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Volkswagen is expanding their factory chain throughout th world. A major US assembly line, in Chattanooga Tenn, is producing thousands of cars per day, and is about to receive some help south of the border.

VW has announced it will build a new engine factory in Mexico. This plant will supply engines to its expanding North American production network.

The $550 million engine plant will be built on an industrial site in Silao, in the state of Guanajuato in central Mexico. This plant is scheduled for a 2013 completion. VW said the plant will have "a capacity to build 330…

Jonathan Browning, a former higher-up at General Motors and Ford, was named chief at the Volkswagen Group of America on Monday. Browning hopes to lead the company as it moves to improve US sales.

Browning, who handles the Volkswagen Group's national sales companies, will become president and chief executive effective Oct. 1 2010.

He previously was vice president of global sales, service and marketing at GM and oversaw the company's European sales from 2001 to 2008. He also worked for Ford Europe and also Jaguar, as a marketing official from 1997 to 2001. Browning replaces Stefan Jacoby, who…

Volkswagen has been keeping its Passat facelift for 2011 under wraps for a while now. But it appears  that a new alleged photo of 2011's Volkswagen Passat has surfaced on the website of Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet. The paper has sourced the photo directly to VW, handed to the paper by a distributor in Norway.

This supposed Passat image shows a car with new headlights that do away with the bulged design on the current Passat. The lenses look to be shaped slightly different than those seen in a previous leaked image.

What is the same is the new, flat…

The 2010 Volkswagen Golf GTI has been given a kick in the ass and made into a "rolling sound machine."

CarFilmComponents, a tuning company over in Europe, used their "Styling Station" to work out a scheme to pump up performance capabilities of the Volkswagen Golf GTI MKVI, while adding in a sound system almost guaranteed to cause complete deafness.

Based in Neuss, Germany, the fellas over at CFC Styling Station offer an engine computer unit upgrade that bumps up power to 265 horsepower - not bad for the Golf GTI. The company's latest show car features an Eisenmann exhaust with…

This may be one of the most interesting, and most disgusting Volkswagen Beetles to ever come from the small car maker. An eco-friendly fuel company has replaced the regular fuel and engine components of an all new VW Beetle to run on humans...human excrement that is.

GENeco and the man in charge Mohammed Saddiq have created what is being dubbed the "Bio Bug" - Converted to run on methane gas produced by human waste, the Volkswagen Beetle can maintain a top speed of 114 mph. The 2.0-liter car performs just as well on methane as on conventional fuel.

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The classic VW Van is starting to make a comeback, but not in the way you might think. Volkswagen's classic box van was once the transportation (and many times, living space) of hippies traveling cross country, or kids trying to have a little fun outside of their parent's home.

But VW wants to resurrect its well known square vehicle, but not as a hippie transport. The German auto maker is setting up a new line of commercial vans to be released in Europe and eventually the United States.

The latest commercial compact van is known as the Volkswagen Caddy overseas. It will be sold with four choices of engines, two of which are hybrid BlueMotion units.

The two BlueMotion TDI engines will feature a rail direct injection and a particulate filter. In order to  help keep fuel consumption low, the two BlueMotion units also get start/stop and regenerative braking.

Several models of the van will be sold in Germany; including the Caddy, the Startline, Trendline and Comfortline versions. VW will also produce the Tramper camper van. All models of the van use a removable second row of seats.

Pricing has been reduced on the new Volkswagen Caddy, with a new retail tag beginning at ?13,595 not including taxes. If these models come over to the United States, that translates to a starting MSRP of  $17,995 minimum. German sales for the VW Caddy will begin in September, with sales kicking off in other markets soon after.

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http://www.worldcarfans.com/110072227503/2011-volkswagen-caddy-major-facelift-revealed

Several patent drawings of the Volkswagen Jetta Coupe have leaked onto the web. These pictures of a once rumored Jetta two-door concept now make it clear that the German auto maker is planning a sportier version of their highly successful vehicle.

The official sketches were apparently leaked out of a government trademark office.

While details are limited, the car looks virtually identical to the New Compact Coupe (NCC) concept which debuted at the 2010 North American International Auto Show.

Compared to the concept, the production model features a revised grille, a modified lower air intake, and a dual exhaust system.

Like the redesigned 2011 Jetta sedan, engine options will likely include a wide varity - a 103 hp 1.2-liter TSI, a 158-hp 1.4-liter TSI, a 168 hp 2.5-liter, and a 197 horsepower 2.0-liter TSI.

In Europe, and possibly in the United States, a diesel variant will be available. With that, we can expect a 103 hp 1.6-liter TDI BlueMotion and a 138 horsepower 2.0-liter TDI.

Stay up to date on all the latest from Volkswagen, including the new Jetta models, at Fletcher Jones Volkswagen - 1111 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60610.


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http://www.worldcarfans.com/110071227321/volkswagen-jetta-coupe-patents---design-revealed