-owner curmudgeons to Spicoli -grade surfers. Yes, even though Alameda is inside San Francisco Bay and thus gets waves better measured...
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German Car Scene (Free subscription) | 16/10/2008
MILTON KEYNES – October 16, 2008: A Volkswagen Transporter has demonstrated how cost-effective it is to run by winning its class in the ALD Automotive TOTAL Excellium MPG Marathon 2008 by achieving 52.48 mpg after a challenging competition in real-world conditions.
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German Car Scene (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
LONDON/HANOVER - October 9, 2008: Again, a legendary artist is “Going Mobile” with Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles: Pete Townshend, Mastermind of The Who, is now driving a Volkswagen Transporter as his private vehicle. He recently swapped his camper van for the latest Volkswagen Transporter Sportline – a stylish, high specification model available in the UK. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has now got...
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Listings Lab Blog (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
When you own & run old cars (as I always do) it’s usually bad news when it’s in the garage. A new clutch, new brakes or the thing’s just plain broken down is more usual. But not today. I’ve been slowly doing up my 10 year old Volkswagen Transporter over the past few months, [...]
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German Car Scene (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
Australia’s leading vehicle safety organisation, the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP), has awarded its first 4-star rating for a commercial van – to the Volkswagen Transporter.
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Auto Channel (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008
The stylish Transporter Sportline is available as a van with standard and long wheelbases, and now as a fiver-seater kombi as well. The Sportline range is distinguished by lowered suspension, special 18 inch alloy wheels, chrome side rails, a rear roof spoiler, plus a lower front spoiler and chrome upper and lower front grilles.
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Auto Channel (Free subscription) | 12/07/2008
LONDON - July 12, 2008: Helen Simpson and Michael Broadwith set off from England in their Volkswagen Transporter campervan, from the specialist converter Bilbo’s, and travelled through more than 30 countries, including Ukraine, Russia, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Kazakhstan, China and Pakistan. Once they reached the southern tip of India, they turned the Transporter around and returned home again...
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Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 27/05/2008
When you come upon a seemingly endless line of air-cooled VW Type 2s grinding up a tough grade, the good news is that you'll probably be able to pass them all in just about any motor vehicle. Why, even the new water-cooled '84 Volkswagen Transporter- loaded with seven passengers, no less- can do the job (if you're patient enough and oncoming traffic obliges).
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Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
Remember the really, really low Volkswagen Transporter? When you get used to driving a bus that low, it just makes sense to add a Thing to your collection and make it even lower ... and when you've dropped it down onto the pavement, then you convert it to right-hand drive. That's what this air-cooled Alameda madman has done here, and the result makes quite an impression. Is it a US-market Thing, a...
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Auto Trader Blog (Free subscription) | 18/04/2008
From the Volkswagen Golf Harlequin to the Mitsubishi i, there are plenty of weird and wonderful cars on the road – but which one is the strangest? We’ve rounded up the best assortment of special edition cars, including a Union Jack-style Volkswagen Transporter featuring paintwork of The Who. Have you spotted an unusual car in your area? [...]
