Porsche’s circular 12.6 km (7.8 mile) test track at Nardò in Italy has been renovated and is again open for business. More than just the banked high speed test track, the Nardò Technical Center contains 20 test tracks on over 700 hectares, and has been used by 90 automotive companies in the past.
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The 2019 Chantilly Arts & Elegance Richard Mille was a triumph in many ways, most importantly in the turnout of exclusive automobiles from 16 manufacturers including significant debutant models. For McLaren it was doubly so, as its new Speedtail took out "Best in Show."
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The naming of a new Volkswagen Silicon Valley research center that's really a 20-year-old Volkswagen research center? Huge yawn. A 1962 Type 2 bus with weird organic styling, pure-electric powertrain and holographic infotainment? We're wide awake, eyes and ears open.
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Earlier this year, Volkswagen announced the updated T6 van, the T6.1. In addition to roaming highways and worksites, the T6.1 will slide its way under an updated California camper van. Volkswagen previewed the revised version of its icon this week ahead of a planned premiere next month.
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There's a fine line between genius and insanity, and the Queensize Camper hopscotches over it, expanding into a four-sleeper VW van with bathroom, kitchen and dining area. If you can get over the bulky, awkward look, it's definitely more spacious and fascinating than the average VW camper.
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Volkswagen built its ID.R with the intention of showing what the heads in its electric drive division are capable of. The twin-motor electric racer has put in yet another momentous showing at Nürburgring-Nordschleife, where it has broken the lap record for electric vehicles by 40.564 seconds.
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From Volkswagen itself, to large conversion shops like Westfalia, and smaller names like NordVan, VW Crafter camper vans tend to have rear beds and central baths and kitchens. German shop Reimo, however, swaps the bed and bathroom and carves the kitchen for a more open, versatile interior.
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Not the McLaren of supercar fame, we're talking this time about the British motorhome conversion shop, Mclaren Sports Homes. Its latest project turns the VW Crafter into an all-out adventure machine. The hardy all-terrain Savage camper van packs bikes in a reinforced garage below a power-lift bed.
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After a string of VW ID concepts, it seems like ages ago that the original ID hatchback made its world debut. That model is nearing production now, and today it has an official name, the ID.3. Volkswagen fancies it the number 3 in its list of seminal vehicles, following the Beetle and the Golf.
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Taking a light, modular approach to the VW camper van, German shop Bullifaktur uses standalone furniture boxes to build up versatile, fully customizable camping rigs. Its individual modules each contain some smart, multifunctional solutions, piecing together like a puzzle to create your perfect van.
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