Being a blog, Tachoblog likes most things internet related, so the news thatVolkswagen Commercial Vehicles has introduced Van Mail – a new electronic newsletter – was right up our street.
The Race Touareg 2, twice winner in 2009 and 2010 of the gruelling Dakar Rally and the first diesel-powered vehicle ever to win the event has been replaced by Volkswagen. Can you guess what they’ve called it?
As (if you’re a VW fan) you will already know, this year marks the 60th birthday of the iconic Volkswagen Transporter. To share the anniversary celebrations, Volkswagen has launched a search for the nation’s hardest-working 60-year-old tradesman.
Free stuff’s always good, so let’s start Wednesday with news that Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is inviting visitors to the GTI International event on 26 and 27 June who use the latest location-based social networking phenomenon, foursquare, to check-in at its stand to get a free Volkswagen T-shirt or poster.
Yes, VW really do produce their own brand of Ketchup. Actually there are two varieties, the new ‘Classic’ pictured above and also a Spiced Ketchup.
Let’s be honest, you can already picture which van we mean without even reading this post!
Tachoblog can report that the fleet of 35 new Volkswagen Amarok pick-ups successfully fulfilled their role as support vehicles to the winning Volkswagen motorsport team and the official organisers, ASO, in the gruelling long-distance Dakar Rally enduring extreme temperatures, altitudes and terrains with no problems at all.
Volkswagen has won the legendary Dakar Rally for the second time in succession.
The Caddy TDI racing van will be competing in the Volkswagen Racing Cup in 2010 sporting bright orange livery thanks to a new sponsorship deal with the RAC, and it will also have a new driver with Simon Elliott, Director of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles taking his seat behind the wheel.
The new Volkswagen pick-up, the Amarok, is demonstrating its power, durability and off-road performance by following the Volkswagen Motorsport team currently taking part in the gruelling Dakar rally across some of the toughest terrain in South America.
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | ||||||||
