Booty.

Well our family's T4 has 250k miles on it, is dead-on reliable and runs smooth as butter. I actually deal with some businesses running multiple T5's with as much as 300k on them as their daily and dependable workhorse, often hauling heavy loads. Might be that VW's European build quality just is superior to their…

Had a 2008 Chevrolet Kalos (well, Daewoo actually) for 1 1/2 years and I'm proud to survive it.

The basic platform will be shared with the Up!, as much as possible. That will take the car down a full size from the current modern Beetle, so packaging and space utilization will be very important. That's where we dig into VW's past, and pull from a prototype that almost became the Beetle's successor — the EA266.

Hm. When I first saw the picture, I thought this would be an article about a Bentley knock-off. Headlight/front end treatment seems wrong to me.

I get the fascination of army high-tech posts, but is this one really relevant to be cross-blogged on a car site?

Or Sir? From a British company?

Suzuki Whizzkid reference? Or a little bit of AMC Gremlin in there?

Citroen DS3 fin + unnecessary blacked out c/d-pillar trend

Hyundai i30.

Even got USB 3.0

It kinda looks like it wears a slip.

Here's the lowdown: it's a five-door hatch on the MQB modular platform, same as the new Golf and its many cousins, but it's idealized as slotting above the Passat and CC but below the Phaeton. No word yet on production though.

ALL HAIL AIRBUS!

Ford's calling it a "dynamic social shuttle", and at this point it's more of an R&D project than a product, but it's something the automaker is seriously looking at.

Looks a little like the Superleggera nose.

German newspapers currently claim there will only be the initial two V10 versions and probably a six-cylinder engine as the third, economical option following later on.

Well there are, in a way. With some imagination, you can make out two chevrons, arranged like < and > on top of each other forming the S and another one hidden in the D of the DS logo.

I don't think it sounds turbocharged, it's a constant whine which builds up, more like a supercharger or electric engine (esp. 00:05-00:09). Don't know how that fits with getting (probably turbo'd) engines from Merc and Aston's low experience and budget though.

Render by German outlet Autobild.de based on a sketch from the side: