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  • The Volkspod VW Minibike was build as an homage to the VW Beetle Type 1.

  • The creator took the fenders of VW and placed them over a minibike chassis.

  • It results in something cute and radical at the same time.

Remember the end of the movie “Cars” when the credits showed the characters in “A Bug’s Life” as Volkswagen Beetles? Well, the Volkspod VW Minibike definitely reminded us of that scene all too well.

The Volkswagen Beetle Type 1 enjoys a cult status shared among vintage car collectors and customisers everywhere. For Brent Walker it was an opportunity to unit both two sides into the VW Mini Bike, which he fondly calls “Volkspod.”

Photo credit yankodesign.com

Brent took the bulbous fender from each end of the car as the bodywork of the minibike. Each piece is equipped with both headlight and taillight, so it’s almost like a complete car when you put two Volkspod together.

There wasn’t much technical detail but the source quoted the engine at 79cc. It looks like one of those found in lawnmowers or gas-powered generators. The engine drives a chain final drive. Brent built a compact steel tube frame around the engine to tie all parts together and support the “bodywork.” There are also footboards and brakes. The creator thoughtfully installed the VW logo on the engine case.

Photo credit yankodesign.com

The result is something cool and a whole lotta cute. Hmm… the green one kinda looks like Mike Wazowski.

Can we see this at Art of Speed?

Source and photos: Yanko Design

Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia (VPCM) kini menerima tempahan awal bagi Volkswagen Arteon serba baharu.

Model yang diimport sepenuhnya itu dijual pada harga di antara RM290,000 dan RM310,000 dan akan dilancarkan dalam masa beberapa bulan akan datang.

Arteon merupakan sebuah model ‘fastback’ dengan lima pintu yang menawarkan kombinasi di antara rekaan avant-garde dan pemanduan dinamik sekaligus mencerminkan nama yang diberikan.

‘Art’merujuk kepada seni dan reka bentuk harmoni sementara ‘eon’ melambangkan Arteon sebagai model premium Volkswagen.

Arteon turut merangkul anugerah ‘Golden Steering Wheel 2017’ di Eropah.

Model baharu ini dijana dengan enjin turbocharged 2.0L TSI yang disalurkan menerusi transmisi wet klac 7-kelajuan (DSG) dan menghasilkan 280hp dan 340Nm tork.

Pelanggan juga disajikan dengan skrin paparan 9.2 inci, Active Info Display TFT yang turut membenarkan pemandu membuat tetapan mengikut cita rasa sendiri.

Bukan itu sahaja, Volkswagen turut melengkapkan Arteon dengan kamera 360 darjah bagi meningkatkan keselamatan!

Orang ramai yang berminat diminta layari laman sesawang Volkswagen untuk mendapatkan jemputan eksklusif bagi menyaksikan Arteon dengan lebih dekat.

Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia (VPCM) menawarkan pelbagai tawaran jualan dan selepas jualan istimewa sempena musim perayaan yang bakal tiba.

Orang ramai kini boleh melunaskan impian untuk membawa pulang kenderaan Volkwagen raya ini apabila pengeluar Jerman itu menawarkan penjimatan tambahan bagi model pilihan dengan kadar faedah serendah 1.88 peratus setahun bagi model Passat.

 

Orang ramai yang menempah model Volkswagen hari ini hingga 30 Jun 2019 turut akan menerima kad petrol bernilai RM1000!

Kalau berdepan masalah untuk membuat pilihan, Volkswagen menawarkan sesi pandu uji kepada orang ramai yang berminat – kerana penerangan sahaja tidak cukup untuk benar-benar merasai kemampuan sebenar kenderaan mereka.

Berikut maklumat terperinci mengenai tawaran Volkswagen:

Lebih menarik, Volkswagen turut menawarkan pemeriksaan ‘aircond’ secara percuma di samping diskaun tambahan 20 peratus untuk servis dan pertukaran penapis ‘aircond’.

Bimbang dengan keadaan tayar? Volkswagen menawarkan promosi tayar Continental dengan harga serendah RM184!

Setiap pemilikan kenderaan Volkswagen didatangkan dengan penyelenggaraan percuma selama 3 tahun dan jaminan perbatuan tanpa had selama 5 tahun.

Untuk maklumat lanjut sila kunjungi pengedar Volkswagen terdekat atau layari laman web: www.volkswagen.com.my

  • After announcing that Ducati isn’t for sale in April, VW Group CEO hinted at the possibility of selling Ducati again.

  • The Volkswagen Group is looking to recover losses due to the Dieselgate scandal in 2015.

  • This announcement could also mean Ducati will expand into other categories or engine capacities.

Volkswagen Group (VW) started a couple of firestorms before when they announced the possibility of selling the Ducati brand in order to recover the losses they experienced through the “Dieselgate” scandal in 2015.

The scandal broke after it was discovered that VW had cheated in engine emissions tests in the US and Europe. The revelation cost the conglomerate billions of Euros, causing them to plan the offloading of some assets, including Ducati which is considered a “non-core” business.

Other companies were quick to jump on the chance, with Harley-Davidson and Bajaj Auto Limited readying to go into a bidding battle.

However, VW announced in April 2018 that the Italian brand “is not for sale,” putting an end to all speculations. (Please click on the link below for the report.)

Ducati for sale AGAIN?

But just a last week, Volkswagen AG Chief Executive Office, Herbert Diess, opened the rift all over again during an interview with Bloomberg TV. According to him, VW will either expand or sell their motorcycle business, saying, “Either we find a way for Ducati, which provides some growth, or we have to look for a new ownership.”

Let’s roll our eyes in exasperation.

But, but, but why offload a brand that makes money? Ducati is the second most profitable entity in the VW Group – the first being Porsche, outranking Bentley, Audi, Seat and Skoda by wide margins. In fact, Ducati returned 9.5% compared to 8.2% during the first half of this year alone.

We won’t pretend to be financial experts, but we would hold on to a money maker with all our lives!

Audi released a statement last Friday, “The new Volkswagen Group structure aims to develop sustainable future perspectives for non-core businesses – calmly and with the necessary thoroughness. This can be expansions and growth strategies, but divestments are conceivable as well.”

Notice that the word “expansion” keeps cropping up. Could we expect Ducati to start producing smaller capacity bikes like how BMW did with their G-series and what Harley-Davidson announced last week? Think about it, a new range of 250cc Panigales or Monsters for the SEA and Indian markets. They could go electric too, since most countries are adopting the electric vehicles only ruling within the next 10 to 15 years.

Is this the new Ducati Scooter?

But whatever VW’s decision would be, we just wish they stop being wishy-washy about it!

  • Syarikat pengeluar motosikal India, Royal Enfield diwar-warkan telah dirisik sebagai salah satu syarikat untuk mengambil alih Ducati.
  • Semenjak skandal emisi diesel Volkswagen pada tahun 2015. syarikat itu telah mengupah Evercore untuk mencari pembeli yang berpotensi untuk pengeluar motosikal gergasi merah itu.
  • Harga jualan syarikat itu itu boleh mencecah lebih daripada €1.5 billion (kira-kira RM7.1 Billion).

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India’s Royal Enfield was rumoured to have been approached as one of the companies to possibly take over Ducati.

Ever since the major Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal in 2015, the company has hired Evercore to search for potential buyers of the big red giant motorcycle manufacturer.

The selling price could go upwards of €1.5 billion (around RM 7.1 billion).

One of the biggest brands in the history of motorcycling has sparked the interest of one Indian company, Royal Enfield. Ever since news broke out that the Volkswagen Group is planning to let go of the giant Italian bike brand, it is rumoured that Royal Enfield was one of the entities approached for the next company in line to take over the giant red Italian brand. (more…)

Audi CEO Rupert Stadler debunks rumours suggesting that Ducati is for sale.

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Petron Malaysia conducts second Petron Fuel Happy Road Trip featuring new Petron Blaze 100 Euro 4M high-performance fuel.

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In just a few short years since it formally broke into the Malaysian market in 2011, Petron Malaysia Refining and Marketing Bhd (Petron Malaysia) has grown in both size and reputation amongst many local consumers. The peak of which was reached earlier this year when the firm launched its revolutionary Blaze 100 Euro 4M series of high-octane fuels.

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The firm recently put its new flagship high-octane fuel to the ultimate test when it was tasked at fuelling the excitement of the second ever Petron Fuel Happy Road Trip 2016 organised especially for consumers, guests and media partners. The two-day road trip held last weekend to Puteri Harbour, Johore.

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Unlike its previous Fuel Happy Road Trip 2015 last year to Penang, this year’s southbound outing was bigger in both size and collective horsepower figures as Petron Malaysia also hosted members of both the Porsche Club of Malaysia (PCM) and the Lotus Cars Club of Malaysia during this time around.

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Both car clubs and their vehicles fuelled up using Petron’s revolutionary new high-octane fuel throughout the two-day drive. This granted drivers of both clubs with a first experience of the new high-octane fuel’s performance in sating the demands of both themselves and their high performance vehicles as well.

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Also on board this year were Volkswagen Group Malaysia (VGM) and PLUS Highway’s Workshop on Wheels (WoW). VGM supplied a fleet of Volkswagen Passat saloons that were helmed by invited media partners, customers and guests. The fleet of VW Passats acted as the perfect test-bed for drivers to gauge the fuel’s performance thanks to the German marque’s highly efficient TSI powerplant powering the Passat.

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Petron Malaysia’s head of corporate affairs and Zaimi Harun was present to flag the trip off in the Dengkil R&R Southbound Petron station that featured a total of 60 drivers this year. Speaking on behalf of Petron Malaysia’s head of retail Puan Faridah Ali about the drive’s mission, Zaimi explained:

“We want our customers to feel the thrill of driving vehicles fuelled by Blaze 100 and from their reactions, our product exceeded expectations.”

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He further added that since it was introduced back in January this year, the availability of the Petron Blaze 100 Euro 4M fuels have grown from just eight stations to 40 stations in total nationwide. Zaimi stated that this was the result of Petron Malaysia garnering strong and highly positive feedbacks from consumers who have switched to the high octane RON 100 grade fuel since it was launched.

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To refresh your memory, the Euro 4M-spec RON 100 high-octane fuel by Petron is produced locally in Petron Malaysia’s refinery located in Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan. Petron Blaze 100 also boasts a Tri-Activ formula that promises greater power and engine protection plus improved efficiency. On top of that, Petron Blaze 100 also contains an advanced fully synthetic detergent additive that offers enhanced engine cleaning abilities as well.

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When it was launched earlier this year, Petron Blaze 100 fuel retailed at RM2.80 per litre. However, prices for the Euro 4M-spec RON 100 fuel isn’t regulated by the government, meaning that price revisions (if any) doesn’t necessarily take effect at the start of each month. But just for your information, Petron retails its Blaze 100 fuels at RM2.60 per litre at the time of writing.

The two-day road trip began first with a flag off for media, consumers and guests in their VW Passats from their starting points in Oasis Square, Ara Damansara to a rendezvous with the members of PCM and LCCM in the Southbound Dengkil R&R layby.

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Besides the presence of the powerful performance machines by the two car clubs, high-octane excitement was also fuelled by the special go-kart challenges held in the Melaka International Motorsports Complex (MIMC) held on Day 1.

Various other contests, including social-media based photo contests and slogan-writing contests, were held throughout the first day and saw Petron Malaysia giving away plenty of prizes including thousands of Petron Miles points. Drivers were again treated on Day 2 with lunch and shopping excursion in the Johor Premium Outlets before heading back north towards Kuala Lumpur.

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More information about Petron Malaysia, its current range of products, as well as current consumer campaigns can be obtained online via its official website, petron.com.my or its official Facebook page as well.

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