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Recently, I have seen this nice car and I’m thinking of getting one with a number of OEM Golf hubcaps on it – I mean, you’ve seen how funny cars? This will be the driving experience a completely different compared with 4 Runner me, but I knew it would be better, because the Gulf of better gas mileage.

Fun fact: Golf is not always the Gulf, called the rabbit – Rabbits with Factory Wheel covers. But just as beautiful as the Bay Wheel Rabbit and reliable, so you do not need to worry.

It was first released in 1974 in Europe, was released in the United States, approximately one year later. Ten years after it was released here in the United States, they changed its name to “Volkswagen Golf”. After he has completed the sale of three different generations from the Gulf to buyers in America, I think that Volkswagen feel bad for some reason and they changed the name back to Rabbit for the U.S. market.

What’s funny is that for some other reason, Volkswagen changed their minds again! Now back to the Volkswagen Golf OEM wheel cover – I wonder if they changed again. Read the rest of this entry »

India is one of the most important market for German automaker Volkswagen AG Group. The company has launched an innovative new car models and focused on consumers in India. Following the success of the Polo sedan, the company launched a new Volkswagen Vento in the year 2010 in July.

Volkswagen Vento was the sedan version of the Volkswagen Polo. Until now, Honda City is said to be the best sedan segment, the Group considers that VW Vento race will overcome if this product is designed with plenty of innovative technologies, many luxurious amenities and all that comes with an attractive price. Vento primarily compete with Honda City and other competitors of this car is the Maruti SX4, Tata Manza, Ford Fiesta and Chevrolet Aveo.

There’s really five variants of the Volkswagen Vento available in India today. This model comes with both petrol and diesel engines with a displacement of 1598 cc engine with five-speed manual transmission gearbox and the optional six-speed automatic transmission gearbox. Variant Vento manual gearbox gives mileage of 11.2 kilometers per liter in the city and 15.83 km per liter on the highway and the automatic version Vento gives mileage of 14.4 kilometers per liter on the highway. Volkswagen Vento price of the petrol variants, ranging from 7 to 9.3 lacs and lacs diesel variants have a price of 8 lacs to 9.3 lacs.

Volkswagen Vento is powered by a DOHC 1.6-liter petrol engine and 1.6 liters turbocharged common rail diesel engine (which is one of the most powerful engine in the segment), both machines have the same 1598 cc displacement. In-line diesel engine can churn out a maximum output of 105 hp at 5250 rpm and maximum torque of 153 Nm at 3800 rpm, while the speed of a diesel engine that can churn out the peak power of 105 hp at 4400 rpm and maximum torque of 250 Nm at rpm levels of 1500 to 2500. Read the rest of this entry »