Awesome 1973 Convertible Karmann Ghia on 2040-cars
Tampa, Florida, United States
For sale is a modified 1973 convertible Karmann Ghia. This car is in awesome condition! New engine with less than 3,000 miles! The front end is from a donor 64, everything lines up perfectly. Always garaged since restoration. Car cover included. The car rides better than new! Below is what was completed in the last year.
In General ------------------------------ Four wheel disk brakes w/e-brake. Top is in great condition, no tears or holes, with glass rear window. Paint ------------------------------ Orange metallic paint in great condition. Professionally done bodywork and paint. Engine / Electrical ------------------------------ Less than 3,000 miles on a "brand new" 1835 Engine with duel 40 Webber Carburetors. Chrome throughout New starter, brushing, etc Electrical (lights, turn signals) New ignition with keys New fuel cylinder New braided fuel and oil hoses New braided spark plug wires New fuel line caps New clear distributor cap New brass tee fuel hose New oil dip stick New chrome wire separators (not installed) Pan ------------------------------ Pan is in great condition/no rust, was blasted and then coated in POR-15. Pan and metal areas were covered with Dynamat type material before padding and carpet was put in. Everything is either new or rebuilt in the last 2 years - including front beam, TRW steering box, ball joints, tie rods, steering dampener, master cylinder, hard and soft brake lines, clutch cable, GR2 shocks in front, KYB Gas-a-just in rear, pan seal, trans mounts and bushings, sway bar bushings, heater bellows, cv joints, shift rod, coupler and bushings. Stereo (professionally installed) ------------------------------ Custom built rear speaker box (under seats) New Pioneer DEH-4400HD New Rockford Fosgate p400 New JL Audio 6x9 New Polk Audio separates - 5 1/4 with tweeters New custom speaker front kick panels Interior ------------------------------ New SewFine interior New Empi shifter New chrome door sills New door release cover plate New chrome brake lever New door finger plates New leather brake and shifter boots (not installed) New inner door release latches New window cranks Metal Pedal covers Replaced all door clips Exterior ------------------------------ Year old Michelin tires New front vents and rubber sealing New convertible rubber seals (not installed) New door rubbers (not installed) New front turn signal covers New front VW emblem New antenna New license chrome strip New rear Volkswagen badge Tinting |
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VW makes $9.2B offer for rest of truckmaker Scania
Sun, 23 Feb 2014Volkswagen owns or has controlling interests in three commercial truck operations: besides its own, VW began buying shares in Sweden's Scania in 2000 and now controls 89.2 percent of its shares and 62.6 percent of its capital, then bought into Germany's Man in 2006 - in order to prevent Man from trying to take over Scania - and now owns 75 percent of it. The car company has managed to work out 200 million euros in savings, but believes it can unlock a total of 650 million euros in savings if it takes outright control of Scania and can spread more common parts among the three divisions.
It has proposed a 6.7-billion-euro ($9.2 billion) buyout, but according to a Bloomberg report, Scania's minority investors don't appear inclined to the deal. Although effectively controlled by VW, Scania is an independently-listed Swedish company, and a profitable one at that: in the January-September 2013 period its operating profit was 9.4 percent compared to Man's 0.4 percent. Some of the other shareholders believe that Scania is better off on its own and will not approve the deal, some have asked an auditor to look into the potential conflict of interest between VW and Man, while some are willing to examine the deal and "make an evaluation based on what a long-term owner finds is good," which might not be just "the stock market price plus a few percent." The buyout will only be official assuming VW can reach the 90-percent share threshold that Swedish law mandates for a squeeze-out.
Many of the arguments against boil down to investors believing that Scania's Swedishness and unique offerings are what keep it profitable, and ownership by the German car company will kill that. (Have we heard that somewhere before?) If Volkswagen can buy that additional 0.8-percent share in Scania, perhaps its buyout wrangling with Man will give it an idea of what it's in for: "dozens" of minority investors in the German truckmaker have filed cases against VW, seeking higher prices for their shares. It is likely only to delay the inevitable, though. If VW is really going to compete with Daimler and Volvo in the truck market, it has to get the size, clout and savings to do so.
2015 Volkswagen GTI [w/video]
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So we approached our first drive of the new GTI with this chip on our shoulder: "You're making us wait? Well, then at least give us the exact car we'll be able to buy. No compromises, mein freund." And so it was that we extracted nearly all of our drive impressions from behind the wheel of what, for the United States, will technically be a model year 2015 two-door Volkswagen Golf GTI Performance with the standard six-speed manual.
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The biggest change is what we already knew: that the new Golf arrives for the 2015 model year, bringing with it the new GTI, Golf R, e-Golf and Golf SportWagen (to replace the previous Jetta wagon). But there are some new details as well.
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