Volkswagen Bus/vanagon Gl on 2040-cars
Wellston, Michigan, United States
For sale is a unique 1984 Vanagon with just 25,600 actual miles from new. It was picked up at the Hanover factory on 8-17-84 by my late friend . While in his possession, Jonce removed the original wheels and tires and installed 16” BBS wheels with Goodyear Assurance 205/55/16‘s. The original wheels are available if the auction winner would like them, contact me and we can make arrangements. in very good condition All other glass is also original and in good condition All trim 100% original, complete and in very good condition Interior: Original Royal Blue Fabric interior in excellent condition Seats slide and operate as new Rear seats in as-new condition Original carpet in excellent condition, one hole in the carpet behind the driver’s seat, see pictures. It is easily repairable but I have left it as-is so the new owner could decide what to do Perfect original headliner Vent windows work perfectly Sliding windows work perfectly Inside mirror is as new with clear glass in very good condition No wind noise or other noise concerns when driving Driver and passenger window winders operate smoothly, feel new. Engine: Engine is 100% original with just over 25,000 actual miles driven since new Slight oil leak, as they all do Noise-free Turns over quickly, starts promptly Rock steady idle Pulls smoothly and runs cool Transmission: No noises when driving Shifts as new, very smoothly Suspension, brakes, steering: Rides beautifully, no suspension issues whatsoever Parking brake correctly adjusted and fully working Sixteen inch BBS wheels** Goodyear Assurance 205/55/16 tires, as new Drives as it should. Tracks straight. Steering wheel is level when driving straight No rattles or other concerns Brakes function as-new and with no pulling. All the rest: All engine gauges and warning lights function properly Clock operates Lights, horn,
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VW says it has sold over 100,000 TDI diesels in America this year
Thu, 26 Dec 2013Volkswagen Group of America has lit oil-burning fireworks to celebrate the sales of more than 100,000 TDI Clean Diesel vehicles in the US between its VW and Audi brands this year. According to VW, that means it is responsible for more than 75 percent of diesel-engined cars and SUVs sold here - perhaps not surprising when the two brands offer a total of 12 diesel models.
What might be surprising is that the number of diesels isn't far off the estimated sales of 90,000 battery electric vehicles and PHEVs, with 15,000 of those accounted for by the Tesla Model S, another 12,000 or so being the Toyota Prius PHEV.
VW's keen to play up the ease of making diesel part of your life, stressing that it doesn't need any change to the refueling infrastructure and that "this is a technology delivering real answers to society's concerns about fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions without compromises."
Volkswagen considering a four-door, four-seat XL1
Fri, 22 Aug 2014According to a report in Autocar, Volkswagen might have more in mind for the XL1 than mining it for advances to grace the next-generation Golf. Aiming to fight the Honda FCEV due for public consumption next year, we're told VW executives have put a four-door, four-seater version of the XL1 - it could be called XL2 - on the drawing board. The impetus is said to come from the top, with VW Group chairman Ferdinand Piëch intent on staying in the deep end of "super-efficent vehicles."
Autocar suspects the necessary changes could raise the weight of the car from 1,749 pounds to 2,068 pounds, which would make it four pounds less than the 2,072-pound Up! we drove a few years ago. Crucially, however, the mag thinks the extra capacity wouldn't change the two-seater's 310-mile-per-gallon rating, with tech tweaks and the aerodynamic benefit of a longer car offsetting the weight. Speculation is that the back seats would be staggered like the fronts in order to maintain the XL1's overall profile.
We recently heard about another XL1 variant that's gone off the radar entirely, the Ducati-engined XLR that we thought we'd see at the Geneva Motor Show and that was said to be going into production, so this one could go the same way. The biggest hurdle to making such an idea a reality, though, could be the price: the current XL1 costs 110,000 euros ($146,116). If VW really is going to compete with the Honda FCEV and the Toyota FCV - $70,000 in Japan - that might be where it wants to start.
BMW, Ferrari, VW cars use tungsten mined by terrorists
Thu, 08 Aug 2013Bloomberg Markets is reporting that BMW, Volkswagen and Ferrari have been using tungsten ore sourced from Columbia's FARC rebel terrorists. The extensive story focuses on Columbia's illegal mining trade and calls into question the provenance of the rare ore that is used not only in crankshaft parts production, but is also found in the world's computing and telecommunications industry for use in screens.
The ore is mined by the FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army), and exported to Pennsylvania, where it is refined. The refined ore is then sent over to Austria, where a company called Plansee turns it into a finished product. Now, it's important to note that we aren't talking about the world's supply of tungsten here. In 2012, Plansee's American refinery purchased 93.2 metric tons of tungsten, valued at $1.8 million. That's peanuts, with the entire Colombian tungsten mining industry producing just one percent of the world's supplies.
That doesn't make indirectly supporting FARC any more acceptable, though. BMW, VW and Ferrari are all committed to not accepting mineral supplies from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is also in the grips of a guerrilla insurrection funded, in part, by illegal mining. The same commitment would figure to extend to Colombian mining, but as BMW points out, it's difficult for a multi-national manufacturer to know where every item in its supply chain comes from. A company spokesperson says as much, telling Bloomberg, "These few grams out of the billions of tons of raw materials passing through the BMW supply chain are of no practical relevance."