German Car Scene (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
The countdown to what is arguably the world’s most unusual rally is running: On 21 November 2008, Volkswagen will start to the Baja 1000 in Mexico with a specially designed Touareg TDI for the first time. Today, Dr Ulrich Hackenberg, Member of the Board for Technical Development of Volkswagen, unveiled the spectacular prototype for the race at the LA Auto Show in Los Angeles.
Racecar Engineering News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
The countdown to what is arguably the world’s most unusual rally is running: On 21 November, Volkswagen will start to the Baja 1000 in Mexico with a specially designed . Today, Dr Ulrich Hackenberg, Member of the Board for Technical Development at Volkswagen, unveiled the spectacular prototype. The Baja 1000 in Mexico is a most unusual event: 630 miles – a little more than 1,000 kilometres...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
... will have to be above 75 per cent for the project to make commercial sense, according to Dr Ulrich Hackenberg, executive vice-president of VW India.This could be higher than that planned for the current Skoda Fabia, giving VW an edge in pricing. The Polo in India is also likely to have a different set of headlamps, cheaper than those on the European model. Whereas the formerly-rear-engined...
