Volkswagen Bus/vanagon Westfalia on 2040-cars
Firebaugh, California, United States
Beautifully Restored VW Westfalia Started with a clean title, clean Carfax, and completely rust free. Exterior restoration: Vehicle was stripped of all rubber and trim, lights and accessories. Body was taken down to the metal, prepped and repainted a beautiful dark rich Bronze metallic, color sanded and buffed out. The paint work alone was $6,700.00 The top was refurbished with the same attention to detail. New seals and all stainless steel hardware on the pop top. The luggage rack has all stainless tie-downs and screws. Canvas tent is new cotton with 3 zippered windows for cross ventilation and view. Headlights are restored OEM units, cleaned and polished. Bulbs are Sylvania Ultra Halogens. Interior: Interior is sparkling and has been completely shampooed and detailed to like new condition. Rear seat cushion has a small fabric defect, but is hardly noticeable. I did not want to replace the nice matching original material for something aftermarket and inferior to the original tough German fabric. Interior floor is protected with a full set of GoWesty all weather hex floor mats. Interior has been sound deadened with Dynamat. Stereo is a Top of the line Kenwood Excelon. USB, Bluetooth, Pandora, and aha, are all built in. Bonds to your phone and sends calls through the speakers. Microphone is mounted on the steering wheel. Camping gear: The sink and stove areas look brand new and work perfectly. The refrigerator works off of propane, electric, (Shore power), and battery. There is an R.V. battery installed and works with an 1100W inverter from GoWesty, as well as a GoWesty 80W Solar panel. You’ll never need to plug in for those off grid trips to have power. The propane tank was sandblasted, hydrostatically tested, and powder coated. All valves and safety equipment is new. A brand new TomTom GPS 740 live is included for your navigation needs. All GoWesty hook-ups are brand new. Mechanical Restoration: Engine was fully rebuilt by the respected S & S motors that specialize in VW and Subaru race engine builds. The engine is a VW 2.1 L with virtually all of the GoWesty upgrades. Too many details of what was done to list. All of the fuel lines were replaced as well as the fuel injector seals and intake runner boots. All external parts, cap, rotor, wires, filters, and belts were replaced. The alternator was replace with a rebuilt German Bosch unit. New exhaust installed as well with the GoWesty stainless steel catalytic convertor. Cooling system and radiator was completely flushed and filled and thermostat is the new GoWesty upgraded model. The radiator has a brand new fan motor as well. A/C unit is a rebuilt Sanden and works great, rare to have working A/C in these Westy’s… Runs clean and passes California’s strict smog requirements. Automatic transmission fully serviced with new fluids, filters, gaskets, and seals and shifts smoothly with now issues. Trans-cooler kit from Van Café also installed for transmission longevity and long continuous road trips keeping the transmission cool. Oil temperature gauge from Van Café also installed to eliminate the dreaded Vanagon low oil buzzer going off on the road falsely, unless it truly is low in oil. Both CV axles in the rear have been rebuilt. Front axles have new inner and outer wheel bearings. Both ball joints upper and lower, tie rod ends, and axles were replaced.
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Volkswagen planning Up! hybrid model using XL1 powertrain
Sun, 24 Feb 2013Even though we've finally gotten a look at the production version of the 261-mile per gallon Volkswagen XL1, this aero-shaped two-seater was never intended for high-volume sales. Fortunately, it sounds like the same isn't true for the car's diesel plug-in hybrid powertrain, which, according to a report from AutoCar, could make its way under the hood of another Volkswagen model: the Up! minicar (shown above).
A potential Up! Hybrid would likely be able to return some of the same impressive fuel economy numbers as the XL1, but it would be a more realistic car with more passenger space and greater production capacity. The hand-built XL1 will use a 47-horsepower, two-cylinder TDI engine paired to a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission, and the 27-hp electric motor and lithium-ion battery helps deliver an all-electric driving range of 31 miles.
One of the core pillars of the XL1's design is its lightweight construction with a 1752-pound curb weight, which makes the Up! a perfect recipient for using this powertrain since it weighs just 300 pounds more. The report says that the Up! Hybrid is still in the developmental phase, so a production version isn't expected for at least another 18 months.
Volkswagen breaks 40-year-old sales record in 2012
Sun, 13 Jan 2013The last time Volkswagen moved this many vehicles in America in one year, Richard Nixon was still a President in good standing, Let It Be was a radio hit and each car wearing the VW badge boasted an air-cooled engine. That's right, with a grand total of 580,286 vehicles sold in the US last year, the VW Group has broken its own four-decades-old sales record by 2,899 vehicles.
Of that 580k total sold, 438k were Volkswagens and 139k were Audi products - increases of 35.1 percent and 18.5 percent, respectively, in year-over-year sales. The ultra-premium members of the VW group also fared well; Bentley delivered 2,315 vehicles for a 23.3-precent increase, and Lamborghini delivered 520 units for a 52.9-percent jump. Bugatti, we're told is "right on track."
Jetta (pictured) sales paced the marque with 170k models sold, and Passat also finished very strong with sales of 117k total. Tiguan also racked up its best year on file, with 31,731 models shifted.
Carlex Criollo is a Volkswagen Multivan shrine to Alcantara, leather and... fish
Wed, 10 Jul 2013A keen angler recently went to Polish tuner Carlex Design (the same folks who did that steampunk Mini Countryman a while back) for a revamp of his Volkswagen Multivan. What resulted is perhaps the most striking - yet fishing-unfriendly - interior we've ever seen in a van. Below the shoulder line, if a surface isn't covered in cross-stitched Alcantara, then it's covered in cross-stitched leather. Even the steering wheel airbag boss. And the seat supports. And the cupholders.
The brown hue of the Multivan's interior is called Criollo, named for an especially fine specimen of cocoa. The finishing touch on the overhaul is a fileting knife that Carlex made for the owner. We imagine he'll use the knife for the marine life, but keep his van far away from it.