So Volkswagen did a ton of promotion during the high gas days to let people know about the savings they could experience if they switched over to their diesels. Seems the campaigns were so successful that the dealerships can’t order enough of the new TDI’s to keep them in stock. Shame really. Kind of like how Kia cannot keep enough Rio’s in stock ever. Except Jetta’s are roomier and better looking than Rio’s. They also cost more, drive further, and have more power.

Enough of the chit-chat, congratulations to the marketing team at Volkswagen for doing a great job. Maybe too good of a job. And good luck to the logistics and supply chain team for the newfound challenge!

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Audi achieves record lap at Road America

o First pole position for Lucas Luhr in an Audi i
o Fastest ever qualifying lap in the American Le Mans Series
o Both Audi R10 TDI sports cars on the first two rows

Ingolstadt/Elkhart Lake — Lucas Luhr has captured the pole position for Audi in the seventh round of the American Le Mans Series with a record lap at Road America. The German beat the previous track record held by Allan McNish by 0.730 seconds. With an average speed of 136.277 mph, the Audi “factory” driver also recorded the fastest ever qualifying lap in the history of the American Le Mans Series.

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It is a rarity to see cleanly modified vehicles these days.  Rice seems like it’s very prevalent in all aspects of vehicle modification from custom truck to sport compact.

Proper modification of vehicles I guess is in the eye of the beholder.  All of us remember the local clean euro rides such as the green MKII MINT GTI, JP’s MKII purple job.

Those cars leave a void to be filled, by people souping up their TDI’s and other horrendous road hazards.  So every once in a while it is nice to see one clean clean Vdub, which lives up to it’s Volkswagen heritage.

All VW’s need is a clean set of BBS rims, a drop job and some funky exhaust.  Add some more toys and your car is done like dinner.

Please observe below one of the fine examples of todays cleanly modifed VW’s